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I am on the eastbound CZ (#6) just east of Denver and about an hour? ago we suddenly stopped, with an announcement that they were looking into a mechanical issue and had to reboot the computers and check the brakes. Power went out fairly briefly, within 15-20 minutes we were rolling again. Then...

Hey all - I've always been curious, and just got reminded again when buying tickets for Thanksgiving travel: why are some of the long-distance trains scheduled appreciably faster (end to end) in one direction than the other? The case I'm most familiar with is the Lake Shore Limited... 49...

Hi all - last weekend I took the Lake Shore Limited (49 and 48) from New York to/from Chicago for a holiday visit to the family, and I'm curious about a couple odd statements from the onboard staff. First, when we were pulling out of NYP on Thursday (July 2), somebody complained to the ticket...

Hi forum, I was thinking of taking Amtrak from New York to Toledo, OH this May to visit relatives in Michigan nearby. However, I have limited time for the visit and it looks from Amtrak's status website like these days the westbound #49 is routinely delayed over 2 and a half hours by the time...

Hello Amtrak Unlimited forum - I'll be traveling from the Bay Area to Chicago in mid-December and considering taking the train. Have never ridden the California Zephyr route before (at any time of year) but I've vaguely heard it gets badly delayed a lot. Is this especially true? And is the...

Hi all - I'll probably have a couple hours to kill around dinner time at 30th St. Station tomorrow. Anyone know if a good cheese steak can be obtained inside or close to the station?

Hey any San Francisco transit riders on this board - can I ask your advice about something? I'm planning to travel from Seattle to SF in a couple months, by Coast Starlight (most of the way). I'm staying in the Mission relatively far from both BART stops but really close to the 12 bus on...