Recent content by Bootman4U

I'll simply offer some of the high and not so highlights here and add a link for the pictures later. This was my frist long distance AMTRAK trip since having taken the California Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville several years ago. I was hoping for an improved experience over that one and in...

"Just eat. Worrying about your diet while travelling increases your stress and damages your health more than the "unhealthy" food does. And dude, you can excersize quite easily on trains." I am sorry but I cannot seem to find anywhere in my original post where I said anything about "unhealthy...

I guess I'll actually find out "the" answer to this question when I take the Empire Builder from Portland to Chicago later this week but thought I'd ask here anyway. The last time i took an AMTRAK LD train (the Zephyr) someone in a trip report had described the food as "a cut above Denny's" and...

I want AMTRAK to go to Germany and COPY those Citynightline sleeping cars

Last night when the Cresecent and one of the Silvers rolled through Alexandria they were pretty much as described above and on time, too. Don't you love the weasel term "heritage?" That is: OLD!!!

Another Happy Easter wish. Since it is a religious holiday and this is a Government entity.....

"I've seen sections only in movies and in books and they don't offer much privacy." Here's one small example of what that "privacy" can cost you (notice I didn't ask how much you actually need LOL); On the "Canadian" for this coming summer the price of a lower berth in a section can run from...

When I first took the "Canadian" the "sections were intact. Later, one was removed and the "shower cabin" was installed in its place and that makes the trip much nicer than it used to be. The current section lower berth consists of those two rather wide facing seats being converted to a single...

If you ever have the opportunity, try traveling on a service such as CityNightLine in Europe or on one of the Elipsos Trenhotel services. On the former there are double and triple accommodations (not couchettes) which are First Class (vs. the 6-bunk couchettes) which have the three bunks...

Duplex Roomettes remain in use on VIA #1 and 2 The Canadian..they are in the "Chateau" sleeping car series. Yes, one bed folds down from the wall the way a conventional roomette operates and the other rolls out from underneath as described above. Personally I prefer the non-duplex models which...

According to Wikipedia the elevation is 7834 feet.

And why you would have to rely on an "off-site" site such as this one to find out the actual status of a train run by our "national" passenger rail service answers all sorts of periodic questions IMO.

I suspect these days there are a lot of people who know what marijuana smoke smells like and they also know that some people actually roll their own tobacco cigarettes. What is the worst that could happen? Somebody comes over and "investigates" and goes away looking and feeling rather foolish...

Interesting hypothetical and why is it I suspect union rules may have something to do with this?

I honestly understand the comment about the train being a part of history, etc., and in this day and age I think THAT sort of slant would kill it for many...so many folks..yes the ones with MONEY and who travel a lot are probably more interested in speed and convenience rather than history and...