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Trying to get from STL to CHI but I've heard horror stories about bus bridges so I'd rather stay on a train the whole time. Thinking of driving out to Effingham an coming up that way but Amtrak lists a service disruption there as well. But when I click for details on the warning next to 390...

I want to park there Friday-Sunday instead of paying ridiculous amounts of money to park in a garage downtown. WMATA says there are "15-17" spots for long-term parking. My only concern is that 15-17 is not that many. Anyone familiar with Greenbelt know if these spots tend to fill up, and if...

In other words, a non-stop Superliner consist but only for passengers. Is there enough demand for a third Florida train, or perhaps some hypothetical system where the Star and Meteor ran opposite days, but this train ran every day? I know WAS can handle Superliner equipment from the CL, but...

This thread is for Amtrak, NJT, SEPTA, and MARC. (Should it be moved to commuter rail?) Some of the old Amtrak timetables list stations I've never heard of, like Iselin, NJ and Capitol Beltway, MD. Are these just Metropark and New Carrolton, or did Metropark and New Carrolton replace older...

If you're taking 1 or 2 to get away from the cold and snow... oops. Winter Storm Warnings are up for southwest Texas, including El Paso, Alpine, and Sanderson. Alpine could see over 8 inches! http://www.srh.noaa.gov/maf/

I made my first ever sleeper trip on 50 Thursday-Friday to go home from school for winter break. My dad accumulates AGR points by commuiting CWH-NYP, so he had enough for the roomette (otherwise there's no way I could afford a sleeper). We left CHI on time (1 minute early even by my watch) and...

Specifically, for a Cardinal run in December in a roomette. I have a whopping 2,500, but he has around 24,000 or so. I'm not paying $180.00 (woof!) to formally transfer them though, that's just ridiculous. So is there a way around this? Can we book it with both of us, then have just me show...

Specifically on the R3...er um, I mean...West Trenton Line? At one point they called these the Neshaminy Limited and the Something Else Limited, and they ran with Comet cars and the AEM-7 loco instead of the Silverliner IV beer cans. Is this still true?

Not getting into a discussion of available Superliner equipment here, but in my dreams, I would love to have Superliner equipment on the LSL's Boston segment (I assume BOS doesn't have the same height restrictions that NYP has?) so that you could still get an SSL on the LSL. But would you be...

Ok so I know this doesn't implicate Amtrak at all since the CZ cuts south of North Platte, but I figured the railfanning community might still be interested. Happened just about 30 minutes ago. Reports so far say decent amount of damage and multiple emergency vehicles headed for the yard...

I'm headed back to school tomorrow on the Pennsy an CL. I'm going TRE-CHI with the stop at PGH. Anyway, I booked TRE instead of PHL because I thought it would be easier to get a window seat earlier into the run. From your experience, how full is the train upon leaving NYP? Do people get off...

This past Saturday, then again today, I saw a northbound LD train near CWH on the NEC between at around 2:30 pm. I figure it must be the Star, Meteor, or Crescent. But it had its 2 Viewliners and baggage car on the back. According to TrainWeb, the consist for all three of these trains is to...

Ok so I know there are no new car orders for new designs or anything like that, but would it at least be theoretically possible to have a single-level sightseer lounge that connects to Amfleet equipment? I know Superliners can't run into NYP because of height constraints, but would it be...

Edit: Since I put so many pictures in, I needed to split my report into multiple posts. Sorry. :/ Ok well Chrome just crashed and deleted my entire tripreport, so here I go starting over from the beginning. Therefore, it'll be a pretty quick report,since I'm angry now and I don't feel like...

I'm on 30 and we only have 2 coaches. Is that normal? I would have thought it would be even more crowded than normal being spring break season and all...

I really appreciate this forum so much for letting me post so many questions. Ok here goes. 1. I'm traveling CHI-WAS-TRE on 30 and 66, doing some touristy stuff in DC during the day. Can I check a bag CHI-WAS but then just not pick it up until 9 pm or so when I'm ready to get on 66? (Even if...

My CL doesn't leave until 6:10pm, but we have to be out of the dorms before noon. I'm going to try to "do Chicago" with a few other friends first, but if that falls through, I might consider going in early in the morning and doing a joyride roundtrip somewhere. Any of the midwest corridor...

I've mentioned it before, but I'm taking the CL CHI-WAS in March for my first Amtrak trip longer than a NER run. I can easily sleep until noon if undisturbed (assuming I can sleep in a coach seat, that is) but I don't want to miss the scenery, which seems like it begins right after COV. COV is...

Hi everybody! (Hi Doctor Nick!) I'm a meteorology major, but also a railfan, and so I was wondering...does Amtrak have its own weather forecast operations? Or does it rely on the National Weather Service, since the NWS is also government-run? Or does Amtrak receive weather briefings from...

Hi all, You may have seen me reason through whether or not to take the Card in March, and I decided not to, because I didn't have enough points for a roomette. Well I just discovered the "buy points" option. So now what I want to get straight is: if I buy a roomette with points, do I still...