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I hear you on this Qapla. Even though we planned out a frugal trip itinerary, the actual rail pass was the cheapest part of the trip! Here's hoping you can put it together and take advantage of it this year 👍

To get the full 30 days of travel that is correct. There are quite a few videos on YouTube from folks using the rail pass, it would be worth your while to watch a couple of them. As with all things, there are pluses & minuses - but it's overall a good deal if you can make it work for you. My...

This has been an interesting thread. Having gone around the country on a rail pass last year we were "treated" to only one city with free transit, that was Albuquerque. Our experience supports the original premise - if you've enough money to make it free, you have the monies to make it better...

FWIW, I enjoyed your mountains in winter pics!

Enjoyed your report & pics, thanks for sharing. When did you book this trip? Beautiful winter scenery through the mountains!

Not real family, but he & I have been pretty close for over 40 years. A couple years back I helped him (and the city of Montgomery) out of a jam with the riverboat. But that’s an off topic discussion for another day 🙂. No doubt but that you’d hear a good yarn from the captain if you asked him 😅

Montgomery certainly has some history to it, and the capitol is beautiful. In addition to the capitol you should make every effort to go inside the city auditorium. If they are not busy ask if one of the workers there if they will give you a tour, you will be surprised. Also in Montgomery...

Welcome aboard @TrainAttendantLady , nice to have you here. Good luck with the new job, hope it's the right fit for you and that you enjoy it.

This was a great write up & read Ed. Very glad that the trip as a whole went so well for you and hope our paths will cross again. Cal

I hope they either get a new crew for this or send the existing crew to ride the western LD trains for some training. The wife & I just completed a rail pass that took us on the SWC, CS, CZ, CL & Crescent (and others). The Cap Limited was the absolute worst of the trip. No observation car, very...

I’v only rode the LAX to Oakland. I would want to ride this section northbound and sitting on the west side for the views. Headed northbound you would definitely get the best ocean view during daylight hours, headed south you might miss out on a lot of it. The CS has an observation car so if...

Thanks everyone who has responded. To clarify a couple of points of confusion, and my thanks here to @BlackDiamond, I was asking about a walking stick, not a cane. My walking stick was a gift from my bestest friend about 40 or 50 years ago and I've carried it on many a hike in many parks...

Thank you @Lcon for taking the time to explain it for me. I guess if I were an olive - I was in the situation where the whole salad was done away with!

I am not familiar with this expression, and google didn’t come up with anything. Can you tell me what it means?

Albuquerque city bus depot is right next to the Amtrak station. it looks like all city buses are free to ride. see how close the bus gets you to where you want to go.

Our recent experience… In mid July we hopped off the LSL in Toledo. Headed to Columbus, there were no buses until much later in the day. We rented a car and drove down and were there shortly after lunch. Leaving Columbus a few days later for Chicago to catch the CONO, we didn’t want to drive...

I sure like that Crescent schedule better than today's version :)

I’ve rode a few trains, but I’ve never even approached a triple digit speed. I hope to ride the Acela, I hope to ride Briteline - just for the experience of it. If I purposefully went out of my way and bought a ticket for either one I would be very disappointed if I couldn’t see out the...

A quick question here if I may. If the LD train is underway and then canceled due to freight derailment, bridge out or whatever… there is talk of turning the train around and returning to the starting point. How, exactly, do they do that? Surely not backing all the way? But you can’t do a...

If a second auto train from the upper midwest was a thing to consider, what about a Chicago to New Orleans route? Disclaimer: I’ve never rode the auto train and know next to nothing about it other than this thread.