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My family and I did summer Amtrak trips from 2005 to 2017. We had planned one final trip together (they are both grown now) in 2020, but of course, that did not happen. So we are trying to work it where we can all do another trip together to New York. Because of time, we will fly there and...

Just got two emails from AGR saying my redemption was successful. I have not done anything and my AGR account online shows nothing. Anyone else get an email?

Was going to Fort Worth later in April and thinking about riding Texrail. Was wanting to do a loop, Texrail from Fort Worth to DFW, Dart to Dallas Union Station, TRE back to Fort Worth. Looks like Texrail goes to Terminal B at DFW and DART goes to Terminal A. Is it possible to go from one to...

After doing 13 years of summer vacations using Amtrak, we took the last two years off. One to save money and one to use that money to go to London. Now we are back for at least one more trip. Finally saved up enough points for the four of us to go Fort Worth to New York and back. Since the...

So if I do a booking from Fort Worth to New York Penn for 4 people, the Texas Eagle/Lakeshore Limited option shows two roomettes on the TE, but shows 4 roomettes on the LSL and will not let me change it to only two. Looks like issue starts happening in November 2019 onward. Going from Lamy to...

Got an email last night from AGR saying my Amtrak Mastercard now has additional benefit... Hungry for more benefits? Now, when you use your Amtrak Guest Rewards® Platinum Mastercard® for onboard food and beverage purchases, you'll receive a 10% rebate in the form of a credit on your next bank...

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Accidentally came across a TV show on A&E called Rooster & Butch. They are investors who bring people to Alpine , TX to try and get them to invest. It seems that all the potentials arrive on Amtrak at the Alpine station so there are quite a few shots of Amtrak trains on the episodes. Sent from...

So this is a new one to me after years and years of traveling Amtrak. On the Texas Eagle #21 right now. Dining car announced last night they were having a technical difficulty and the menu for breakfast would be limited. So we show up at 6:30 and I ask the LSA what the issue was. He replied...

My family and I will be vacationing this summer in lower Michigan. I found out my favorite MLB team will be playing in Toronto so we are going to spend a few nights there as well. One day we are making a run down to Niagara Falls. I was excited to see Via had one train running between the two...

Sorry if this has been asked/answered. Tried searching with nothing found. With Hiawatha Service being unreserved coach only, if you are ticketed one one particular train, can you instead board an earlier train? When booking Fort Worth to Milwaukee, it gives me several Hiawatha train option...

Okay, just got on number 4 in Los Angeles. In the past, they have always done a full dinner service. Tonight they announce it is a limited serving and they only have like 3 options and one is NOT the steak. Is this normal? Or is this a crew deciding to do their own thing?

I am becoming less convinced that the Southwest Chief will arrive in time for our Surfliner 768 train to San Diego (in business class). If this turns out to be true, how should I handle getting re-ticketed to a later Surfliner? Should I just wait until I get to Los Angeles and let the ticket...

I see this particular train lost a lot of time between Lamy and Albuquerque yesterday (3 hours) and now seems to be running close to 5 hours late. Anyone know what caused this delay? (FYI, leaving on #3 from Lamy on July 4th so have been watching it closely)

Looks like it was a head on collision. Of the four crewman, only one has been found and he is recovering at the hospital. http://www.newschannel10.com/story/32324196/breaking-two-trains-have-collided-near-panhandle-texas

Looks like the train is stuck just north of Trinidad. Anyone know what has happened?

Was given a link to the following document from Joe Boardman... (only an image) (I searched a bunch of terms to see if this was being discussed and found nothing, sorry of this has been posted)

I went to book a rewards trip under the old system for July 4th. Nope. Blackout dates still apply when using the old system. My options are to change my dates (which I cannot) or use the new system for our outbound trip.

Been a while since I did this connection. I am going to book it on AGR 1.0. However, when I look at the trip on amtrak.com (San Diego to Lamy), it only gives me three options. Two are transferring in Fullerton and one in LAX but only arrives 30 minutes before the Southwest Chief departure...

Okay, have a trip next year (2016). It will cost us 60,000 points under the old system for two roomettes roundtrip. Using the points estimator on the AGR site, I can get this trip for only 49,404 points. My concern is that something will change and the actual points prices will be different...