Recent content by valkyrie

Feel free to wear a mask at any time on your train travels or anywhere else for that matter. I fully support your right to do so. I don't agree it's a good thing and will be very happy when there are no more mandates.

The two guys who boarded with the shooter are almost certainly undercover DEA agents working with the K9 officer. They identify suspects for further investigation and this time it looks like their suspicions were correct.

Theft of course is always possible but I would be more concerned with someone taking my bag thinking it was theirs as they get off the train. They may not intend to steal your bag but the net result is the same - your bag is gone. It helps if your bag is unique in some way that makes it less...

You may find the information on this web site to be of value (It provides historical AMTRAK on-time performance data): https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/historychart.php?train_num=8&station=CHI&date_start=12%2F31%2F2016&date_end=01%2F31%2F2017&sort=d_ar&chartsize=2&smooth=0 The...

Others can provide greater detail but the short answer is it is possible to miss your connection with the Capitol Limited. I was on the Texas Eagle last year and missed my connection with the Capitol Limited. In my case I was given a choice between an overnight stay in Chicago or getting off...

NTSB: "About six seconds prior to the derailment, the engineer made a comment regarding an over speed condition." Six seconds at 78 mph=686 ft, a little more than two football fields. Now the NTSB does not say that the brakes have or have not been applied at this point, but it seems to me that...

Since your initial train does not have checked bags, they will be checked on the CL only if you check them at WAS. This should be possible so long as you arrive in WAS with sufficient time to check your bags before the cutoff for accepting checked bags which I believe is 45 minutes or an hour...

Note that OBS uses the word *assuming* in his reply. Inherent in this assumption is that AMTRAK will allow you to check your bags to your final destination. My guess is that AMTRAK will *NOT* since the web site does not show a connection between the EB and TE (at least that I could find)...

Well it is almost winter. Let's see what they offer next summer.

You'll need to buy one of the new fare cards to use the metro which you should be able to do as you enter the Metro station. Check the Metro web site but I think the minimum purchase price is $10. (The old paper fare cards are no longer used.) You might want to check the cost of your...

Thank You PRR60! I think you are exactly right. As you say AMTRAK.com leaves a lot to be desired. There are a lot of scammers out there trying to part seniors from their money and while I do not believe this is the intent of AMTRAK, it is sad that seniors cannot assume that the lowest fare...

Alright, I understand it cannot be discounted further, now explain to me why the senior fare is $26.65 *MORE* than the regular adult business class fare?

Maybe so - but with the saver (coach) fare there is a "Fare Alert" flag to notify you that the senior discount does not apply and the regular (saver) adult fare is shown. In this case there is no "Fare Alert" flag and the regular adult fare is definitely not shown. Indeed, you are actually...

Yes - several times and on multiple days.

I was checking fares this morning for future travel on the Northeast Regional from WAS to NYP and saw that the fare for a single adult in business class is $94. Then I checked the fare for a Senior and discovered it is $120.65 for the same train on the same day. (Coach fares on this train are...