zephyr17

Amtrak's contracts with host railroads completely indemnify the railroads, regardless of fault. The county or whoever was responsible...

That has been my experience too. But once you are away from towns you are generally out of luck.

Not necessarily. That is why I recommended checking if the connection comes up between major points on the same train. If they do, the...

It is another of the mysteries of Amtrak where fantasy and reality do not meet up :D I am yet to receive one of these alleged messages...

Emeryville and the Four Points Sheraton are perfectly fine. Heck, Emeryville is where Pixar Studios are located!

9+ hours = 34h 0m or 35h 21m for its entire route. :)

There really is no place to loop something like a cable lock on the lower level racks on a Superliner. Amtrak attendants would not care...

I suspect they would require grade crossing gates retiming too, and it is possible that the host railroads would baulk at that.

The old CN passenger line went through downtown and I understand the 60s era passenger station in the first floor of the CN Tower is...

Is the old Santa Fe ATS still in service? I think I heard somewhere that PTC, serving the same function and more, was allowed to...

Also either end of bus bridges when trains are stopped short and turned around because the track is blocked due to a major derailment or...

Station staff are there until the scheduled train arrives and departs even if that goes past published hours.

And even more brief HVAC drops when they transition the HEP system from normal mode to stationary mode or back, at long stops.

Your confidence is grossly misplaced. You left out a keyword in your claim — YET.

Well, the Horizons beat buses at least.