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Today I took the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner from Chicago to Alton, IL. I wanted to see the new Midwest equipment but also ride on the finally-finished (?) 110 mph corridor from Chicago to St Louis. It was niiiiiice. My Amtrak authority says the track is rated for 110 mph between...

My spouse's AGR credit card was closed by FNBO due to lack of use. However, FNBO has a policy that accounts can be reopened within 30 days and they will restore the deleted points if you call them and request it. Unfortunately, FNBO decided to wait 20 days before dropping a letter in the mail...

A friend of mine who works in Amtrak ops said #4 hit a truck and I see 4 (25) is now in Service Disruption, 81 miles east of Kansas City. He said it may be a bad one. A story to follow for sure.

I've ridden Amtrak LD trains a pretty good amount, but today's southbound Coast Starlight has a new experience for me. I'm in the observation car but it only has tables. I thought they were all 50-50 tables and swivel seats. Are there many lounge cars like this with only tables?

I saw that #11 (southbound Coast Starlight) took a detour according to the GPS tracker this morning. Does anyone know if this is a scheduled detour? Just curious. The previous #11 followed the normal route yesterday.

Amtrak has posted the Midwest service 2018 Thanksgiving Holiday timetables - nothing yet for NEC/Keystone or other areas.

My fault for not posting this earlier...but if you are in the DC area and interested in coding and visualizing data about Amtrak, transit or other rail, come to the Transportation Techies Meetup Thursday August 30! It is being held from 6pm to 9pm near Washington Union Station. We'll be...

**** Moderarors Note - these posts were posted originally to a 13 year old thread **** Amtrak has posted the 2017 Thanksgiving timetables for the NEC, Keystone, Illinois and Michigan services. I did not see another posting on AU about these holiday schedules this year.

Mom will be on 449 today but the bus substitute. Anyone able to confirm if the bus pulls up in front of Worcester Union Station or if it goes to the interminable bus pickups area down the street? She got 2 different answers. Thanks.

This guy didn't exactly love his trip on the westbound Sunset Limited, but it's a pretty entertaining read nonetheless. Traveling the 1,600 miles from Houston to Los Angeles by train is not for the faint of heart. Or for anyone...

I redeemed points for Mom and her friend Chicago > Whitefish on Empire Builder this summer. They are very excited about taking the train. Well being the introvert I am, I did the AGR redemption online rather than calling and I forgot the part about requesting a room on the upper level. So...

I haven't ridden the NEC rails north of New York Penn for quite some time. I noticed *lots* of signal work being done with many new overhead structures. Is this being done by Amtrak or LIRR? Both? Was curious if it's regular planned maintenance or part of PTC?

Just curious if anyone knows why today's #14 still hasn't depart LAX yet? Amtrak.com says estimated departure 3 hours, 35 mins late.

Amtrak posted a new digital-only version of the system timetable, dated September 9, 2016. You can find it at the top of this page.

I saw this report regarding slow orders for the Vermonter and its poor on time performance, especially north of Springfield. There is discussion from the Vermont Rail Council to consider lengthening the Vermonter timetable in October. If the train never arrives on time, it's probably a valid...

I noticed that #14 arrives at SAC close to on time or early, but leaves late a lot of times - losing 30 minutes or more. It seems Amtrak has the scheduled departure and arrival times the same for this station when you check Amtrak.com - as if it doesn't need any dwell. Does that seem unusual...

I was recently on the Zephyr, and without a working cell phone for several days, I had plenty of time to study its timetable. Are Omaha and Lincoln crew change points? I ask because both cities, not separated by any intermediate stops and only 55 miles, list both the arrival and departure...

Old thread, but still a valid topic... Amtrak posted the System Timetable for Winter/Spring 2016 yesterday or this morning on their website. It's effective January 11, 2016.

Amtrak posted a few more timetables for the 2015 Thanksgiving holiday, namely Illinois and Pacific Surfliner. This is in addition to NEC, Empire Service, Keystone, and Michigan schedules. Cascades had special T-giving timetables in 2011 and 2012. PS. Moderator, if you want to merge this post...

Not sure if it's okay to post something I saw from TO? Oct 17 - Nov 1, 2015: Northeast Regional Trains 152(17), 152(24), 152(31), 154(18), 154(25) and 154(1) will operate with Acela High Speed equipment. Regional fares will apply. Schedule times will not change. Train 152 will not stop at...