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Hello all, I don't want to "assume", but when we took the NEC to Alexandria the other day, we stopped for about 40 minutes in D.C. so they could switch engines ( diesel to electricity or vice versa, can't remember). My question. Is that going to be the same ( 40 minutes engine switch) on the...

Hello All, I appreciate the responses to my dream trip on the SW Chief last week, thank you again!!! This week my wife and I are going on a North East Regional 125 train out of Newark to Alexandria, and I have a couple of questions and I rather ask then assume. 1) I have purchased the...

Hello all! I would appreciate and insight I can get regarding my SW Chief question. Long story short, I know the CZ is the most popular route as far as scenery from what I understand, BUT, the SW Chief is my first choice as I do want to see it’s route scenery. Our plan is to travel to...

Hello all, Just a quick question. My wife and I are going From Newark to Alexandria (ALX) in two weeks on the Northeast regional. My wife had mentioned to me that even though the ticket says ALX, she believes we may have to get off in Washington D.C. Union Station and catch the metro to get...

Hello all, I am new to this forum and would like to ask a question about the Pcific surfliner. We (mom, dad and teenage son) are vacationing in San Diego for several days and then leaving on a monday morning train next month on train( Pacific surfliner number 769) at 9:30 a.m.? I understand...