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Did a quick GOOGLE News search this week (as I often do) for AMTRAK... What did it reveal? Three stories in multiple papers regarding reviving the Pioneer (1), a line from Binghamton, NY through Scranton, PA and Hoboken, NJ to NYC (2) and expanded Virginia routes... Very interesting. Are we...

Railbender=a local microbrew beer in Erie, PA. It lives up to its name because of its higher alcohol content... It actually used to be brewed right in our Erie Union Station. Now we have "BrewErie" in the station, another microbrewery/pub.

I wonder if any perceived increase in security was due to the investigation and arrest of the group that was plotting to attack Fort Dix in NJ? Seems to always be a corolation between increased security and some terror-breakup or threat event somewhere in the country.

Great! And you caught the newly renovated station, too...beautiful shot!

Love Chicago Union, Washington Union, Philly 30th St.... But have to also cast votes for Deland, FL (recent renovation) and am anxious to see the interior of the newly renovated Harper's Ferry Station. The outside looks great--after it resembled an abandoned shed for so many years! The...

Eliyahu...here is the definitive answer regarding DINNER...from a new press release...dated yesterday... http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServe...36&ssid=180 "Train 48, the eastbound Lake Shore Limited, will depart Chicago at 10 pm nightly, allowing it to accept more passengers arriving on...

I double that nod toward a higher quality timetable. The paper is higher quality than basic newsprint. The color. The use of graphics, "ads", photos...very quality piece...the nicest I have seen in years.

HUGE sigh. I work on Sundays... The Deland station was beautiful. You were right. I gave it a thorough look-over. Took some photos as well. What a great job in restoration/renovation. Along the Capitol Limited, the almost-completed renovation of the Harper's Ferry station was great to see...

I experienced this busy signal as well...as I was attempting to check the status of the trains I was riding 3/17 & 3/18. When I was able to get through I received the preamble of "Amtrak is running in the northeast as scheduled. But due to the weather we are receiving unprecedented call...

Just finished a trip from Washington, DC to Cleveland on the Cap Ltd with a very friendly and outgoing lounge-attendant (but no happy hour), and a very well-presented (and received) narration from Washington to Pittsburgh, of the sights along the train route. The digi-players were available...

This could mean a whole new era in eastbound train travel for Erie, PA...my hometown! We are such a middle-of-the-night stop (east and westbound) that many never consider the train as an option. Can't make any connections heading southbound on Silver Service or can you? I have missed that...

Mike- Wish I was! I am headed south for some respite from the cold and snow... Would you add to this post when you return with whatever you considered to be significant outcomes/discussions from the meeting?

I think it depends on if you have done some tent camping before or not... We fit my wife, myself, my 72 year old father, my 11 and 15 year olds in a family sleeper on the EB last August. The 11 year old is small for his age and the 15 year old is bigger than me. It depends on your...

I work in a church and we often have this architecture discussion. Ours is a beautiful gothic structure built, surprisingly, in 1929, as the stock market was crashing. A professor at a local college likes to say the following to his students when they tour our facility... "Not so long ago...

Several years ago (probably 2004?) I experienced this in March on the west-bound Empire Builder, in Montana, I think. I had wished there would have been some warning that this might occur so I could have dug for my i.d. ahead of time and carried it with me so whenever the agents boarded I would...

There's a nice photo and story in the January Amtrak employee newsletter, Amtrak Ink. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServe...60&ssid=603 will get you to the page to choose which month you would like to read. It's a PDF file. I know this is still not as up-to-date as you were...

Thanks, WICT106! I will do a search this evening...I didn't even know where to start. Appreciate your reply.

I've used this method on one- and two- overnight trains. I find that a change in underclothes and socks is more important than changing your outer clothes. I wish some alarm would go off when folks leave the bathrooms in shambles... Make sure your hair is short and its an easy wash with a...

Alan- I sit corrected! I have looked so many times at the coupons on ebay (until I reached Select status) that I must have been viewing Select PLUS certificates! I am now surprised they let my sons and me in the Met Lounge in CHI as well! Come to think of it, one guy at the desk was about to...

Thanks, Alan. I was just quoting a professor from Boston who gave me those figures...I have no verification. I think I will write to all three and in reference to all three to various elected officials and the Transportation Secretary. If each of the three thought they were the only onel...