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Once a day or so, I search Google News for 'amtrak', and today found this: Rest of the story here. I usually don't post here any Amtrak stories (there's another set of fora for that), except that when I posted it on my wall on Facebook, our own Anthony commented: :giggle:

Part 4: January 24 Ferry, Martinez, Davis, SACRT Light Rail, SJ SAC branch Pictures (and a few videos) from this day are here. Sorry for the long delay in posting this final part. :|   A little background as to why I was up so early this day: One thing oddly not mentioned about MUNI F cars...

Part 3: January 23 'Conquer' BART, Balboa Park and Church/Duboce, Cable Cars, 2 Rail Museums Pictures (and a few videos) from this day are here. My intention this day was to start by taking the day's first BART out to Pittsburg/Bay Point. It was to leave Powell at 7:55, so up at 7 to walk...

Part 2: January 22 Caltrain, Stanford, VTA Light Rail, Capitols, Two new BART routes, SFO PC Pictures (and a few videos) from this day are here. Up at 6, I showered, packed, and made my way back to Diridon (SJC) to catch the first Caltrain, #421, to Palo Alto. I first visited the Amtrak...

Over this past long weekend, I did the third of what I have come to call my 'Pilgrimages' to the bay area. The first, in May 2008, was up the central valley and down the coast; the second, in September 2008, was both up and down the central valley. This trip had a few goals: Go up the coast...

Good morning everyone! Something odd is happening to me, and I wonder if to anyone else: I qualified for Select Plus in 2009 for 2010, but, unfortunately, only Select in 2010 for 2011. As I understand it, that should mean I am Select Plus until 2/28/2011 (have a card that says so) and (even...

Not to alarm anyone unnecessarily (it's unconfirmed hearsay, after all), but: Today I went to Fry's Electronics, as I do almost weekly, by taking 775, GDL-BUR (whence Fry's is a very short walk) and 784, BUR-GDL. Detraining at GDL, I went back to the door of the BC car, where (because we were...

I apologize if this has been mentioned before...I did try searching and I don't think so. I found an interesting blog by someone who seems to ride the Surfliners as much as I do (er...used to): The Surfliner Stories (Interestingly, I happened on it by googling 'parlour car fire' or somesuch...

Good morning everyone! I've noticed that more than a few members have, as their signature or part of it, the list of Amtrak routes they've ridden, and many further somehow indicate which they've 'aced' (ridden the whole length of). Rather pathetically, compared to the giants here, I've done...

I'm sure everyone will want to join me in congratulating everyone graduating these days, among them: AU Founder Anthony, who, a week or so ago, achieved Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in City Planning from MIT; (Near?) Youngest AU member Stephen M (Long Train Runnin'), who, mere hours ago (as...

Hello everybody! This is something I've wanted to share with AU ever since I joined, but was convinced I'd lost it. I just now rediscovered it, and couldn't wait to share. In 1977, my dad (rightmost in the picture at the link below) served as best man at the wedding of a coworker and fellow...

For anyone interested, especially Whooz: I noticed today that The Great Dome, #10031, is back on the Vomit Comet, Surfliner trains 799 and 798/792. IME it will be here until at least the Monday after Thanksgiving, if not longer. Enjoy! (I sure will...probably going to go to SBA or the like...

Post-Gathering E: Three full days of my first visit to NYC Finally in NYC, it was time to explore. While I did take a token LIRR ride, for the most part my ad-hoc itinerary was that of a first-time NYC tourist rather than hardcore railfan, though with the exception of two short car trips, all...

Post-Gathering D: Commuter crawl toward, and short first night in, NYC Pictures of this part are here. I was determined to make this commuter crawl better than Monday's (hangover, leaving BAL in the wrong direction, and so on), and it was pretty good until just near the end, when things fell...

Post-Gathering C: Railfanning Philly *despite* a SEPTA strike. Pictures of this part are here. The first thing I did when I woke on Tuesday, November 3 was turn on the news to see if there was an update on the SEPTA strike. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, it was still going on. Fortunately...

Post-Gathering B: Commuter/Regional crawl toward, and short first night in, PHL Pictures of this part are here. On Monday morning, November 2, I woke with a severe headache, and sensitivity to light and sound, of unknown etiology. :P I showered, dressed, packed, and started to head from my...

Post-Gathering A: THE Acela Ride Pictures of this part are the last 20 in this album (beginning with the picture of the menu, snack mix, and drink). One of my goals for this trip was a full-length Acela trip in FC. Fortunately, I had plenty of AGR points, so plunked down the necessary 10,500...

Pictures from this part (as well as a few from Part 7) are here. Sunday, November 1's events started much earlier. For the Acela Shop tour, we had to meet rather early (at I time I forgot, and now lost in the hidden 'Registered Participants' forum), whence we walked to the shops. It was very...

In retrospect, I could probably have maintained the separation between these 12 parts by, as Whooz did, making them separate posts in a single thread rather than separate threads, but I've already started down this path. :P Pictures from this part are here. I got up a little early on...

Pictures from this part are here. From here on out, my memories and the notes I took are assisted by the footprints on Twitter my obsessive use of FourSquare left. :) (Check it out if you want, it takes a certain type to enjoy it...among AUers, I can almost imagine Stephen M (LTR) alone...