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Give it a rest Alan. Seriously!

In a recent entry in my travel journal written while riding the westbound California Zephyr, I captured the details of what was a strange experience when we got to Reno. After walking around the trench for a bit, I reboarded and tuned into my scanner as we were preparing to depart. One of the...

Some Holiday Cheer from the westbound California Zephyr... And Seasons Greetings from the Burlington Northern... Hope everyone travels well and travels safely this week!

Howdy AU'ers, I've locked down my plans for the next few months and am left with two Upgrade and two Club Acela coupons. First come, first serve, and I will post their status until they're liquidated. :) Please IM me if interested. Best, Jeff Nicholson.

I'm up in Emeryville today to do some railfanning before my trip out on #6 tomorrow morning. My hotel balcony is directly across from the EMY station, so I have been seeing quite a bit of Amtrak action. Here are some pics taken so far. My question relates to the commingling of Amtrak's...

It was nice to see a counterbalance this morning to Mica's latest call for a 25% reduction to Amtrak's operating subsidy over the next two years. Draft of the Senators' letter can be found here. Let's keep calling and writing our elected officials and ask them to speak up in support of Amtrak.

As we find many long distance trains at or near capacity during this busy summer season, it helps to have an inside scoop as to where best to position yourself prior to boarding your train. Starting with some of my observations, I wanted to invite others to share their best practices for...

After a delay of about one year, USA West by Train: The Complete Amtrak Travel Guide is showing a March 30th release date. And the recently released third edition of All Aboard The Complete North American Train Travel Guide as reviewed here just arrived from Silver Rails today. It looks like it...

I have three One-Class Upgrade coupons and three Single-Day Pass to CA or 10% Discount coupons. All expire next month on 2/28/11. I've got AAA and will be traveling sleeper next month, so I won't use them and would be happy to mail them to folks who could. Just PM me with what you need and I can...

As we await Amtrak’s announcement on how they’ll connect Trains 14 and 28 for Q1 2011, I have been thinking about the K-Falls to Pasco bustitution. I haven’t done it before but may have to soon, so I wanted to see if folks who have could share their experiences. Is there any scenic redemption...

Trip Pics Here. My last trip aboard the Coast Starlight was over the Fourth of July Weekend, and it was a truly flawless adventure full of great crews, on-time arrivals, and a sharp looking trainset. So, perhaps it was my time to have a Starlight trip that would be a bit rough around the edges...

Depending on the station or club, Sleeping Car passengers are sometimes asked to go through a Check-In process with the Conductor or AC. On certain occasions, I have found that the Check-In line can become quite long - some Starlight departures at King Street come to mind. Aside from an...

I noticed this post on railroad.net about the move of the CZ's sleepers to the rear. Any sense as to why Amtrak would make this change?

Over the past few months, I have witnessed a pair of onboard incidents that both resulted in the arrest of the passenger. The first one was in Klamath Falls on 7/3, where an intoxicated man was put off the train by the conductor and handed over to four KFPD officers. The second incident...

Excited to get my trip underway, I ventured to King Street Station at about 8A on the overcast morning of 7/3/10 and went to the ticket counter. Strangely, the barcode on my printed reservation page corresponded to a California Zephyr trip later in the summer, leaving the agent and I a bit...

Trip Pics. Arrival into Chicago from Los Angeles was reasonably routine, and even the TSA wasn’t stealing the dignity of the LAX pax on this evening. My hotel wasn’t far from CUS, so I had an opportunity to take a morning walk along the river. After the compulsory java stop, I meandered along...

Hello AGR Veterans, After crunching some numbers, my fuzzy math ( :blink: ) is telling me that I should be able to book a two zone roomette trip pretty soon. After perusing some recent posts, I read that MrFSS had mentioned that a two zoner of CHI > LAX > PDX was possible. Does AGR let you...

I've been following the scanner posts with much interest, so I brought one home this weekend and have ordered a 160-tuned antenna from Smiley. I apologize in advance if this seems like a silly question, but I just want to make sure I understand how things will work. Once I have punched in all...

As an AGR newbie, I am still ramping up on how things work and find this sub-forum to be so very helpful. I do have a question about the triple points promo... A few months ago, before the promo was announced, I booked a trip on the Empire Builder for 5/27 - 5/29, so the travel dates fall...

Recently, I have been going through some of my trip pics and noticing that certain rolling stock in them has been reported on other trains at later dates. A few examples I noted: --Edward L. Ullman Sleeper: Rode it on the CZ in August 2009; saw video of it on the CS recently. --Dash 8-32BWH...