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    Derailment of Cascades #501, DuPont WA, 2017-12-18

    The point defiance bypass is a silly piece of trackage. it is not scenic, not safe, the local residents did not want it and it only saves 10 minutes or something.
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    Diner on the Cardinal

    Meanwhile it is so much fun riding the cardinal as it speeds along a single line for hours through dense woods with the nearest trees being just a few feet away from the single line...
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    Hurricane Harvey Texas Impacts

    Meanwhile i love the sunset limited train. :)
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    Hurricane Harvey Texas Impacts

    This is great news! :D
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    Across Canada by Train

    The Via Rail train to the Hudson bay is still running from Winnipeg to Gilliam, or about 82% of the way to Churchill. :)
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    Northern Spirits down

    Ahhh here we go... I have seen this sad old story many a time before! Here is the story line: 1) Natural disaster or heavy use makes tracks unusable. 2) Passenger service gets "suspended". 3) years go by with no passenger service. 4) The rail operator, government or other people say "its...
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    Bidding opens to outsource up to three Amtrak long distance trains

    Would contracting amtrak long distance trains out to a private railroad save money? if yes then how?
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    W Palm Beach Safety Patrol Trains 2018?

    So is the Safety Patrol Train basically where a whole bunch of schoolkids travel from Florida to Washington DC with chaperones and look out the window and record any safety hazards, found along the right of way, into their workbooks and then go back to school and write letters to the Amtrak CEO...
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    Train Songs!

    1) The city of New Orleans (arlo Guthrie).
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    Sunset Limited - Lake Houston

    I reckon it would be pretty scary crossing Lake Houston by train during a storm - the track is so low to the water. :)
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    Sunset Limited - Lake Houston

    So since when has the Amtrak Sunset Limited crossing lake Houston been routine? It must be only recently?
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    Surprise detour

    We also crossed Lake Houston on our Amtrak Loxton Family winter vacation 2017. It sure is a sight to see when we are sitting in the observation car racing across that huge body of water. :)
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    Sunset Limited - Lake Houston

    Hello Amtrackers; When we were on our Loxton 2017 Amtrak winter vacation, for one of our segments, we caught the SUNSET LIMITED train between Houston and New Orleans. Come departure time from Houston, the train reversed out of Houston about 1 mile or so, and then took a branch line. After...
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    Seat Hogs in Sightseer Car

    When we embarked on our Loxton family winter amtrak vacation 2017, earlier this year, i spent many nights sleeping in the sightseer lounge in my sleeping bag. On most trains, the conductor told me that i could sleep in the lounge providing that i slept out of way between the wall and the seats...
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    Hawaiian Airlines plane diverted over blanket row

    I am a democratic socialist so i always stand with the unionized workers and not the employers who exploit them for corporate gain. :)
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    City of New Orleans train in jeopardy.

    Well when i was in America earlier this year, during our loxton america by rail vacation 2017, i had an amazing time riding that fathers magic carpet made of steel! it was amazing rolling along through the marshland of the deep south of america then through the missisippi darkness..
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    Nevada Wash Out Repairs on the California Zephyr Route

    This is what we did during our 2017 Loxton America by train vacation a few weeks ago. We first confirmed with an Amtrak ticket agent in Chicago Union Station that the California Zephyr is indeed only running as far as Salt Lake City and that train 3 is sold out for next week or so. We then...
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    Nevada Wash Out Repairs on the California Zephyr Route

    Amtraks alternative for that day (catching train 3 then coast starlight) was sold out which meant we would need lodging in Chicago anyway, until the next train was available, and that would have ruined the rest of our itinerary.
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    Nevada Wash Out Repairs on the California Zephyr Route

    Hello Everyone, I am sure many of you are aware of our epic 12 segment long Loxton winter Amtrak rail pass vacation that i posted about a month or 2 ago here on this forum. As planned, we were to take the California Zephyr from Chicago right through the rocky mountains to Emeryville a few days...
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    San Joaquin Comet Carriages

    Hello Everyone; I would like to know which San Joaquin train(s) currently utilize the comet cars? I would love to take a ride on these lovely restored carriages.
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