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I was just on Amtrak.com playing with dates for a trip from Portland Oregon to Cincinnati. The reservations system will not let you book a connection from the Empire Builder to the Cardinal out of Portland. However, if you try to book from say Pasco, WA and all other points east to Chicago the...

Just received this email from the NARP. These attacks on Amtrak by State Senators is getting old! They just don't "get it"... To narprail.org users, September 8, 2006-- S. 1516, the bipartisan rail passenger reauthorization, apparently has a good chance of reaching the Senate floor next...

Bush has nominated a new Transportation Secretary. Of course she has to be confirmed by the Senate. I figured there had to be some sinister reasoning behind him nominating her. If you read the last sentence of the following article, you will quickly figure out what it is...

Back in June I wrote a letter to my congressman urging him to support full funding for Amtrak. I wasn't sure how he stood on the issue but the reply I received from him was very encouraging: Thank you for your message in support of Amtrak. I share your support for passenger rail and...

A quick question about tickets/boarding passes. Usually when I purchase tickets from Amtrak.com I just pick up the tickets at the station the day of my trip. This year, however, I had the tickets sent to me so I would not have to pick them up at the station. My question is, now that I have my...