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Yard Limit Productions reports Pacific Parlor Car, Willamette Valley seen on the EB Southwest Chief in Bernalillo, NM today (Wed 1 Nov 2017). Maybe 39975 heading Beech Grove for repair/service/? Surely out of service. Too bad Amtrak wouldn't open it up. The "We've never done that before"...

[ [ Mods: I looked & looked & didn't see this from 21 Oct. posted. If it is & I missed, please merge. Thanks. ] ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OXFORD, Neb. – Authorities say an armed man managed to get into an Amtrak...

Amtrak 3(11) Southwest Chief w/ Dome 10031 DH westbound 11 June 2017 through Galesburg IL. Probably transiting to California for summer use. Maybe LA-San Diego for San Diego Comic-Con etc. God forbid they'd run it live in consist instead of DH. Now let the cacophony begin about extra crew...

Today's No. 5 on Galesburg Railcam has 3 Locos 17 cars. Thinking it's a DH equipment position for one of the West Ski Trains. 3 P-42s Lash Up kinda neat B2B and Nose-To-Nose w/I think No, 156 Heritage Unit rear loco. -- Then: 1,2,3,4,5 Superliners 6,7,8 — 3 Superliners with wrap — Slopes...

Old Time Crime: Unsolved mystery, Amtrak passenger train sabotaged outside Hyder Arizona in 1995 ABC15 Arizona Phoenix station revisits October 9, 1995 Sunset Limited sabotage derailment near Hyder, AZ. ● News video with neat aerial shots, ●VO of the mysterious man in the cowboy hat (Hey! I...

A 51-year-old man was hit by an Amtrak train in Emerado Thursday morning, Sept. 29, leaving him seriously injured. http://www.westfargopioneer.com/news/north-dakota/4125629-1-person-seriously-injured-after-being-struck-amtrak-train-emerado-nd Just west of Grand Forks N.D.

Amtrak trains held. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nyc-explosion-fbi-cops-investigate-vehicle-interest-n-y-new-n650306?cid=sm_tw A large explosion was heard in New Jersey early Monday near the scene where a suspicious package that appeared to contain pipe bombs was discovered earlier near...

Attempted to steal the backpack on the northbound train, then threatened physical violence against a conductor. Yanked the Emergency. Hopped off. OSP pursues and catches him in the woods near Crescent Lake Junction...

Surprised I haven't seen any posts about this topic, as year's past pretty popular here on AU. I even Searched to see if I had missed a 2015 string. If I have, mea culpa. Be that as it may, here's a story about the Cosplay Couple sharing a seat with a movie guitar prop in a car full of...

Check out this proposed Alfred Twu High Speed Rail map. Proposal resurrects-combines some old- and pre- Amtrak routes (remember South Wind, City of Los Angeles, Desert Wind?), and uses some status quo routes. Interestingly, it is a proposed national HSRR map. Provincially speaking, Fort Worth...

So I heard 14(11) struck a boulder south of Dunsmuir today and one of the P42's encountered air tank damage and had to be set out. That explains the 4.5+ hour delay. Last month it was the snow/mudslide in Oregon. Insert 2011 Empire Builder comparison joke here. *** EDIT: Delete red herring...

Here's the 4 Jan 2012 article. With no direct public transit to DFW Airport, and the archaic Jim Wright rules governing aircraft capacity and destination out of Dallas' Love Field, our "Metroplex" certainly likes to keep one foot planted firmly in 20th century. When I lived in Arlington, I...

Here are some news links http://www.kfyrtv.com/News_Stories.asp?news=53402 http://www.kxnet.com/getArticle.asp?setCity=bis&s=rss&ArticleId=874103 There's also new release on Amtrak site. Now we can read again the brochure from the station that cautions, "Do not get left in Minot!"

From a story released today 5 May 2011: " A new bulletin issued tonight by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security and obtained by ABC News shows shows that al Qaeda remained fixated on so-called soft targets like transportation, and describes the terror organization's chilling desire...

Heavy rains caused several rivers in western Washington state to overflow their banks Sunday, and triggered mudslides that shut down passenger trains north and south of Seattle, authorities said. The affected Amtrak services are: * The Cascades train service between Portland and Vancouver...

Here's an excerpt from Part 1: Amtrak’s president talked about the role of long-distance routes (he’s bullish) and why rail fares aren’t likely to go down any time soon. and links to Part 2 and Part 3. Mr. Boardman has some good notes. Enjoy.

OK, I booked June trip on Texas Eagle to Chicago on phone with Guest Rewards today. Theresa the rep stated I was assigned "Roomette 19" (that's one-niner). And the confirmation email also noted "Roomette 19." My experience and understanding of Superliner config is upstairs Roomettes 1 - 10, and...

Amtrak officials announced an upcoming change in the Texas Eagle schedule to facilitate down-state service in Illinois and possible new track usage between Fort Worth and Dallas. The southbound Eagle (No. 21) will depart Chicago at 2 p.m. (1 hour, 20 minutes earlier than present) and northbound...

Glad this wasn't the Texas Eagle. Clever replies expected... Fredericksburg police come to the aid of a bald eagle that had a run-in with an Amtrak train. Here's the story

Sunday afternoon 25 Jul, I'm travelling Sacramento to Richmond via a Capitols train to make BART connection for OAKland airport. Locals here in SanFran have said NoCal Amtrak OT performance is bad, but they're co-workers and not rail buffs. If anyone here has any recent heads-up on this...