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Welcome! I'm moving at the end of the month to Las Vegas, a city that doesn't see Amtrak service. Perhaps our shared pain will bring Amtrak back to our respective locations?

Got this in my email today. Not sure if it's targeted. Amtrak Guest Rewards® members, here's a wintertime offer you can really warm up to. From January 7 - March 13, 2010, spend $50 on the Pacific Surfliner®, Capitol Corridor® and San Joaquin®, and earn 1,000 points. That's enough for a free...

http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Train+cra...n/1135251895844 I guess that's one way to catch a train from your hotel.

Great pictures! I rode the Coast Starlight LAX-PDX last October as my first long distance train trip. This brought back very fond memories so thank you!

I was looking at a possible roundtrip from Altoona to Harrisburg for a trip I want to take in February and I saw the Pennsylvanian eastbound has a radically different schedule for Sunday and a few extra days. The train is numbered differently (44 insted of 42) and leaves Pittsburgh six hours...

That's not what The Naked Gun taught us :lol:

If you can swing it, the Westin Copley Place is literally across the street from Back Bay Station. It's connected to a mall which has a lot of good restaruants, including a Legal Seafoods. Plus you can easily walk from there down Newbury Street which has a lot of nice places to eat. The only...

Another great report! I love that my old home station of Rye, NY is on the old schedule you posted. Can't wait for your next one.

Here's a brieft rundown of my trip on the Piedmont. Sunday December 27 Amtrak 73 - Piedmont Durham, NC (DNC) to Charlotte, NC (CLT) This train is scheduled to leave at 7:22 so at the awful hour of 6:45 AM my Father and I prepared to leave home for the station. Unfortunately, it was 30...

I was very impressed with this movie, giving a 3.5 out of 4 stars. Airports noticed: MIA, STL, DTW (including old L.C. Smith Terminal), OMA and LAS

What the above say about Business Class on these cars is correct. When I rode from Durham to Rocky Mount and back they even served the drink from a cart! Also, make sure you take a good look at the new Durham train station...they did a really good job.

I spent a Thursday to a Saturday in Galveston last year (pre-hurricane) for work. Personally, I was not very impressed. I didn't find any restaurants that thrilled me and the beach was quite awful. I ended up leaving a day early and staying up in Houston instead.

You can take the train to Jamacia very easily! The subway goes there, the JFK Air Train goes there, the LIRR goes there... :P

Seems like we're seeing one of these stories a week. I feel awful for the 5 year old kid...his Mom was an idiot and he'll never have a chance to grow up not like her.

Wow, I like it...very London Undergroundy. My only complaint...you left off my two stations! (MRC and DNC)...but I know why you did.

My Dad is semi-retired. He lives in Durham and goes to New York once to twice a month for work. I don't think he wants to add 16 hours to business trips that he doesn't want to take. Whenever I'm home we take train trips and he'll come west to do them too. So far he's been my partner in...

Rather sardonically written, wasn't it? Thanks for posting.

When I rode 14 in October there were no PPC annoucements about vacating the car if you weren't doing the wine tasting. This was on both days of the trip. I'm sorry you had that experience...thanks for all the updates!

Thanks for the answer guys, I'll brief my Dad when I'm home in a few days. Ideally he'll give me the unused ticket as we share the same first and last name...it would be a great Christmas Present!

Welcome Spatten. Are you named after that delicious German beer? No need to feel overwhelmed or intimidated here. I've been a member just over two months now and no one has ever made me feel stupid or like a useless newbie. There's a wonderful spirit of community here and I do believe you'll...