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A month from today, November 11th, I'm leaving on my 4th long distance Amtrak trip. I'll be going from my home station in Royal Oak, MI, to Chicago, then on to D.C. aboard the Capitol Limited (I wanted to avoid boarding at zero dark thirty in Toledo, and an afternoon in Chicago having lunch with...

Something new to add to all the previous discussions about funding for Amtrak that have come up on here over the last few weeks: today, the Biden Administration released the short version of their FY 2022 discretionary budget request. (The full budget request will come later.) See here...

I'm taking 353 to Chicago in a couple weeks, then boarding the LSL the same evening to head out east for vacation. Has anyone else been noticing what seems like an unusually high number of delays and disruptions on all of the Wolverine trains lately? I started following Amtrak Alerts on Twitter...

A coworker and her family are going to be staying in New York the weekend before Thanksgiving this year, and on the Saturday 11/23 they have to go out to Piscataway, NJ, for the Michigan State-Rutgers football game (her son plays for MSU). It looks like the best way to get there from NYC is to...

I'm starting to plan a vacation for August, and this year I'm planning to go out to New England, specifically to Boston. I'd be using the city as a home base to tour the region. I took the CZ to California 4 years ago and the EB to Seattle last year, so I thought maybe I'd change it up and take...

Has Amtrak added, or are they considering adding, checked baggage to the Wolverine? I have been consistently seeing one of the new Viewliner baggage cars on 355 over the last few weeks when I drive by the Pontiac station on my way home from work. It seems odd that they would be constantly...

I was driving home through Pontiac yesterday when I noticed something unusual (but exciting) on the Wolverine 355 as it sat in the Pontiac station. Due to some road and utility work, I wasn't able to turn around for photos, so when I got back toward home I positioned myself near the main...

Well, I’ve finished my first cross-country round trip on the Wolverine and CZ, and what a way to travel! I loved every minute of it. Now that I’ve had a chance to get back into the swing of things at home, here’s the report! Westbound Wolverine: Not a whole lot to say here. I was the first...

Hi all, Well, I'm only a bit over 2 weeks from my first cross-country train trip. I've been reading all of the posts in this forum and the FAQ/First-Time Rider Info forum, and it's all been immensely helpful in answering a lot of questions (and giving me info that I wouldn't have even thought...

Hi everyone. I'm Josh from Ferndale, MI. I've been lurking around here for a few months now, but I figured I might as well create an account so I can actually participate in some of the great discussions I've seen. I've loved watching trains ever since I was little, and although I haven't...