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Taking spin on the eastbound Zephyr (6) soon. With the current dining situation being what it is, has anyone had a successful food delivery to Denver Union Station by GrubHub or DoorDash etc? Any recommendations for restaurants to order from? Anyone have a misconnect?

Had a very nice west coast trip recently. Flew first class to San Francisco. The less said about that the better, except to say that domestic FC food on United is worse than any of the food on Amtrak. My brother’s girlfriend and her friends are all bartenders, so there were several tours of...

Trying to go from SF to NYP without taking the CZ. AGR tells me they can't book an unpublished route. I'm booked on CS--Sunset Limited -- Crescent. I'd like to change it to Texas Eagle (422) to some other train CUS-NYP. They won't do it. I want to skip the hotel overnight in New Orleans. If I...

Any idea why I can't book CS EMY-PDX on Feb 3 (or any surrounding dates)? It seems very cancelled.

Nice piece right now (Thurs 8:45AM) on CBS This Morning about the writer in residence program, featuring a writer called Bill Willingham, lots of onboard footage. A love letter to Amtrak and train travel!

What dedication! This guy is either loaded or has a lot of free time! http://looneylisting.com/2014/01/22/railway-resort-is-apparently-a-thing-an-amazing-thing/

From GovernmentAttic.com, a database (Excel spreadsheet) of Amtrak stations: http://www.governmentattic.org/7docs/AMTRAK-Stations-Database_2012.xls and some Amtrak Earthquake plans 2001-2003 http://www.governmentattic.org/7docs/AMTRAK-EarthquakePlans_2001-2003.pdf Enjoy!

See if you can spot Malta, MT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lUD4W05kIOQ

I'm going from Richmond to Newark. I'm taking 94 RVM to WAS and switching to the Acela there. One thing that puzzled me: I get into WAS around 1:30 on the return. They won't let me connect with the 2:00 Acela...or the 3:00 Acela! I have to take the 4:00 (2172) ! I'm hoping they will accommodate...

Had a really nice trip on this train NYP-NOL on April 18-19. I took my wife to New Orleans for her birthday. We had bedroom B, the first time I ever travelled in a bedroom. Our SCA was Carl. He provided very good service, although his dreadlocks and gold grill gave a surprising appearance. He...

Man I really want these! http://shop.ragoarts.com/discovery?l=62790

I was driving along Bloomfield Avenue in Caldwell and I suddenly remembered that there was a railroad line which ran along the south side when I was younger. right by where Caldwell college is now, it ran in a kind of cutout for much of the way and there was a bridge over Bloomfield avenue...

If you haven't seen this excellent WWII train saga, it's on TCM tonight at 8pm EST. Worth a rental if you miss this post, Burt Lancaster, etc, trains blowing up, etc.

I am planning to take the Cardinal to The Empire Builder Westbound, but I always read people saying to take the Cardinal Eastbound. Is it that much better scenery-wise? I just prefer taking the train west and flying back. Also: Is there a better time of year to ride the EB?

What's the deal with this, is it private cars or Amtrak cars? Anyone ever taken it? Is that the Amtrak dome I see? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/22/TR2V1MO81C.DTL http://www.keyholidays.com/ft.html

I would have posted this sooner, but shortly after I got home we had that October snowstorm and lost power for more than a week. Yuck. My goal with this trip was to take the Coast Starlight SFO-LAUS, then the SW Chief LAUS-CHI, Then the Capitol Limited CHI-WAS, then NE Regional back to NY or...

I brought a scanner on my last LD trip but I didn't think I got as much out of it as I could. It's a Bearcat "Nascar" type scanner that has a lot of preprogrammed frequencies for police and fire etc.but not for railroads. What's the preferred method to set one of these things up? Do I got to...

This may be a dumb idea but I have to let it fly. In these days, when many people are printing out their own route guides from the PDFs on the Amtrak website, wouldn't it be a good idea to have that information organized in BOTH directions, that is, have the option of printing the SWC route...

From MSNBC.com: BREAKING NEWS: Amtrak says train with more than 175 aboard hits vehicle, derails in Nebraska   Uh-Oh. More: Boston Herald

Don't know if this is the right place for this post. I saw the trailer for a new movie called Abduction last night. I can't vouch for the movie's story or quality, seems like some sort of "I was a teenage Jason Bourne" thing. But Amtrak is featured prominently in the trailer. There are several...