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    Rude Amtrak employees

    Bring back the Crew Chiefs. It's as simple as that.
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    Jose Cuervo Tequila Train (Guadalajara/Jalisco, Mexico)

    About the name you chose for this post, a long time ago a friend gave me a Jose Cuervo travel blanket. Apparently he got it as a freebee for drinking too much. Anyhow, if you see a lady with a bright yellow rolled up travel blanket with a Jose Cuervo patch on the corner, that's me!
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    How much of the Amtrak map has one covered?

    That's terrific! I wonder how many of those trips were in coach.
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    Silver Star 92 derailed by semi in Lakeland, FL (7-14-23)

    IIRC it was 1993, in Cary, Illinois, a school bus was on the tracks stopped at a red light. Sadly, now they call it Seven Angels Crossing.
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    Metra service between Chicago and Rockford to begin in 2027

    Rail service is long overdue for this route. IIRC at one time Amtrak had plans to Huntley and beyond.
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    Maple Leaf border check

    After a cruise from and back to Vancouver, I was on what was supposed to be a "sealed" bus back to Seattle. The border inspection was a joke. The border guard got on, told everyone to hold their passports up, walked half way down the aisle and got off.
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    Mendocino County Skunk Train denied right to use eminent domain

    The next time you are on the expressway into Chicago, take a look at the McDonalds up on the overpass. That is on land that was bought by eminent domain. Well, maybe because is isn't technically "land", it was given a pass.
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    Western Canada forest fires

    That was a nice trip report, Bill. It brought me back to when I traveled across Canada several years ago, except that there were no fires back then.
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    Positive comments about Amtrak?

    The people I meet are the best part of taking the train. The people I have met on the train, in the depot, and on this forum are awesome. Secondary is the scenery. I love watching the land change from farms to plains to deserts to mountains to cities. I even enjoy the crazy things that...
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    Chicago - St. Louis Lincoln Corridor to begin higher speed running

    Yesterday my daughter and I drove the highway along old Route 66 to Pontiac, Illinois. It had had several side roads to the farms off the highway the last time I was there a couple of years ago. At that time the side roads had the familiar old white signs with black letters. Now, because of...
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    Amtrak Coach discussion

    It sounds claustrophobic. Also, what about air circulation? I do not think I would like it.
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    Chicago - St. Louis Lincoln Corridor to begin higher speed running

    I have taken it multiple times from BNL to CHI, but only twice from BNL to STL. I don't recall any freights.
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    Chicago - St. Louis Lincoln Corridor to begin higher speed running

    ...has anyone noticed the fences they put along these high-speed tracks? Really nice! Wish I had them in my yard. Back to the hi speed taking so long and the pessimism, it was long ago that there was a presentation in BLN about the hi speed train. Finally there was an announcement that there...
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    Coach restrooms

    The only time I have seen a TA clean the bathroom in coach was when a toilet was overflowing. For years I rode in coach, and then years in sleepers. I am rarely able to travel now and when I do, I am in coach. The sink is always wet. I have found that after I clean up the sink area, other...
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