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Tethered to a track that supplies electrical power. https://thegoldwater.com/news/30058-Flying-Train-Could-Carry-Thousands

I'm planning a 5838 mile LD Amtrak trip for early October. I'll ride 4 nights in coach, 1 night in business class, and 1 night in a roomette. I'll be bringing some meals with me. Some of the food requires hot water from the café to re-hydrate/heat. Day 1 - Southwest Chief - Coach - Depart...

Will the Café attendant fill my 18oz Thermos with hot water for me if I ask? Also what condiments are available besides, if any: Sugar & substitutes Half & half for coffee Ketchup Mustard Pickle relish Jam/jelly Honey? Onions? Pancake syrup?

A heads up if you store bags at the Amtrak station and want to get to the HI Portland NW hostel at NW 18th & NW Glisan...

Get on the train drunk in DC, get drunker, in a first class car have "hostile exchanges" with a woman passenger, get kicked off the train in NY, then call in a false bomb-on-the-train report so you can later get arrested and face the possibility of spending 5 years in prison. A really smart...

I read in an Amtrak report they plan to refurbish the platform covers and make some other improvements at the Ottumwa, IA station. Maybe their plan will include correcting the spelling on this sign identifying the OTM station's long term parking area:

Oh! Wait! Trains don't have seatbelts! CZ round trip OTM SAC OTM with day trip to San Francisco. .. Day 1 Amtrak California Zephyr 5 (25) March 18. To allow for unforeseen delays I got an early start on my 2 hour drive to the Ottumwa Amtrak station. The last time I rode the California Zephyr...

Track Your Train shows 6 (22) California Zephyr got delayed close to 3 hours between Grand junction and Glenwood Springs yesterday. It was then delayed a further 3.5 hours between Glenwood Springs and Granby. Locomotive troubles? So they are estimating 6 (22) will be 5 hours late to Chicago...

California Zephyr - A History • 1939 To celebrate San Francisco’s two newly built bridges The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge, and some other local accomplishments, the Golden Gate International Exposition opened February 18, 1939. Held on San Francisco's man-made...

Cameras Nikon D300s DSLR - 3 batteries & charger (primary) Samsung Galaxy Sky SmartPhone (secondary) YI Lite 4K 150° action camera - 3 batteries & charger (tertiary) Travel Lenses Nikon AF 24-85mm f/2.8-4D IF AUKEY wide-angle/macro phone camera lens Camera Support JOBY GorillaPod SLR Zoom...

A track maintenance procedure we don't often get to see. Some notes on the video's description: Rocky is the 1.5 mile long siding below the Big 10 curve where trains can wait their turn to use the single track Big 10. Eisley, (actually Eisele) is the 1.2 mile long siding above the Big 10...

The Water Tunnel, that helps deliver water for Denver to Gross Reservoir via South Boulder Creek.

Between Chemult and Eugene. Lookout siding Railroad crossing look out for the cars. Can you spell that without any Rs?

Airline's take-away-from-passengers-wish-list: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-full-horrifying-list-of-what-united-airlines-and-others-want-to-now-be-allowed-to-take-away-from-passengers/ar-BBIV1FJ?li=BBnbfcN

A 1 minute video about my next CZ trip. https://youtu.be/mIUDssk6zoI The week I get back I'll quickly put together a trailer to post while I edit the trip video together.

A simple battle plan to prevent getting sick from some bacteria you picked up off a surface on your train that you don't have to think long and hard about it. According to the US Center for Disease Control: Just remember three simple words: Wash your hands. WAY more effective than using...

Though on the train I'll use a monopod and a gorilla pod SLR-Zoom instead of a tripod. https://flic.kr/p/ErXMAo That's a RØDE VideoMicro w/deadcat external mic and a Aukey 140° wide angle clip-on lens.

I'll be in San Francisco in March. I plan to ride the San Francisco Bay Ferry, the cable cars, and the street cars. So I got myself a Clipper Card (Senior).

It's said the UP Moffat Tunnel sub has 28 tunnels east of the Moffat Tunnel. The west most and closest tunnel to the Moffat Tunnel East portal tunnel is tunnel #30. Curious about the discrepancy I got to looking at that sub using OpenRailwayMap and Google Maps. Neither map shows a #9 nor #28...