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Apparently #11 hit a tree: #11 hit a tree and is 7 hrs late, #14 is 4 hrs late Let's hope that doesn't happen tonight - or that if it does, the alcohol supplies hold out.

I'd very much like to know what went on - I'm boarding #14 at Salinas this evening for a trip to Olympia. There's been clear weather in Northern California the last couple of days, so something unusual must have happened.

What you're describing is the plan to resurrect the Coast Daylight, which would be an Amtrak California train connecting San Francisco to LA via the Coast route. The current plan is to use Surfliner equipment for the run. It would not be an overnight train - it would depart SF around 7 AM and...

There were at least two of them on the CS #14 yesterday (Nov 21) out of LAX, and I happened to be seated in one. It was fantastic. Now if Amtrak can figure out how to provide WiFi, it would be perfect.

I know quite a bit about this - I run the California High Speed Rail Blog which has been covering the proposal since March. It's a good idea - it'll authorize $10 billion in bonds to start construction on a high speed rail system connecting downtown San Francisco, San José, Fresno, Bakersfield...

The California High Speed Rail trains will run on dedicated tracks - i.e. no sharing with freights. So there's no need to meet the FRA standards, which exist because of passenger rail sharing tracks with freights.

You have to consider that by 2018 when the system is up and running gas prices will not be where they are at today - even if the 30% annual increase in price we've experienced since 2002 isn't sustained, most analysts assume gas will be significantly above $5/gal by that time. Combined with the...

If McCain gets elected he will push privatization or devolvement to the states. He would propose auctioning the NE Corridor - rails, cars, and service rights. That allows him to claim he isn't attacking the service but instead government ownership and operation. He would invite outside bids to...

Well, it was about an hour late tonight, and the 11 currently making its way through southern Oregon is also an hour late. That's the train I'm supposed to board in Salinas tomorrow at 11:45. I'm debating shifting the reservation to the thruway bus and the Surfliner from SLO to LAX, in order to...

As someone who is taking the CS to LA and then the 796 Surfliner to Santa Ana this coming Friday I'm quite interested in this issue. When I did this same trip in June we got into LA on time, but I've noticed the CS having some on-time issues this month. I've been told, but can't verify, that...

Sleeping Car Attendant?

I'm taking the Coast Starlight from Salinas to LAUS, and the Surfliner to Santa Ana, on Friday 8/29. I made the same journey in early June and we were on-time leaving Salinas, on-time arriving at LAUS, and on-time on the trip back home. I've been following the on-time record of the 11 in...