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How easy is it to get to this from the Bart station at Fremont? Any buses? Taxi? Fair chance of getting murdered by the locals as soon as you step out on the street? :ph34r:

Looking at booking on the CZ from Sacramento to Denver in March, coach fare is shown as $77 and roomette charge is $173, but when I come to book the coach part goes to $96. I thought if you booked a room you got the lowest coach rate, or am I missing something?

A few shots taken 2 days ago, of the High Speed 1 line from London to the tunnel, now used by the 140mph domestic Hitachi built trains, as well as Eurostars running to Paris and Brussels. http://50031.fotopic.net/c1800178.html Had a few runs on the new trains,seeing as my free tickets are now...

Bit of a last minute plan, had some days with nothing much to do, the weather forecast was good, if cold, the Hotel Grishuna at Filisur had rooms available, and BA managed to offer a reasonable fare. Flight on time, near enough, to Zurich, but slightly delayed getting off due to the plane door...

Just a short spin to Germany, out via Eurostar to Paris thence ICE to Frankfurt, new experience of sitting behind the driver on the ICE on a French high speed line, got up to 316 kph, 196 mph! Stayed in Boppard on the Rhine for 2 nights, and Trier up the Mosel Valley for one night. Weather was...

As above. 1st December, an MGB train between Disentis and Andermatt was knocked off the rails by an avalanche, coaches swept down the hill. 2 injured but could have been a lot worse... Apparently lots of disruption all over the Alpine areas due to very heavy snowfall. 2 articles here...

In the VIA rail blurb, I assume that a berth for 1 is much the same as a roomette? Whats the deal with the some of the berths you have to step up to? How does that work, as I assume the sleepers are not double deckers?

Well, today I am going home. The weather has been fantastic, the railways have been the usual smart, punctual and well organised outfits they always are, the scenery stunning and the night facing the moonlit Matterhorn was beyond words. I will get round to writing a better trip report when I...

Privately owned steam loco 70013 'Oliver Cromwell' passing Richmond, West London on a day excursion from London to Bristol and back. http://50031.fotopic.net/c1681501_25.html

Just a short 4 day trip to satisfy my need for a quick Euro dabble! Left London on Eurostar to Brussels, ICE forward to Cologne (via the new Liege to Aachen HSL) , a quick lunch break in the Fruh beer emporium next to the cathedral, then an IC to Koblenz for a local service to Boppard. 3...

Greetings from Lucerne! Decided to have a few days in the (real) rail mecca of Switzerland. 2 nights in Lucerne, then 2 nights in Brunnen from tomorrow. Some pictures here http://50031.fotopic.net/c1694204.html , captions and more pictures to follow!

Went past the LA Amtrak maintenance depot on Saturday and seen some covered freight vehicles with Amtrak Express on the side, whats the idea of those then? Still in use? Out of service? I also thought I saw some New Jersey Transit coaches in either the Amtrak or Metrolink depot, was I correct...

Flew to Seattle on the 07/03 then headed down to Portland the next morning on 501. First trip on the Cascade and I do like those trains was in Business Class and had the whole coach to myself! Pity that there are only a few of those sets, certainly nicer than some of the old Amtrak 'banger'...

I will be (99% sure!) in Portland OR next week for a few days. Any tips as to places to go, things to see, decent spots for rail photography, any scummy areas to avoid, places to eat and drink etc etc All tips gratefully received! No car in the daytime, but not afraid to use public transport...

Just a quick question, anyone know if LA Union Station has any left luggage facilities for leaving stuff for a few hours?

Left London on Sunday 15th Of February and headed for Aachen via Brussels. Fairly seamless journey, Eurostar to Brussels and then Thalys TGV from Brussels to Aachen arriving just after 7pm. Stayed in the Hotel Benelux between the station and the old town. Had dinner in the Ratskeller which was...

Does anyone know if you can buy sleeper tickets on these machines? Someone I know asked me the question. Something about no internet access and last minute planning...

Ok, I will add something to this! Was at work on Christmas Day and the 26th('Boxing day' here!) so I took my camera (Olympus E510 DSLR) to work to get some shots of the 20 odd trains stood down for the break. (We don't run much public transport on the 25th, so in that respect you are light...

Had a few days leave to use up before the end of the year, so myself and a work colleague decided to have a few days away. Our first plan was Strasbourg, but the European Parliament was in own so hotels were hard to find, so we went to plan B.... Monday 15 Nov. Easy start and an 0957 departure...

Well, I was traveling home by train from an evening out in Cambridge and got to Waterloo station in London and this was about..... http://50031.fotopic.net/c1622660.html Ex Southern Railway, Lord Nelson class, 30777 'Sir Lamiel' (now part of the National Collection) on a special trip to...