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Thank you for sharing! It's great to hear the trip went well and the train was busy!!

Hi All I've just completed my write up of a journey from Libreville to Franceville onboard the Transgabonaise - a really amazing journey into the African jungle! If you're interested it's published here: Crossing Central Africa by Train on the Transgabonaise | TrainReview I hope everyone is...

Very true! I've done the Moscow - St Petersburg run a lot on various trips. I love the Red Arrow's departure song on each platform! I'd love to take the Grand Express once all of this is over! I got told last time we were in Russia that because Grand Express run all of Russia's trains to Crimea...

Hi All I've just finished and published an article about our trip on Vietnam's Reunification Express from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City. If anyone is interested it's posted here: Riding Vietnam's Reunification Express | Hanoi to Saigon | TrainReview I hope everyone is staying safe and well.

There have been a couple of interesting ones pop up. RejioJet (a Czech open access operator that runs busses and some trains) ran a train from Prague to the Croatian coast that proved so popular it had to increase frequencies to keep up. Swedish open access operator Snälltåget (who run the Malmo...

On my list! I only made it from LA to Tucson on the Sunset Ltd unfortunately!

It's a great place to catch up on some sleep! I've done that trip a lot on the Indian Pacific (I'll find and post my most recent article on it) - they're not joking when they say its straight! One of the strangest things I've done is change trains out in the middle of the Nullarbor!

Thanks so much! I really hope you make it down here. If you do and have any questions please message me - more than happy to help if I can!

Hi All Another trip report if anyone's interested - this one is a little random but a super interesting trip on Tasmania's West Coast Wilderness Railway between the tiny remote towns of Strahan and Queenstown. What makes this trip interesting is the historic 1896 built steam locomotives that...

A thought - is there any reason Amtrak couldn't run the consists that form the Southwest Chief, the California Zephyr and the Empire Builder further east than Chicago? By combining a western train with an eastern train Amtrak would create a true transcontinental experience, a one-seat ride with...

Thanks for posting!! I was interested in reading about your experiences!

Have an amazing trip. From what I've heard trains aren't running too full with COVID so it's not too big a deal to jump to the other side of the carriage for a scenic section. We did the Cardinal and the Zephyr - both spectacular. If there are no seats my tip is standing at the back or front...

Hi All Another trip report just published! This one on the Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago. What a beautiful trip! My trip was pre-COVID so the service onboard described is pre-Flex Dining on Amtrak's western long distance trains. Riding Amtrak's Empire Builder from Seattle to Chicago |...

Thanks so much! Feedback is much appreciated!

Hi All I just got done publishing an article about a trip I took from Brunswick, ME to Miami on the Downeaster, an Acela, the Silver Meteor and Brightline. Unfortunately there is no travel from here still so it's a report on a trip from pre-COVID, but maybe of interest. Exploring the east...

It's a shame Brightline couldn't step in and run a train from Miami Central to Tampa (even via Orlando) running along the Florida East Coast line to West Palm Beach (so serving its stations in FLL and West Palm Beach) then jumping across onto CSX to Tampa / Orlando - it'd prove demand for them...

I definitely second the westbound Empire Builder - particularly in winter it's such a shame to miss most of Glacier National Park. I also always like waking up on the eastbound Zephyr between Green River and Grand Junction which is after dark (again particularly in winter) headed west. In my...

It's such a shame - so many of my Amtrak trips have been made by the amazing onboard crew - but when you get bad eggs... To the credit of Amtrak people I have a very high hit rate for getting really great onboard staff..

If anyone is interested I wrote an article on my experience onboard the Cardinal from Chicago to NYC - I'd held off riding the Cardinal due to the dining car situation but was so glad I did in the end! Trip Report - Amtrak's Cardinal from Chicago to New York

Before COVID closed down travel I was lucky enough to travel from London to Saigon by train through Russia etc. I've been writing a series of articles on the trip. If anyone is interested here is a link to the article. I'd vote the Reunification Express, particularly the section from Hue to...