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I traveled from Connellsville to Bryan on the Capitol on January 18th and payed $55 for a Superliner standard bedroom upgrade. Definately worth the price over the coach fare.

I know Indianapolis for the Cardinal...

The Cardinal doesn't run daily and there is an over 24-hour layover at the endpoints to get the train cleaned and sent out again.

Try to stay on the same side of the train as the river. For most of the trip, the other side will just be trees and rocks.

Different detectors on the same line are programmed to say different things. Some will give trainspeed, axles, train lenght, etc. Some will even give a special message "Have a safe day." All the CSX ones say "End of transmission." When they are all done. At first I found this odd, but I've seen...

Depends on the railroad, traffic, and track. In the east on NS and CSX they are placed about every 15 to 20 miles apart. On the ex-B&O across northern Ohio they are located at mileposts 90.3, 73.3, 52.2, and 31.1; on the ex-B&O Toledo Sub they are at 178.8, 160.6, and 140.3. Railroads with...

Here's the report from another forum: Dining car to Louisville 850 - 851

I've heard elsewhere that the Kentucky Cardinal has drawn some strange equipment in the past few weeks. On more than one occasion it has run with a dinnette or cafe car and no coach. Anyone out there know if this is a common occurence or just a goof by Chicago? What does it normally run with...

Next weekend I'm riding the Kentucky Cardinal from Lafayette to Louisville and back. Late July I'm riding the Capitol from Bryan, Ohio to Chicago and back for a weekend trip. Early August I'm riding the Lakeshore from Waterloo to Boston, a combination of trains down the NEC to visit friends, and...

Son of a.... I was trackside that day at the blades south of Lafayette and Amtrak never showed up. I heard over the radio some train was annuled for lack of a crew, but now I know for sure that it was Amtrak. Small world, eh?

What's the ridership on the Kentucky Cardinal like as of late? I will be riding from Lafayette to Louisville and return at the end of the month and was wondering what to expect on-board. I've heard stories of when the train ran with only one or two passengers south of Indy and was wondering if...

If you're traveling next week, you may be doing so during the Memorial Day blackout period as well.

Wait a minute... They want us to show a logo that's on the way out to begin with? Something's not right... I got a ton of Shamu shots, but none that show that logo up close... By the way, how are you supposed to showcase a logo that's smaller than a window, anyway?

How 'bout a a revival of the Floridian with two northern sections to serve a Chicago and Detroit? Sections could be combined in Cincinnati with one following the route of the Cardinal to Chicago and the other traveling up CSX's Toledo Subdivision to serve Toledo, Detroit, and maybe Flint.