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  1. jackal

    Long(ish)-term parking along Missouri River Runner route?

    I'll be traveling from Springfield, MO to CHI (and onto MKE) in a couple of weeks and will be gone for about 5 days. I had thought about driving to Alton, IL and catching the Lincoln Service there (parking looked plentiful and free last time I drove by the station), but it looks like the fares...
  2. jackal

    Cars closed to passengers

    Hasn’t really been an issue before, but it’s annoyed me three separate times in the past week, where conductors are keeping cars closed despite the open cars running full. I can understand it on an empty train, but when cars are full, why not allow people to spread out? Are they actually doing...
  3. jackal

    CS service advisory this week (10/26); Techachapi detour??

    Not a lot of notice, but came across this: https://www.amtrak.com/alert/pacific-surfliner-trackwork-oxnard-goleta-california.html I assume that means the Starlight is being detoured over Tehachapi today. Can anyone confirm? Too bad it's not next week--I have some free time and would have...
  4. jackal

    Carolinian canceled 10/31?

    Nothing at https://www.amtrak.com/routes/carolinian-piedmont-train.html about it (it's past the dates mentioned in the NS trackwork notice, and for a different day of the week), but when I try to book RMT-CLT on 10/31, it says "Canceled." Any ideas why? Or is it just a glitch with the glitchy...
  5. jackal

    Booking Cascade PDX-SEA

    I may have the opportunity to get out of state (finally!) for a brief weekend. If the stars align, I may be able to ride Amtrak from PDX to SEA on the evening of 8/14. I'd be taking the 6:15pm departure. What time does it start to get dark in WA in mid-August? (Any train ride is a good train...
  6. jackal

    Ticket pick-up options for unstaffed station

    A friend (whom I am envious of!) is flying into ORD and staying with family. He wants to keep his AGR account active and check out Indianapolis, so he's looking at making a trip on the Cardinal from DYE to IND. DYE is an unstaffed station with no QT machine. He'd be departing DYE on 8/1, so the...
  7. jackal

    Alaska Railroad Cabooses for sale!

    Mention in the Anchorage Daily News: http://www.adn.com/3437/story/855114.html Full story in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner: http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jul/06/alas...oose-cars-sale/ I'd bid, but I'm not sure where I'd put it! (And I do have other things with that $8k that I should be doing...)
  8. jackal

    WMATA Red Line Collision

    http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/2...ast-one-killed/ Also: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/...ml?hpid=topnews
  9. jackal

    What is the longest passenger train you've ever seen?

    I took a trip on the Alaska Railroad's winter Aurora Train from Anchorage to Fairbanks this last Saturday. Normally, the Aurora train is three cars long: a dining car, one coach car, and a baggage car on the rear (where the people hauling supplies to their remote cabins and availing themselves...
  10. jackal

    Refund of part of an itinerary?

    I'm buying a multi-city ticket for a family member. She's doing LAS-PRB, then PRB-SIM, and possibly SIM-BUR. I know the best option is to book them separately (there's no advantage to booking them as one in this case, as none of the departure stations are staffed or have QT machines, so all the...
  11. jackal

    The Soft Relaunch of the Coast Starlight

    (Check out part 2 below in post #24!) Part 1--Northbound On Sunday, May 25, I took the Coast Starlight northbound from Los Angeles Union Station to Paso Robles for a short Memorial Day trip to visit my family. Having heard that at least one of the refurbished Pacific Parlour Cars had been...
  12. jackal

    Coast Starlight Restart and Pacific Parlour Cars?

    I'm booking an airfare to LAX and a Starlight trip up to my old hometown of Paso Robles. As I indicated in another thread or two, I've been wanting to test out the Parlour Car, so I'd like to book a roomette on the return (my outbound leg is too close to my flight, so I don't want to chance...
  13. jackal

    Accomodations near SLC station?

    I didn't want to hijack the other thread re: SLC, so here's a new one. Are there affordable and comfortable accomodations anywhere near the SLC station? I'll be arriving on the CZ from DEN and will have a car to pick up at the nearby Avis at 7 or 8 am but need a place to get a good night's...
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