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I wondered if these were new, I didn't see them in December, but had plain clothes cops on the train chatting with everyone this time through. Have you guys experienced thus too?

Really excited to be going back to California on the train basically a repeat of my december in reverse (out on the SC, north on the CS and back to WI on the CZ). There's the detour of course via WY, but since I have about 500 pictures of the rockies form last time I wasn't super bummed. Really...

Hey folks, I'm curious if you have any ideas on the best route to take Chicago to Sacramento, The cz is the most direct, but I've done it before and maybe other routes would have a bit more adventure. What you guys think?

The site is apparently dead, i'm curious if the data it was polling is still available somewhere else. Thanks :)

I'm taking it in about six weeks, i'm curious if folks have had experience with the train.

omg, the western trains are really awesome, I had no idea how much fun it would be. I think the coast starlight was the highlight as well as the awesome staff on the CS / SC. The Chicago based CZ crew was a bit flakier (no real surprise, just a little less focused on the actual passengers). I...

Hey guys I"m leaving in a couple weeks (Chicago -> CZ -> Emoryville -> CC -> San Jose -> CS -> Oxnaard -> PS -> LA -> SC -> Chicago) and i was wondering if you had any advice to make it awesome. I picked up a clipper card since i'll be in san jose a few days and might want to check out the cali...

Really excited to try this train out, it'll be my first superliner :D

I may have missed an existing thread, but why is the Capitol Limited's performance been so messy lately? I'm Taking it next Thursday and I hope I don't arrive too late (I supsect about 2 hours given the historical data) -jay

I'm looking at a trip where I might have a layover here for 4 hours or so and i'm curious if there's anything in the area to do etc.

You guys were great at suggestions on how to enjoy the cardinal (which btw was awesome) and I was wondering if you had any suggestions for enjoying the CL. I booked myself into a roomette, and after last time have a better sense of what I should or shouldn't bring to do a better job at light...

I noticed when i was riding there were 2 sleepers and one of the sca's said they usually run 2 sleepers as long as it's busy. Interestinly one of my fellow passengers also remarked on this, I hope it keep going and makes money :)

So i'm taking the Cardinal to DC the day after tomorrow, it's going to be my first long distance train and i'm a bit nervous I'll forget somethig important or it won't be as fun as I think it will etc. I tend to get this way about new stuff so i'm sure it's just me. Plus reading about cutbacks...

I was curious, someone in the forums mentioned their was a site where you could see the estimated arrival times over the last few day or month or something like that. Do you folks know where this information is available?

So I was reading a few trip adviser reviews of various amtrak routes and I'm amazed how wide a swing they have from awesome to terrible. Some of it is that people are choosing to write reviews, but I'm curious how people can have such different experiences with the train. I found the following...

I was wondering if anyone had ridden the Cardinal recently and had any suggestions for a novice train passenger. Thanks much, Jay