Recent content by wgarider

Many thanks everyone, I'll call Amtrak and use the bus.....!

My wife and I are taking the Zephyr from Emeryville to Chicago and are wondering about our options getting to the Emeryville station, from downtown San Francisco. A cab is certainly one option - does BART go anywhere near Emeryville? What have others here done? Thanks!

I was in NOLA about three weeks ago and the Magnolia room was closed for renovations.....can't remember when they said it would re-open.

I have a couple questions about the Sunset route, specifically eastbound..... My wife and I were on the SSL, leaving LA on Wednesday. I noted the average speed throughout our trip got to wondering about speed limits on this route and if the UP engine that was substituted, could have played a...

Pulling into Lordsburg now - 3.5 hours off schedule. Going to try and take a look at the engine situation when we hit El Paso.......

Last December, we stayed about two blocks outside the quarter for $45 a night at the Country Inn and suites...had a GREAT breakfast and was a nice, spacious room. Think I used Hotels.com to find it........ Enjoy your trip - we're going back, if the SSL is still running, late next month.

Thanks for all the great information here about the flooding and service interruptions as a result of the flooding. I just read that the track that the CONO runs on, is owned by CN - does anyone know who owns the track that the Sunset Limited runs on, west of New Orleans, across Louisiana and...

Yep, your right. Thanks for the info!

So - I'm looking at fares from Atlanta to Charlottesville, VA. Two of us leave on a Monday and return on a Wednesday......round trip with a roomette is almost $800? Seems a bit high.......? I'm wondering why? Atlanta to New Orleans with a roomette was $300 last month - Charlottesville is about...

This was our first time on Amtrak and I spent some time perusing the many posts here, before we left, to gather tips about traveling by train. Thanks to all for the great advice. We left Monday morning (12/6) on the Crescent and came back yesterday. I've traveled to New Orleans many times over...

Wow - really? Hell's Angels ride the rails?

Just got my AMA magazine today - I'll have to hurry up and read this. I was thinking about riding the auto train next year, with our motorcycle - just haven't decided which direction we'll go yet. Thanks for the heads-up!