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Thanks for the excellent advice! We'll do that! :)

We stayed at Meadow Lake on our first trip to Glacier back in 2005 (our first Amtrak sleeping car adventure, to boot!). We rented a car from Hertz, but we didn't know any better, so we got off at West Glacier. Someone from Hertz was waiting for us, and let us know that Whitefish might be a...

I booked three "last hurrahs" before the Big Switch, and I post this from the Chicago Metropolitan Lounge after Leg 1 of Last Hurrah 1. This trip: one way WAS-SFP via Capitol Limited, California Zephyr, and Thruway Bus, then a quick United flight home (wife has limited vacation time). Last...

Well, that's it for me and my cross-country adventures. I knew it was too good to last forever. My previous trip was WAS-SEA via the Cardinal, Southwest Chief, and Coast Starlight. Used to be 35,000 points. Departing July 22, 2016, it's 72,761 points (based on $2,109 rail fare). Looks like...

I'm sitting on the 8.5-hour late 6(28). This train was about 6 hours late departing EMY (and SAC, where I boarded) and we've lost another 2 hours along the way, mostly freight traffic and (I suspect) some heat restrictions. This train arrived as 5 and arrived at 4:30AM on 6/28 (actual...

Thanks for the update! Guess I'll have time to see the railroad museum! Never been able to do so.

I'm sitting at SAC off 11(27), waiting for my connection to 6(28). Amtrak's site says status not available due to service disruption. Have they canceled 6(28) yet?

I can tell you that #14(9) and #11(11) (same equipment) had a Pacific Parlour Car. May be too far out to help you yet, but it's another data point!

My wife, mother-in-law, and grandmother-in-law stayed in the GN 441 locomotive for 2 nights last summer. It was superb! I can confirm that there is an ADA-compliant concrete platform at the station, which is a quick walk (or van ride) around the bend just past the hotel. The food at the...

She's leading 51(29) two cars in front of me (I'm in sleeper 5100). Interestingly enough, our sleeper is the #1 production Viewliner, 62000 ("American View"). The Phase III lady looks resplendent in what I consider to be Amtrak's best paint scheme ever.

I hope that's the answer! The way I read it, the Diner-Lounge cars are going to the Empire Builder - does that mean they're going SDS on all routes now?!

No, he was not mistaken. From Amtrak's own ARRA Project Summary Descriptions, page 68: "1) Twenty (20) Amfleet I Food Service Cars will be converted to Amfleet I Coach Cars. During this process, the galley area will be removed, windows, seating, heating, and air conditioning will be installed...

Hello, all... I had lots of vacation time to kill, and a work-related ceremony I wanted to attend in San Diego on 6 Mar, and since my employer won't pay to send me out there, what better way than Guest Rewards points?! I originally booked Capitol Limited WAS-CHI, Southwest Chief CHI-LAX, and...

I just left San Antonio this morning, after arriving on the eastbound Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle (connecting to the northbound Texas Eagle) at 10:30PM, not departing until 7:00AM. I walked the roughly one mile to the Alamo from the San Antonio station at midnight, and it felt perfectly safe to...

Hello, all... I'm so excited, I just had to post! My wife and I already booked our vacation this year, round trip DC to Whitefish on the Capitol Limited/Empire Builder, with a week of hiking at Glacier National Park in-between in June. A friend of mine is getting married in San Francisco...

Also, WCBS (880 on the AM dial) has traffic every 10 minutes on the eights. I find that listening to both will give you a complete picture of the Tri-State Area traffic situation. One inevitably covers something the other has missed. Of course, if you have XM Satellite Radio, they have a...

I can confirm that P42DC 121 was pulling a Surfliner into San Diego last night. I'm staying at the Hampton Inn downtown and my window is about 10 feet from the tracks. Watched her sail right by (well, not sail - crawl!) -- I remember thinking the horn sounded a bit different than the usual...

The foursome definitely sounds familiar, but my wife and I didn't spend any time in the Sightseer. I think I probably saw you guys once or twice heading to or from the dining car. We only rode one-way (flew home due to time constraints), but we're already planning another trip on the CZ for...

Wow, talk about coincidences -- I was on the same train, in the same sleeper! My wife and I rode all the way from Chicago to Emeryville. We were upstairs in roomette 5. I agree, Ray was a fantastic attendant -- kept his spirits up the entire trip, no matter what anyone threw at him! Glad to...

My wife and I booked a trip from WAS to WFH on 29 & 7, returning on 8 & 30, in mid-June 2007. Just received the tickets in the mail today. Let's hope this is another rumor that simply disappears. Drew