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"There are now TWO opportunities to ride Amtrak’s Great Dome car! Hop aboard the Adirondack to view upstate New York’s fall foliage September 23rd – October 24th or catch the Cardinal as it makes two round-trips from Chicago to Washington on October 30th and November 6th. Catch a sneak peak of...

Latest press release from Amtrak (found this on Facebook). Numbers up system-wide on this time last year. http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?b...ership_FY10.pdf

Sorry if this has been covered elsewhere; I've just got to San Fran after a bit of a train bus train bus nightmare. Seems the Chief lost BOTH engines just outside ABQ.Freight engine added to the front; but an already late train just got later and later. ETA in Flagstaff (where I got on) went...

Hiya Is the connection from the Southwest Chief to the Coast Starlight pretty reliable? amtraydelays seems to think the arrival of The Chief into LAX is pretty much good. I'd be travelling to Oakland on the CS, so I guess I'd get bussed to Bakersfield and sent up the valley route (thereby...

Noticed on Steam the other day. http://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/ I think it's new version of EA/Kuju's Rail Simulator.

Just been watching some of the first series of the USA version of 'Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares' which has been rerun on TV here recently. Noticed in one of the episodes he got off an Amtrak train in search of the restaurant. Wonder if he ate in the dining car? :)

Hiya All The story so far - flight over the atlantic was American Airlines - all went well, was on-time, Immigration in Chicago took about 30 mins. I had hoped to get online for the sunday chat, but by the time I got to my hotel here in NYC I didnt' feel like trekking back out to find a net...

While I'm Boston on my upcoming trip, I'm thinking of taking a trip to Portland on the Downeaster. I'm currently thinking of either the 9.05am from Boston North and the 8.10pm from Portland, or doing it over two 2 days, staying in Portland. The schedule looks geared towards commuters travelling...

Hiya all - i hope everyone had a good christmas and new years. What's the view on taking a circular trip like this .. Chicago - Washington (Capitol), Washington - NY - Boston (Acela), Boston - Albany - Chicago (Lake Shore Limited). I think the Capitol and Lake Shore cover the same ground east...

Hiya Some time ago I was planning a trip for december, but due to work and other things, that didn't happen. However, i've still got the idea in my head so i was looking at maybe doing something in march - early march (ie.before easter) was my first thought. I've got around 12 days to work...

Hiya. I'm new face here, so I hope i've got this right. I'm from the UK, so sorry if i'm asking something thats silly or obvious! I'm considering using the rest of my vacation days to visit the US sometime in december for just under 2 weeks. I was planning on going to the north-east (Boston...