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    Praise report form not working?

    I made a trip from FTW to SJC 2 weeks ago and returned exactly the reverse a few days ago. I was lucky to have very good SCAs on all trains! Maybe not so much lucky because since 1993 I've only had a couple of mediocre ones. This evening I went to file praise reports for all of them and got...
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    Pre-trip Covid 19 check question.

    Escuse my confusion. I thought they wanted a covid test. 24 hours won't do it for anyone. Sue me.
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    Pre-trip Covid 19 check question.

    Don't know where you are, but that's not available here. They're actually aggravated that I've gone for testing 6 times in the last year. If I wake up with a sore throat I go, if I have a fever of more than 98 I go. I went to get antibody testing at my own expense and was disappointed I didn't...
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    Pre-trip Covid 19 check question.

    If you believe everyone answers the questions truthfully then I'm glad I've never traveled with you.
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    Pre-trip Covid 19 check question.

    Because I can't GET the data in less than24 hours where I live. Congratulations that you live somewhere you can get it. I don't. I stayed home the last 24 hours. It doesn't guarantee my partner didn''t contact it. We rented a car to take us 350 miles to the closest station. Maybe you elitists...
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    Pre-trip Covid 19 check question.

    This came this afternoon less than 24 hours before my first Amtrak flight in about three years. Scared the hell out of me. It said I needed to get this done withing 24 hours of my trip; I thought it was requiring me to take another Covid-19 test. Which I had no time to take, I live six hours...
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    You eat in your room? Why?

    Something of an aspie here so it's much more comfortable in my roomette. The times I've risked it have been mixed; but for some reason foreign visitors have been very rewarding Yet there have been other near-disasters, particularly from people who evangelize their political views. I don't get...
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    The perfect circle trip.

    I did a small circle, my first solo trip, about 5 years ago: DFW-LAX on the Eagle/Sunset; LAX-EMY on the Starlight;; EMY-CHI on the CZ; CHI-DFW on the Eagle. I also did a FTW to CHI to LAX (Eagle); to SJC (Coast) back to LAX; to FTW (Sunset/Eagle). Is this a figure 8? An ovewl? I've done a...
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    Select Your Own Sleeper Room Number Online?

    Same here. It's too hard to lug my carry-ons upstairs. I don't need the accessible room, a roomette is fine, I just want it downstairs.
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    Is Solo a Good way to Travel Amtrak?

    I've mostly traveled by myself for about the last 5 or so years and I'm fine with it. There's no way I'd pass up a train trip either way. But I admit that when I see something wonderful I always wish I could share it right then. I take photos but they're nothing like actually seeing it.
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    Hurricane Ida - 08/2021

    Thank you for posting this. I didn't realize The SL had the equipment at SAS to do this but I suppose if the #2 terminates there, it's pretty easy for the #1 to originate there. I love passenger rail but rarely think about the logistics.
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    Ugliest and Soul-less Amtrak Stations Used in Metropolises Today

    It's been several years since I've been to Longview, maybe as many as 7 or 8. I don't deny it's not a pretty station, it was more comfortable sitting outside. But soul-less, no, at least not when I was there. The station master was very helpful - and charming. I've been lucky to encounter many...
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    Can Amtrak do this?

    Wasn't me, you're absolutely right. I'd prefer to be downstairs every time, very difficult for me to drag my carry-ons upstairs. But no way to request it online. I don't want the disability bedroom, just downstairs roomettes, almost never available online.
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    Can Amtrak do this?

    I did the same. Just praying they don't reinstitute the restrictions and service reductions; due to the current resurgence of Covid (Delta, Lambda, whatever). Praying harder that these variants diminish and die. I haven't seen my granddaughter in 4 years and don't want to expose her but I miss...
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    Freight Railroad Hall of Shame, list of recent delays to Amtrak by freight trains

    Take a look at 1/421 and 2/422. They only inconvenience the freights 3x weekly
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    Awful timekeeping/on time performance

    I very much appreciate these answers. I'm not opposed to taking the bus route or even coach the next day but since I paid for a roomette, hopefully customer relations will compensate me somehow. It's only about 10 hours from LAX to SJC but the point of getting a roomette is to 1) catch up on my...
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    Awful timekeeping/on time performance

    I've been watching the Sunset Ltd's OTP for a little over a month now - I'm taking a trip in Oct from FTW to SJC, connecting with the Coast Starlight at LAX. ASMAD shows that in the time I've been watching,, the connection was missed 31% of the time. Today's train is going to increase that...
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    San Jose connecting bus location

    I think I remember it's to the right as you face the front of the station. There's a sidewalk behind it toward the tracks. There are several bus 'shelters' (I don't know what they're called) and bus "bays', where the buses park to load their passengers. By each bay there is a sign telling you...
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    The Amtrak Website Has a "New Look."

    Just for fun I tried booking a future trip, just to see how it's working. It didn't have the same look it had earlier but I was able to navigate it. The first screen didn't offer senior passage so I chose adult. Next screen showed the base price of $129 for a coach seat. There was a link for...
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    Crescent Business Class - Equipment

    That's a surprise to me. My only BC ride so far was on the Surfliner last month and they treated us well. One of the offered free beverages was wine, also soft drinks and the coffee pot was up front. They also served a package of munchies (cookies, chips, something else I don't remember). BC was...
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