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Cutting to the chase (...pun intended...), it looks like the BofA version of the rewards card is leaving my wallet and heading to the desk drawer to gather dust. In the several years we had the AGR card under both banks, we would funnel our entire life spending through the cards to accumulate...

First of all, this is not an "I hate Amtrak!" rant. We're both railfans, we love LD train travel and what Amtrak tries to be, but it's becoming clearer train travel in its current incarnation doesn't love us back. After our experiences last week are taken in combination with numerous similar...

CN tracks washed away in today's (3/10) big storms (not sure of exact location yet) are resulting in bustitution bridges between CDL and JAN. Equipment is being turned at these points. EDIT: Corrected code for Jackson, MS.

I suspect many folks on AU know or at least have met Tom McConnell, the affable host of the Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago. I know that for my wife and I he's been good for fun and informative chats about Amtrak and passenger rail travel in general, and we always looked forward to our layovers...

Both amtrak.com and the AGR regular sites do not recognize my account ID and password, and the "send password reset to e-mail" doesn't send anything. However, I can log-in just fine on the iPhone app. But wait, there's more... after logging-in on the phone, I try to add our upcoming trip to...

OK, you guys can stop rolling your eyes now. :P Seriously - my wife is gluten-sensitive, and gets moderately ill (and makes me miserable in the process) from eating even small amounts of wheat. We're on the N/B CONO in a few days to connect in CHI, and I'm not real interested in a...

As a few might be aware, Illinois has been in a protracted state budget battle, with some concerns about most in-state trains being cut. An agreement was reached, per this local news article (http://wjbdradio.com/LocalNews/Amtrak-to-Keep-Two-Daily-Round-Trip-Trains-on-Chicago-to-Carbondale-Route):

I've been on hold for 15 minutes. I have never had this problem before. Am I in the queue behind the rest of y'all trying to book before the LD points redemption turns to mush? :(

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-investigating-possible-price-gouging-150949452.html

Observed an unusual situation in CEN last Wednesday - 393 arrived its usual hour-plus late, but departed minutes before midnight, now almost four hours off schedule. Immediately after the train left, we noticed a fuel tanker truck (18-wheeler type) emerge from behind the building adjacent to...

Our legislators and new governor are in a budget fight, and the governor has been including threats to the in-state train service as incentives to come to an agreement. These trains are frequently SRO out of Chicago, so I guess they're the perfect whipping boy to make a point with something...