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I'm not a smoker, but I've always wondered how to tell which stops along a route are smoking breaks. There has been a time or two that I would like to get off the train and stretch my legs in the fresh air for a few minutes but I never know how to tell. Hopefully the answer isn't "listen for...

Caught this segment on the local news and thought I would pass it along since it was available on the web. Some nice press on folks who couldn't get a flight back to New York turning to Amtrak instead. Always nice to see some positive stories. I'm wondering if there's a rail fan somewhere at...

I've spotted something interesting, but I can't seem to find any information on the Amtrak site and I was hoping that someone here might know what's going on. The past several days in a row at about 1:30pm in central North Carolina I've spotted another north bound Amtrak train on the tracks...

The North Carolina Transportation Museum is running a couple of scenic train trips from Spencer, NC (with an additional pickup in Greensboro, NC) to Roanoke, VA as well as a trip from Spencer, NC to Asheville, NC. The trips are on October 30th and 31st respectively. For more information check...

I remember seeing a thread that talked about not quoting articles unless necessary so I'm going to just link to it instead. Raleigh-Charlotte train traffic jumps 200%

After my last trip I sent a letter to Amtrak with a customer service issue. I received a voucher for use on my next trip. The voucher was good for a year, but I was unable to take another trip before it expired. It will have been expired for over a year by the time I will be ready to book my...

I always find my trips to the dining car to be some of the biggest adventure on my extremely limited rail trips. They do tend to provide some of the best memories of the trips. On my last trip, somewhere in Virginia just after going over a nosebleed high bridge, a perfectly sweet and innocent...

I caught a story on the web about Virgin Rail exploring the possibility of setting up a run between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. http://www.lvrj.com/news/party-could-roll--branson-says-96638304.html?ref=304 I wonder what the possibility of this actually happening is and what impact it would have...

For those of you in North Carolina or anyone who might be visiting, I caught a story about this on a the local PBS station earlier this week and wanted to share. The New Hope Valley Railway offers scenic rail trips through a rural section of North Carolina in open air cars. New Hope Valley...