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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.

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...

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...

Last Saturday my Father was worried about being able to fly from New York to Raleigh-Durham. He therefore bought a one way ticket on the Carolinian from NYP to DNC. As it turned out, his flight left a mere 20 minutes late so now he has an unused, $183 ticket. My question is, will this only be...

Anyone else get this? It features a gorgeous picture of a train going through snow and the follow message: Phila 30th St, It's that time of year. Time to take a break from the workday routine and reconnect with friends and family. Time to take part in holiday traditions and celebrate. For...

Title says it all. Happy Hanukkah to all who observe and all who don't.

When I was growing up with had this VHS Called "There Goes a Train" (part of a series where helpful host Dave went and demonstrated machinery to youngsters". One segment was him working on an Amtrak train out of Los Angeles where he toured the dining car, lounge, sleepers and coaches. Has...

I went to see a film last night and I saw a preview for "Everybody's Fine". Apparently Robert DeNiro decides to spend the holdiays visiting his children. The previews show footage of NE Regionals, Acela and some long distance trains and a glimpse of what I belive is Chicago Union Station...

Here's a great article about The Station Inn outside Altoona, PA. http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/trave...0Inn&st=cse Here's also a link to the hotel's website: http://www.stationinnpa.com/ Has anyone been here? It sounds like a great place to hang one's hat.

I was in Maryland visiting my brother last weekend and we decided to spend Sunday in D.C. We drove to the New Carrollton, MD station to ride the Orange Line into downtown. Unfortunately, they were single-tracking between Cheverly and Stadium-Armory and it made for a frustrating experience...

I was at the New Carrollton, MD Metro station on Sunday and saw a highballing Acela train heading north through the station. I had an argument with my brother over how fast it would be going at that point. Any one have a guess on its speed?

I did my first long distance train this month (Coast Starlight) and the one thing I think that would have made it better is if I'd brought along a map to follow my progress on. In a few months I'm going to ride the Empire Builder and want to fix this. Any idea what the best kind of map to...

Last weekend I rode the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Portland, OR with my Father. We shared a Viewliner Bedroom and had a very friendly and helpful sleeping car attendent named Jamie. He gave us turndown service right when we asked, knew how to be helpful without being around too much...

I rode the Metrolink for my first time last weekend (Burbank Airport to LA Union Station) and have a question. I noticed that a few trains had a "Frontrunner" singledecker car from the Utah Transit Authority and there were several sets of NJ Transit cars in rail yards. Did Metrolink purchase...

Next week I'm riding the Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to Portland, OR. As I'm in a sleeping car I know I have access to the Portland Metropolitan Club. After arrival at Portland is it worth popping in? I will have a few hours to kill unless the train is grossly late. Thank you!

I thought I'd introduce myself to all of you. My name is Charles, I was born and raised in New York and moved in AZ in 2003. I attended Arizona State University and have stuck around here in the desert after (somehow) managing to graduate. I currently work in a management program with a...