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Some time ago, I was chatting with an Acela attendant and he started telling me the nicknames they had for the routes. The ones I remember are: Lake Shore = Late for Sure Capitol Limited = Capitol Punishment Any others that Amtrak employees use? He might have said something about the Silver...

Okay, after about a year of planning and 30,000 AGR points, my wife and I finally got to take this trip. In short, it was fantastic, great food, great people, and even a band in the lounge car!! Instead of a long report, you can see the whole trip in 3 minutes here.

I've been an AGR member for about 2 years now. I thought I would share some observations. 1. ACELA RULES-Sorry rest of country, but us regular Acela business travelers rake in the points doing the BOS-NY-WAS run at 500 pts. (before bonuses, more on that in a sec) between qualified city pairs...

So Mrs. Jackson 123 and I cashed in some AGRs and got a bedroom on the EAST BOUND Empire Builder this July. (I am glad we booked in January, the sleepers are already sold out for our train). Although we are on the East Coast, and there is something "natural" about "going West" we chose the East...

Okay, So on Monday I make a last minute decision to take the Capitol Ltd. from Chicago to DC. I was checking the online prices all day. The price for a roomette upgrade was $166, Family bedroom was $196. As departure approached, the roomette upgrade jumped to $2XX and something (I forget...