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From various railfan pics I've seen today, as well as seen from the MH tower railcam on Railstream, I see that there is now a P42 now painted in Phase VII livery (shown below). To my knowledge, this is the only P42 within the Phase VII livery. I'm assuming this came from Beech Grove. It...

It was not a good day for 355 as it derailed in New Buffalo, MI.... https://www.wndu.com/2023/11/17/amtrak-train-derails-new-buffalo-township/ Per the article, no reported injuries as of yet.

This past weekend, I was meeting up with a friend in Chicago to do some railfanning and when I was planning the trip, the times from the Toledo, OH station near me didn't mesh well with our schedules. The Cardinal frequency south of me (Cincinnati) did not mesh well with our schedules either, so...

I had received an e-mail today from Staples (Amtrak's website current online store provider) stating that Amtrak will be changing vendors soon (shown below). This is great news as I have not seen any updated or newly stocked merchandise on the Amtrak Store website from Amtrak proper in quite...

Please forgive me if this was mentioned earlier on within the thread and I've somehow missed it, but there is no direct Amtrak route that runs from Chicago to Florida, correct?

This past weekend (Aug 2023), I had a family-related event that happened near Altoona, PA (that only happens there once in a blue moon). Due to some scheduling conflicts, I was unable to take the train there, and this was the first time I've ever been to Altoona (instead of just passing through...

While doing some online railfanning earlier this afternoon, I noticed that one of the Hiawatha trainsets had venture cars on them (shown below). Not all of the Hiawathas have them, but just this one trainset. I'm unsure if that these venture cars will stay on them, but it was pretty interesting...

During my trip to Chicago (trip report here), I was able to do some railfanning in Glenview, IL and Golf, IL, where I got see the Empire Builder and the Hiawatha routes.

It had been approximately 15 years since I've been to Chicago to see family there, and where I live now (in Columbus, Ohio), I wanted to take the train there instead of driving, especially since I was able to get the time needed off work in order to make this happen. I haven't ever taken the...

I'm only a little into model railroading, but I wanted to display some of my O-scale Lionel set. This set (not all of it is pictured) has been a hand-me-down from generations in my family, and I recently purchased an amfleet car (these are hard to find at an affordable price) to put on it as...

It looks like Chicago received some new venture cars today? I'm assuming they are headed to the Amtrak yard there. Seen using the wye on the racetrack in Chicago.

I have noticed that #59 out of Chicago has been leaving approximately 1.5 hours earlier than it usually does. Previously, it has left Chicago at 8:05P CST, but now leaves at 6:30P CST. Just curious, is this a permanent schedule move? I'm assuming this has been done to accommodate more CN...

I just noticed from watching 364 come through on RailStream that it was using the wye at Durand instead of going through straight to the platform. I'm assuming that there's trackwork up ahead of the station at Durand? I'm not used to seeing it use the wye to bypass the station. 15 minutes...

I had the opportunity to ride the Pennsylvanian from Pittsburgh to Huntingdon this past weekend. Loved it, and it was my second time on that route. Amtrak 42 EB had a Phase III unit as the head-end power as well.

Hi! My name is Chad and I reside in Columbus, OH. I've always been into passenger rail and I _love_ riding trains. I grew up in Australia where I started loving riding V/Line and came back to the USA in 2000 and got into Amtrak. Being in Columbus, I don't have any routes locally around me to...