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    Sacremento Museum day February 2nd

    http://www.sacmuseums.org/museumday.html So if you are taking a ride on Amtrak through or to Sacremento or even if you are using one of those nasty things called automobiles/trucks. Sacremento looks like a good place to stop. thanks to Fatwallet.com for the information.
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    Save 40% on VIA Rail

    http://www.viarail.ca/en/car-free-day?WT.m...oupon_en_090922 "To celebrate Car Free Day on September 22, 2009, VIA Rail is giving you an extra incentive to leave your car at home and help contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by taking the train instead." If anyone is interested.
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    Family of Strangers on the Sunset Limited

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/23/travel/e...s/23sunset.html Article in NY Times describing a trip on the Sunset Limited. Not bad it does describe the good and the bad of the trip.
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    Fall Trips

    I admit I think my trip in mid-October will be interesting. Syracuse to Toronto and then onto Cochrane and Moosonee Ontario on Ontario Northlands Northlander and Polar Bear Express. Then return to Toronto and leave the next day for Montreal to take the Chaleur to Gaspe for one day of relaxation...
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    Railroad related silent film alert

    Perhaps not the right forum, so apologizes in advance to any I might offend. If you live in or near Rome NY you could be in for a real treat, if like me you are a both a fan of railroading and silent films. Silent Film "The DIxie Flyer"
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    Decisions... .decisions.... which route!

    Starting to map out my November vacation. The outbound is simple SYR-NYP-WAS. But going home I could just reverse the couse, boring, I can take the Cardinal to CHI then the Lake Shore Limited to SYR, or the Capitol to CHI etc.. Think I will do coach on both just for the heck of it. So opinions...
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    Interesting offer from Amtrak

    Just got home from a rail excursion/visit to parent trip, see my first attempt at a published travelogue, and found a interesting offer from Amtrak on the answering machine. They called with a special promotion, offering to upgrade my up coming trip on the Late Sure Likely(SYR to BOS) for a...
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    Oil Creek and Titusville excursion train

    The Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad A trip through “the valley that changed the world” a brief travelogue http://octrr.clarion.edu/aboard.htm Consist - 1 - Alco S-2 engine(1947) coloring is rust(color not condition) with yellow lettering. 2 – A cattle car(open standing room only...
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