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This morning, the southbound Silver Star, #91, struck a pick-up truck that has driven around the flashers and crossing arms at about 7:30am in Hilliard, Florida....about 25 miles north of Jacksonville. The driver, a 17 year old student in my 1st period(8:00am) class, drove his truck around the...

Has the Empire Builder gone to the "Diner-Lite/Simplfied Dining Service" concept...or are they still serving a conventional menu. As part of a 30th wedding anniversary Western vacation...we're going to do the EB from Chicago to Seattle in a sleeper, thus meals will be included. This trip will...

May 10, 2006......had I stayed, would have been my 30th anniversary with Amtrak's Reservation Call Center. My actual start date with Amtrak was December 14, 1974, but after a year and a half in OBS, we we're furloughed from the JAX crew base, with several of us winding up in the Call Center...

What has happened to the "Silver Service" trains in Florida, particularly northbound. At a glance it appears that both 98 and 92 have been hours late, even only as far as Jacksonville. Are late southbound arrivals fouling up the turnaround times that badly. Maybe "Miami Joe" or someone else...

I'm going to be returning back to JAX on #92 this upcoming Friday from WPK. Since the departure time is advertised as 7:55 pm....if the train is reasonably on time, should I be able to get dinner in the diner? Also, what is usually the "last call" time for each meal period on the "Silver...

Now, I don't check this everyday....but, it seems that the on-time performance for the combined "Silver Star/Silver Meteor, has gotten much worse during this temporary schedule, as opposed to better. It appears to leave their respective end-points (NYP/MIA), on schedule, but massive amounts of...

What was supposed to have been a trip for both my wife and I to the Winter Park Spring Art Show turned out to be a solo trip, since my wife wasn't feeling well(...she's much better this morning, thank you!). As it turned out, #91 was an hour and a half late coming into JAX, expected to depart...

Sadly, this isn't a rhetorical question. #91 hasn't cleared the Corridor(NYP-RVR) any better than 2 hours, 30 minutes late any day this week. In fact, today's 91 left Penn Station over 3 hours late!!! I know that the weather has been bad in NYC, but the "Star" has received the bulk of the...

As reported earlier, I now have a grandaughter in Raleigh. In response to a $7.90 "rail sale" fare, I returned to JAX on #91 Monday evening. Well, Monday evening turned into a 1:30 am Tuesday morning departure...but, no big deal!! The "big deal" was the ride. I've ridden trains for both...