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Hi All, this is my first trip report I've written online before, so I hope that it turns out pretty well. Reading some other reports, people often focus on the engine and car numbers. Unfortunately, I didn't and I probably didn't take enough pictures. Anyways, here it goes. 12/23/2015 I moved...

Hello, Since we're entering the holiday travel season it got me thinking about how Amtrak handles passengers with Missed connections, specifically from a western train to the east coast at CHI. For example, a sleeping car passenger is traveling to Washington DC on train 30, but it turns out...

I noticed this morning going through RVR on train 194, that there was an additional Amtrak consist sitting on the new station track that has been put in at the station. It consisted of a P42, two cafe cars, an amfleet 1 coach, and a baggage car. There was also another P42 sitting further south...

Hello, I am scheduled to board the crescent tomorrow at Washington, to New Orleans. Right now, it looks like heavy rain and snow maybe 1-3 inches for NYC by tomorrow afternoon. Is heavy (1-2 inches) rain likely to cancel the crescent coming down the NEC? ' I guess I was just wondering if...

Hello, I'm looking for a good spot to go see some trains this coming friday on the Northeast corridor. I will be traveling by MARC so i was wondering where the best place to go where I can avoid being too suspicious and still have good vantage points to get some good pics. I was thinking...

Hey, I am planning a trip for the coming summer and I have narrowed it down to taking the Cap. Ltd. and SWC to Los Angeles and going down to San Diego and several Beaches along the surfline, or taking the Cap. Ltd. and the California Zephyr to San Francisco. I was pretty dead set on the SWC and...

Hello, I am currently planning a trip to the west coast for the summer 2008. I was wondering where you guys would recommend I visit. I really want to find some good swimming/tanning beaches along the Pacific Surfliner route. Tentatively we are planning to take the Cap. Ltd. then the SWC, and...

A while ago I asked for input about planning a trip to celebrate my high school graduation. Well, we eventually Chose the WAS-CHI-LAX-SEA-CHI-WAS route. We left yesterday from Richmond and I am now in the Chicago Metropolitan Lounge. Train 29 was amazing and we arrived 24 minutes early! Service...

If you would recall, a good time ago Amtrak placed devices in New Carrollton, MD to detect explosives. Does anyone have any info on what became of them? Thanks, Jon Parker

Hey, I havent posted in a while, but i had a question that i was wondering out. I was wondering what type of power is used on the new Keystone Schedule. Is there catentary? I didnt think amtrak had any extra AEM-7s. info appreciated Jon Parker

I know that this has been discussed several times, but i was wondering what the laws say(if there are any) about Amtrak's OTP on a frieght railroad. For instance, would Amtrak be able to sue CSX or UP for extreme lateness? If they were able to and somehow won and they ticked the freight road off...

This is a photo taken after this train hit a dump truck. The Cabbage was damaged quite badly, but kept the train on the rails and prevented any train fatalities. I was thinking to myself, what if this had been a cabcar? The Photo

I was looking through the pictures on railpictures.ne, and happened to come across this picture and was wondering if anyone else knew anything about current plans for this route.

What are Y'all's opinions on what the status of Passenger Rail will be like in 15 years?

I found this on NARP's Website: A larger CSX trackwork window on the single-track Peninsula Subdivision (between Richmond and Newport News) will affect Tidewater service for the entire month of February. Train 94 will depart Newport News at 7:10 a.m. (two hours earlier) Monday-Thursday and...

Since the beginning of the new year, it seems that Amtrak Trains 29 and 30 have made extreme improvements in their on time performance. For example train 29 arrived 5mins late today (1/6) as opposed to 5 hours late, as it had not been too far off from for the past several months. In the last...

There has been much talk about micro-managing of amtrak with the food service and sleepers and discounts and all that. To what extent could this be used to save the LD system? Could, for example, the congress pass a bill with legislation stating that no services could be cut? No route miles...

Hey all, It looks like i may be heading down to NOL with my mom for Spring break despite the fact that most of the city will be damaged, which is an understatement. We decided it would be fun to try a train that we've never done before, the City of New Orleans. Despite the fact that this would...

Hello all, Does any one know the status of the New Orleans Street Car, any estimate for re-opening?

In Chicago Union Station, there used to be a room, which everytime i went by it, had the metal bars pulled down, and the lights off. I think it was around the corner from the Metropolitan lounge. It was called Amtrak Passenger Lounge G, or something similar to that. The lettering, i think has...