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Anyone know why the passengers reported suspicious activity On Amtrak train in Jacksonville, Fla last night? The news report didn't go into it much except to say the passengers and baggage in the last two cars were required to detrain and Amtrak put them up in a hotel overnight...... It didn't...

Has anyone fully figured out how the rates are comprised on Amtrak? I don't know who the genius was that designed the rate scale but he had to be smoking something pretty strong. I know it's supply and demand but it seems that the demand is kept higher than the supply. You would think if...

Wow....what a mess. Just watched coverage of a large freight pile up near Houston. There are many tank cars piled on top of one another. Wonder what if any effect this will have on the poor old Sunset Limited?.....BD Details here: http://www.click2houston.com/news/9433557/detail.html This...

Last night I heard on the News that an Amtrak train hit a woman walking across the tracks in Seattle. It didn't go into details other than stated she was talking on her cell phone and walked under the crossing gate. I have looked elsewhere on this forum and didn't find any mention of it...

Due to the wrong date on our tickets, we had to cancel our previous reservations. Having to move to coach from Washington to Chicago on The Capital Limited, we were reimbursed nearly $500.00 bucks which helped smooth out some of the kinks we felt. The blessing of the mix up was not having paid...

Our arrival into WUS was without fanfare or anything unusual. What this small station makes up for in size in shown in a truly elegant First class Lounge. While checking into the near empty lounge, the door burst open and a group of 37 British tourist came rushing in. They were there to catch...

Many of you more experienced rail travelers have most likely used the services of a Red Cap before.We never had and after struggling with our luggage in Chicago, Penn station and over to the hotel and back, we decided to use a Red Cap reguardless of the cost. At Penn station we found several...

After checking into our Hotel last Friday night, (16th) we quickly experienced our first taste of New York hospitality. We hopped aboard a Metro bus to travel about 13 blocks uptown only to discover we needed either a Metro pass or a pocket full of Quarters of which we had neither. While we...

On arrival into Chicago on the Texas Eagle on the 15th was right on time, 1 and 1/2 hour late :D our stay in the Metropolitan Lounge was a pleasure. The red cap service on our baggage check and later on our preboarding was greatly appreciated. We then boarded the Viewliner, Lakeshore...

Well, the old Boxcar Dummy and his treasured Caboose have survived our first, but not last (GOD willing)LD train trip. I was warned not to have high expections and to expect delays. We had plenty of both. ;) . I don't want to come off as complaining here, because I'm not. I am posting both the...

I keep hearing from different officals that SDS works. I just wonder what the people that actually eat the meals think.

With less than 11 days before our trip this thought came up. My wife has more than moderate allergies to certain things such as mold, cedar, pecan trees, cigarettes,etc and can try to stay away from these things. What really gets her is perfume, scented soaps, fragrances and shaving lotion. I...

I have been tracking the LakeShore Limited (48) OTR this week and it is terrible. Monday and Tuesday was pretty good at 53 and 42 minutes respectfully. Wednesday had information unavailable. hummmmm <_< . Thursday it was 6 hours late, Friday 3 1/2 hours late and today it is running 5 hours 4...

Being a new visitor to the "City" and not allowed to carry any "Heat" :rolleyes: How safe is the NYP area at night? We will arrive and depart Penn during the daytime unless there is a terrible delay. Our hotel is in this area and we plan to visit several places in this area and walk or bus to...

I have found a web site that might be of interest to our members that have not experienced rail travel. It's a 360 virtual walk thru of a Superliner. I'll try to post the link here. http://360360.com/ if not just type it in and click on the train you wish to tour....Enjoy......BD ;)

Just caught the tail end of news report of Amtrak hitting a truck somewhere in California. Anyone have any details on Where it happened, what train and if there were any injuries to passengers or crew? Thanks.....BD

Hello Again Knowledgeable Train People. In a previous post I asked what a Trans/dorm car was and what to expect while traveling in one. It was answered very well and I might add very satisfactory for me but my "Dear" wife had some mental reservations about it. I have tried to change it to...

Last week AmTrak -P42 mentioned a room 22 in the Trans/dorm car. What in the world is a Trans/Dorm car? Is this something to avoid like bird flu or dreaded like oral surgery? The reason I asked , I have a reservation for a room 22 on car # 2132 ( Superliner) on The Texas Eagle. :( I...

Ok Guys, Now that I have my baggage problems worked out, I have some questions on the proper etiquette of rail passengers. Basically, other than common courtesy and consideration, what else would you wish from a fellow passenger? Any and all ideas are welcomed. My next question deals with...

Hello, I'm new to train travel in the U.S. and have only ridden the express from Yokosuka to Toyko, Japan and back 46 years ago. My wife's two life long dreams were to visit New York City and to take a train trip. This June we plain on combining both for our anniversary and need more...