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I'll let you know if I ever find one Bob

plan on taking a train from Baltimore to Trenton, then taking a riverline train to phila, then riding around Phila including visiting the exibit at Phila and taking a train back,. grab those extra points, may take an Acela on one leg

there may be any number of reasons why a person would want to be in the sightseer car at any hour of the day or night, maybe a city slicker is just dazzled by the stars, be that as it may, there is no reason for anyone to occupy more than one seat, and that should be enforced. Bob

100 new cars and 25 engines (mostly electric) so that the current routes could be covered properly. everything running less than 7 days a week should get 7 day week service (including the Sunset to FL) major long distance routes get two trains a day (like the Empire Builder) in the beginning...

on the SWC this past fall I had one of the best steaks I've ever had on a train, hopefully you get the same chief, be sure and try it. Bob

they will fix infrastructure on the NEC Bob

you haven't heard about the Cascade extension to Fairbanks and thru the Bering tunnel to Moscow. Bob

my favorite is the one I have a ticket on the next trip Bob

the lawsuit was the result of Amtrak charging Bedroom rates for wheelchair users in the H room when no accessible roomette is avaliable. the results of the suit is that a wheelchair user using the H room gets a discount that is declining over the years, some time ago it was almost 40% I...

they only use 3 1/4 on the cardinal, the other trains get 4 axles plus the 3/4 left over from the cardinal. they don't need em all because it only runs 3 days a week. Bob

that was the order up north, I saw the train crossing the Susquehanna then drove ahead and caught it as it entered Baltimore and it was as you say, although in the ten minutes or so i was in Harve de Grace after the train I did not see the follower train. Not sure how far back it was at that...

drop in the bucket Bob

yes Bob

Maryland has said (so far) to view at Old Elton train station Perryville train station Aberdeen train station Edgewood train station and a high school in Edgewood tha backs against the tracks but the name has slipped my mind, the only one they have said that the train will slow for is the...

I am pretty sure I'm going to find a spot on the South Shore of the Susquehanna river upstream of the Amtrak bridge, hopefully getting a long shot of the train crossing the bridge. Sun should be in the right direction and hopefully find a spot not too, crowded. Bob

yeah was considering going to Martin Airport station but haven't checked it out yet. Bob

looks like it is telephoto lens time. SEPTA is saying only that parking lots on the Southbound side of the tracks will be closed. Most of Odenton is on the Southbound side, wonder if that is the same or MARC is just doing thier normal overreacting.. Bob

interesting, the Amtrak website has all trains leaving Phila southbound marked as sold out on the 17th between 10:30AM - 4:30 PM lets you go all the way thru the reservation process up to selecting a train. a couple of them list 1 first class seat???? left Bob

seems like the upper window could be made smaller so there would be sufficient load carrying capacity, the upper berth window seemed to be one of the smartest advances in sleeping car amenities since the invention of the sleeping car. even if the bottom of the upper window was raised 8 inches...

well that's what you get for forgetting to pick me up.........that train is spooky when your in the middle of nowhere all by yourself and no power..... Bob