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First let me preface this by saying it's been close to 10 years since I took a long distance train. I'm on #5, The California Zephyr right now. Since leaving Chicago, other than being put in the hole for other Amtrak trains, we haven't been delayed on sidings waiting for freight trains to...

Well, after being on this site almost everyday for 2 years, I took a 4 - 5 month hiatus. But I am back!!!! The 'train' bug bit me again (see my March 2011 trip). I don't have 999 hours to read all that has happened in the past 5 months... Can someone give me the Cliff Notes version of what...

So I was looking at this weeks' Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper and there are four train-articles. Two are by the Plain Dealer and two are from the Orange County Register. I had to link to other sources for those beacuse it is not on the Plain Dealer's website. (The two from the OCR are from...

I am considering a round trip this fall on the Adirondack, including 4 or 5 days in Montreal. The hotels near the airport are significantly less expensive, so I would likely stay there. I am also considering renting a car so I can travel around Quebec. I can rent at the airport or for about...

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There was a 5.5 earthquake at 1:45 PM (EDT) about 40 miles from Montreal today (6/23/10). I wonder if they have to inspect track or do anything that will disrupt the Adirondack? FYI: I felt it here in Cleveland. My office tower was shaking. It was also felt in the Detroit area, Columbus...

On another thread, how well people sleep on the train was being discussed. So I was wondering how well people do on the three train classes (coach, roomette, bedroom) versus at home. For classification purposes, count the H room and family bedroom as bedrooms.

Last night I attended a presentation / book signing with Jim Lehrer. Many of you know him as the anchor for the PBS News Hour (formerly known as the News Hour with Jim Lehrer) which is on most PBS stations every weekday evening. Anyway, Jim is also a writer with 20 novels to his credit. "Super"...

The previews for next week's "World's Toughest Fixes" on the National Geographic network shows Sean Riley (the host - and a good one at that) working with SEPTA in tunnels and replacing catanary. It's on at 9:00 PM EDT. From their website: It should be interesting.

I am wondering about how my recent 12 day / 11 train, 8,859 mile trip stacks up as for longevity. I assume it's up there, but not near the longest. Specifically I am looking for two things: 1. How many consecutive days you have been on the train? This can include overnights off the train, but...

Warning: This is a long trip report as it was a long trip (8,859 miles). Overview: I built this trip to take as many trains that I had not been on before. The itinerary allowed me to include ALL the long distance routes I have not been on. The only segment I had ridden before was the Coast...

Does anyone know how long the AGR website has been down, or for how long it might be? Is this scheduled maintenance or did the you-know-what hit the fan?

While I was waiting for the detachment of the 2 Texas Eagle through cars from the Sunset Limited, they detached the two P42's and inserted a P32 (#500) that was marked as a "Heartland Flyer test engine". It was being sponsored by the Oklamhoma DOT and the FRA. One of the three engines (one of...

I'm back from a loooong 12 day / 11 train trip. I will post a trip report next week probably. A few interesting tidbits..... From a source who probably knows what he/she is saying.... The Sunset Limited will start service to Orlando starting in August. The SSL East may be back!!! Now this...

Anyone know why the Cardinal has been running an average of 78 minutes late recently? Status for train 50 arriving into CVS 2010-05-09: Scheduled: 2:47 pm Actual: 4:04 pm Delay: 104 minutes 2010-05-07: Scheduled: 2:47 pm Actual: 4:15 pm Delay: 105 minutes 2010-05-05: Scheduled: 2:47 pm...

On Saturday I took the Wolverine from end to end (Pontiac to Chicago) and returned on Sunday. Random Thoughts: On time for both trains the whole way. The windows on the first train were reasonably clean, while the second train were very dirty. They had not been washed in quite some time...

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CNN.Com story here. Yet another reason to love Amtrak!

I am thinking of doing a 3X points run while I am in California in May. I am considering (all on the same day - Monday 5/17): OKJ - SAC (Capital Corridor) 10:15 - 12:15 SAC - SKT (San Joaquin Southbound) 4:55 - 5:50 SKT - SKN - That is the question SKN - OKJ (San Joaquin Northbound) 8:03pm...

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