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Folks, While I've ridden out of NPN many times, I've never had occasion to park there and leave a car and I've paid little attention to the parking lot. I'm going to have that opportunity in the next few months, so I was wondering if anyone knows just how plentiful parking is at NPN. The lot...

Just a heads-up for anyone who's in the area, a disruption on the RF&P north of FBG may force a(nother-last was 5 years or so ago) detour of some RVR-WAS trains over the former C&O (now CSX-leased-to-Buckingham Branch) from Doswell (north of Ashland) to Gordonsville (between Culpeper and...

Has anyone ever made a connection from the Chief to one of the Santa Fe Southern excursion runs at Lamy? On my trip this past week I noticed the interchange track leading from Lamy to Santa Fe (so overgrown with weeds I thought it was abandoned until I did some research), and I've since learned...

This may be old news, but there's one coach car on my Empire Builder consist today that has seats that I've never seen before. They differ in their armrests, which are very similar to those found in the 2-1 Business Class/Cafe cars, except on the superliner, the padded armrests are blue. Take a...

Well, I'm working my way west. Just left Flagstaff on the Chief and am not looking forward to having breakfast between 5 and 6 AM on the train (they're closing the dining car at 6 to prep for arrival). Are there any places within walking distance of LAUS that serve a good breakfast? The more...

I'm on a cross country tour this week (STL-KCY-LAX-PDX-CHI) and I've got an 11 hour layover tomorrow in Kansas City (11:40 AM to 10:50 PM). Can anyone recommend some ways to spend the day? Best places for lunch and dinner? I need to keep everything within walking or transit distance of the...

All, I apologize if this is a repeat question, but a cursory search didn't reveal anything... Does anyone know if KCY has any baggage storage facilities? I'll be connecting from the morning River Runner to the Chief on Thursday, which is going to leave me with about 11 hours of downtime in...

Amtrak just issued the following today: Rafi

The new Lynchburg Regional IS NOW BOOKABLE on Amtrak.com as trains 171 (BOS-NYP-WAS-LYH Mo-Fr), 147 & 145 (SPG-NYP-WAS-LYH Sat & Sun respectively), 176 (LYH-WAS-NYP-BOS Mon-Fr), and 156 (LYH-WAS-NYP-SPG Sat-Sun). Yes, it's running from Springfield on weekends. Yes, it's odd. Connections to/from...

I've gotten word that there was a washout just north of Marshall today and UP will be providing pilots to detour 22(28) from Big Sandy, TX north through Pittsburg, TX, Omaha, TX, and into Texarkana. Longview and Marshall pax will get bussed. Southbound 21 may also detour tomorrow, depending on...

Looks like the OTP for the River Runners is solid enough where Amtrak feels comfortable allowing the afternoon connection with the Chief again. Finally! Now I can fly BWI to STL in time to make the train and connect with the Chief. ;) Rafi

I used the Baltimore Penn Station restroom this morning before catching my train down to DC and had forgotten just how bad it is; that place probably hasn't seen an overhaul since the 80's! So that got me to thinking, which stations have the best restrooms? Here are the rules: 1). Can't be a...

I posted this in the new train service for Virginians thread, but since not everyone may be keeping up with that one, I figured I should make sure this got noticed... I attended the annual Virginia Association of Railway Patrons (VARP) meeting today and one of the speakers was Jay McArthur...

It's a long story, but I've got a few days of vacation to kill before I lose them at the end of the year, and I also coincidentally have a Southwest Flight Attendant neighbor who's spotted me free standby tickets to anywhere southwest goes (Baltimore is a big southwest hub). My wife can't take...

We just ran an article today on Amtrak with quotes from Alex Kummant and NARP's Ross Capon. For those who are interested: http://www.coxwashington.com/.../AMTRAK14_COX.html Unfortunately, the AJC didn't run my picture on the online version. Ah well. I'm in the print version, though. Page A3...

Just a quick heads-up to let everyone know that DC's Club Acela has FINALLY gotten a furniture replacement. The once canary yellow sofas and chairs had long turned a threadbare greenish-brown with worn armrests, so this was a welcome replacement. Also fixed is the height of the chairs on the...

I was visiting the California State Railroad Museum last week (fantastic museum, by the way, and this is coming from a serious B&O Railroad Museum devotee) and ended up picking up a railroad cuisine cookbook. Fred Harvey Company recipes, as one might imagine, comprise a substantial chunk of the...

Subject and topic description pretty much say it all. I spotted this consist today at 3:45, stopped on the Potomac River bridge, pointed south. What caught my eye were the THREE P42s on the head end (the most I've ever seen on an Amfleet-only train) and the substantial number of Amfleets for a...

Suppose just for daydreaming's sake that Amtrak were to look at running a steam excursion on all or part of the NEC and/or Keystone. I know the tunnels into NYP are electric-only, so is there a routing one could take around NYP when heading north, say, to rejoin the NEC on the path to Boston...

Our bureau just finished up a pretty good Amtrak story which includes an exclusive interview with Alex Kummant. I didn't pen this one, but I did a good amount of over-the-shoulder watching and supplied the photos. Speaking of which, there's a good photo gallery in there too, and they got the...