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My wife and I dropped off my mother-in-law around 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 19th at the temporary station. We stuck around to see her off as scheduled departure was 7:10pm Around 6:45pm they pulled the #1 loco off a couple hundred feet up the line, took #2 around the corner (under...

It is 4:20 am CST. We're in Omaha. We should have arrived at 10:55 last night. I personally don't care. The people around me do. Whiners. I've heard everything from, "we should have taken a horse and buggy, it would have been faster and just as bumpy", to "I'm going to call Amtrak and...

Is anyone else interested in the FasTracks RTD improvement, especially around Union Station? Info here: www.rtd-fastracks.com I'm interested and have been following the progress recently. The first step was completed on the 15th of August. It involved taking the last 90* right, 90* left...

Sometimes I head to downtown Denver on Saturday mornings. I park at the RTD Light Rail station a few miles from my apartment and take the 6:00 something train to Union Station so I can watch the westbound #5 pull (back) in at 7:15, though it is usually late. Anyway, I see crews change here...

I searched briefly but didn't see anything. Has anyone seen this movie? Its about an army captain sent into a guy's brain to relive his last eight minutes on board a train to find out who bombed it. It takes place on a train that, according to the cgi and few "real" shots, looks like a...

My wife and brother and I decided to go train chase the Frontier Days UP train when it did its last run of Frontier Days 2011. It was led by UP 844, a 4-8-4 steamer, followed by an aux tender, a DDA40X Centennial, and the consist of cars. I have quite a few Amtrak videos, also...

I know there are custom cars out there but this thread is meant for you to dream up your own. Now, we could go one further and dream up our own trains with custom locomotives, etc. but lets concentrate on cars. So, if you were independantly wealthy and could have your own custom railcar, what...

Pardon the ignorance here! So, I just enrolled to AGR via a referral from a member here. (Thanks!) That is 500 for him for referring and 500 for me for enrolling. He suggested I refer my wife, so I did. That will be 500 for her once she enrolls, and 500 more for me for referring her. I...

My wife and I are taking the Zephyr to WIP for the day. It is one of two westbound destinations that has a return train the same day. The other is Granby. We wanted to do Glenwood but that would mean a hotel and two days off work. Maybe this summer. We just left the Lincoln Light Rail station...

So I was reading AlanB's post about sleeper car and coach locations. I could not reply to the thread so I'm posting this one as today's CZ #5 consist did not match his description. Here is the order: Baggage 540 transition sleeper 510 coach 511 coach 512 coach Lounge Dining 531 sleeper...

Hi all. Happy to be here. Wife just rolled her eyes when I told her I joined another forum, haha. ... I'm an Amtrak newbie as far as trips ridden, just once in 1997 on the CZ from DEN to MTP by myself. I was 16. I liked it but was nervous about riding alone plus it was overnight so I didn't get...