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I certainly get that sometimes things just happen, but this sure seemed like another example of Amtrak not knowing which end of the train to attach the engine. I'm booked SEA-PDX on Cascades 505, 220pm departure, on 8/22. I arrive at King Street Station around 1 pm. Sign board shows train as...

I am traveling from WAS-RVM on #95, which puts me in downtown Richmond around 5:30 pm. Is the only option for a rental car to take a taxi to RIC airport and pick one up there? I cannot figure out if there is a car rental location at the train station - or if there is a car rental operator at...

I am traveling from NYP-PHL on New Year's Eve. Is there a compelling reason to choose the Keystone over the Northeast Regional train? Cost is the same, for the moment. I have ridden the NER train before, but not the Keystone. That said, I am not inclined to choose an inferior option just for the...

I am booked on the Zephyr all the way through to SFC, including the bus segment. My original plan was to book a flight out for the next morning, but I ended up arranging something for the same evening instead. CZ is due into EMY at 4:10 pm and the bus gets to SFC at 5:05 pm. My flight departs...

In the next few weeks, I will be taking LD trains from WAS-PGH, CHI-SFC, and SAN-SEA. I have a Nikon D3100 DSLR camera and have really only recently been learning to use the thing on the manual settings. I take OK pictures with the automatic settings, but I would like to work on taking...

Folks, Long-time lurker, first-time poster. My Amtrak experience is all very recent (Cascades, NE Regional, and Pennsylvanian), but I was bitten by the bug just from a simple SEA-PDX run on the Cascades about 15 months ago. I have scoured the forums here for as much knowledge as I could soak...