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The next SJJPA Board Meeting is January 24th in Sacramento, but also can be joined by members of the public on Zoom for those of you who are interested in attending: https://sjjpa.com/event/sjjpa-january-24-2025-board-meeting-1030-am/

When I was a teenager crossing the country with my cousins, I would use a spoon to break into their room if they were at risk of missing breakfast. That was on Superliners.

I have a couple of questions for those of you happy to oblige me. For people riding end to end, the timing seems a little bit better for scenery and arrival southbound than northbound. Is that correct? Also, are there Viewliner II sleepers in the mix with any regularity?

I got to experience the new Snack Station on the San Joaquins Venture Cars last week. I had made a sandwich for the trip and forgot it at home in San Francisco. Needless to say I was absolutely starving by the time I made it to LA Union Station.

Is there any indication of how quickly the first generation Acela trainsets will be retired once the Avelia Liberty sets enter service?

I took the Starlight on 11/30 and 12/6. Both sets had 3 sleepers on the rear. I think the consist was ALC-42 -> ALC-42 -> Viewliner II Baggage -> Coach Baggage -> Coach -> Coach -> Sightseer -> Diner -> Sleeper -> Sleeper -> Sleeper. Coach was sold out both times from what I could tell, at...

Wanted to share a small data point. I rode the CS 14 LAX-EMY on March 2nd and there was a baggage car but no transdorm. Two coaches and two sleepers on the rear, with 1431 being the last car on the train. 1431 was also used as the crew car. Otherwise it was a really chill trip with an hour...

Thank you for catching this. I did two bedrooms on the same trip and mixed them up. I've updated the photos. Unfortunately I didn't get any with the lower bunk down in the A room. Please see the updated photos. Embarrassingly I had uploaded the wrong photos originally.

It is slightly narrower, but you only have a neighbor on one side and no sliding door to rattle during the trip. The biggest issue for me is the space between the bottom bed and the sink was tight. I personally like bedroom A! Edit: updated the photos, sorry for the confusion.

Looks like a big storm is coming to the Sierra with forecasts showing 4-10ft of snow possible between Thursday 2/29 - Sunday 3/3. I wonder if Amtrak will be proactively cancelling service? Some friends of mine are taking their first ever trip on the Zephyr crossing the Sierra on Saturday. 😬 SF...

Yeah, 2 is generally fine, I'm booked in it for two upcoming trips with no intention of changing. I really don't mind rooms 9 or 10 at all and have never noticed the door noise some people complain about. In reality, they're all pretty much fine IMO!

In all my years on Amtrak travel, most of it in Superliners, I've never seen the attendant in any room except for #1. Personally, Roomette #2 is my least favorite in the entire car because of the proximity to the upstairs bathroom, but even then I don't mind it too much, but I don't think I'd...

I currently sit on the Golden Gate Bridge Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. It's really interesting to hear the history of the bridge, how it was funded, and how that all factors into the way the bridge district operates today, a lot of which you've all already discussed in the thread...

The inaugural run didn't make it to Bakersfield thanks to a car crash. A bit poetic.

A tweet from someone onboard. https://twitter.com/xirimpi/status/1737869307575673230?s=20

Your train will also do this in Truckee and in Colfax. The Sunset Limited does this in Maricopa (3 stops because of the Texas Eagle on the back). I'm sure there are more, those just come to mind. As far as I know, it usually boils down to something or other with the host railroads and/or funds...

Yesterday 11/16, train 6 left Emeryville with a couple of P42s on the back. Anyone know how far they went?

Towels, washcloths, bar soap, shampoo, and lotion are provided.

I got a notification from Amtrak that there is a freight derailment around Detroit Lakes, MN causing a Service Disruption. It's a rough summer for the Builder.

Some people have said that it's difficult to engineer for because the temperature changes quite a lot in a short period of time.