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Was walking on the trail by the railroad tracks in Bellingham, WA today and saw the Cascades 510 heading north from Seattle to Vancouver, BC. Was so pleasantly surprised and excited by the sight that I didn't note the consist but when I used to ride it before, I think it was a coach, a...

I saw this article about living in a made-over caboose, thought of you guys: http://tinyassapartment.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-choo-choo-choose-you-train-caboose.html There are lots of pictures, it is very cute. Not much smaller than my apartment, mine is 400 sq ft, this is 327 sq ft, it says...

In September there was a special running, I got an email about it, "Book now, in September, for 25% off January Travel on the Empire Builder (&Texas Eagle)". I made reservations on the last day of the sale, Sept. 30th, for PDX to MSP and return, with a stopover in Fargo. It was all in...

There was a fire at the Beech Grove maintenance facility this morning, it started in the diesel shop. It took a while to put it out, partly because access to the site was hampered due to all the fences in the area. Here's a short article about it...

Yesterday I was at Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, BC, Canada to catch the 517 Cascades home to Bellingham, WA. The Rocky Mountaineer train was parked right next to ours, I got to walk down the platform and check the whole train out through the chain link fence. That is some amazing...

Just heard this in an email from my Canadian boyfriend, it must have been on the TV news up there, I will find a link. This subject was getting a lot of press on both sides of the border for the last few weeks as the Provincial and Washington State governments and tourism boards put a lot of...

I often ride the Cascades 510/517 between Bellingham, WA (BEL) and Vancouver, BC, Canada (VAC). News report Item #1: I went up last Sunday, May 2nd, and the train was very full. I ended up sitting in the bistro car with another guy who boarded at BEL, because there were no seats left. The...

Here's another article about Amtrak's increasing ridership: http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles....mp;aid=36596550

My uncle in Florida has decided not to fly anymore. He has been taking a trip up to Connecticut every summer for a while now, but is in his seventies and not really up for driving, every time he does that trip he says "never again". So I was trying to tell him he could take the train, he knows...

You guys are always so helpful about so many things, maybe you can shed a little light on the shopping for points process for me - thanks so much. I have never tried earning points by shopping through the AGR mall. I kind of don't trust that I will get the points, I guess. How does the vendor...

I was wondering if the second train to Vancouver BC showed on the reservations site yet, so I put a couple of different dates in for next February, the 2010 Winter Olympics are February 12th to the 28th. The northbound train that I inquired about is sold out for the dates I tried. The second...

Tonight I took the 517 Cascades home to Bellingham from Vancouver. There was a group of people in my car, about 5 guys and one woman, each in one seat with a big briefcase. The fellows were wearing suits and they all had some kind of tag around their neck. I overheard a couple of things when...

I had some mistaken thinking about customs and fresh fruit today. I bought some nice little tangerines in Vancouver, thinking I could eat them on the train before we got to the US border. I figured, if we were still in Canada, it wouldn't matter. The inspection in the station at Vancouver is...

We had just completed the customs check at the border and as we got underway heading south, I saw quite the assembly parked on the track next to us, facing north. I am not sure exactly but this is what it seemed like to me, there were two engines, and two cars that looked like cabooses, crew...

I'm sure the answer to this question is no, but I'll ask anyway! Does anyone know if the convenience checks issued by Chase for my AGR card account, earn Amtrak points? I really doubt if they would, and of course I can call and ask Chase, but I thought I would pose the question here in case...

This article from NOAA says there's a good chance of major flooding this spring on the Red River: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2009/2...5_redriver.html I know it's not unusual for the Red River to flood and that it has happened pretty severely within the last 10 -20 years. In the past...

Today I got an email announcing Amtrak's Winter Sale, 20% off selected routes, here are the details from the site: Terms & Conditions * This sale fare is only available for purchase on Amtrak.com. * Valid on the following services: Silver Star, Silver Meteor, Cardinal, Capitol Limited, Lake...

Yesterday we had tickets to ride the Cascades from Vancouver, BC, to Bellingham, WA, in the evening. We got to the station early at around 4:15, my boyfriend picked up his ticket at the VIA counter and they didn't say anything to him about status. We waited for a while and thought it was...

Here's the latest update from the Amtrak site about the service disruption today: Service Alert: Cascade Service, Empire Builder, Coast Starlight - Pacific Northwest Service Restoration Plan December 21, 2008 9:00 p.m. ET BNSF Railway has informed Amtrak of plans to restore most passenger...

I rode the Cascades tonight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Bellingham, Washington. I was pretty amazed at how light the passenger load was. The trains have been pretty full lately for sure, and they were over the holiday weekend according to the crew. I haven't seen so few people...