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As the above poster pointed out, it is nowhere near that simple. It's easy to jump to conclusions when you bear no responsibility or liability for the outcome, which is many times years down the road and completely unpredictable at the time of the incident. However, for the people who get paid...

I took the SWC from CUS to LAUS this past February and we added a third power unit at ABQ. They announced they were going to do it just before we got there, but they didn't say why. It was my first ride on the SWC, so I thought it was routine. When we got to ABQ, they uncoupled both existing...

They do recline a bit more than an airline seat, but not nearly as much as my home recliner, which practically lays flat. The max recline of a coach seat is a less than 45 degrees. Also, the leg rest is a nice touch, but virtually unusable if you are 6' or over. I'm 6'1" and there isn't...

You're quite welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the report. I'm ex USAF, but not ex Pan Am. The name comes from my motorcycle, which is the American version of the Pan European.

I used the GPS and Ovi Maps feature on my phone extensively on my recent SWC trip from Chicago to LA. It was very accurate and never had a problem picking up a signal. I enjoyed keeping track of where we were, what towns and stations were coming up, and our speed (peaked at 95 mph) pretty much...

A few months ago I decided to do something I had been thinking about for years, namely, taking a cross-country train trip. Other than a few train rides on commuter rail and city-to-city in Europe (including the Eurostar), the only train trip I had ever taken was when I was about four years old...