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Here's a recent New York Times article if you can get beyond the pay wall: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/04/climate/trains-planes-carbon-footprint-pollution.html

I would assume that the room is occupied until Chico, and that there will be a delay while the room is cleaned if the previous occupant used the bed. I would not ask about getting into the room early, but would certainly explain to the conductor what was going on. I have seen Roomettes...

Whether or not you can board in Tukwila depends on which train you are taking. If you are on the morning train, it originates in Seattle so there is no Tukwila stop. The evening train originates in Portland, with a stop at Tukwila. Seats are not assigned, and many passengers will alight at...

Well, I have now had the 2021 Tacoma for almost three years, and still have fewer than 10,000 miles on it. For half the year, I drive it less than a mile to work (I don't walk because I like to come home for lunch, and have only a half-hour break). So far, the Mexico-made truck has no rattles...

I am still trying to see if any of the apps identify the low-altitude fighter-jet training flights. I would not be at all surprised if none show them--I have heard that one of the things they try to do is be hard to track, and even heard rumors that there is a vehicle on the ground involved...

I have been looking at FlightRadar24 to see if they show low-altitude military training flights. I haven't heard any recently, but did see a military helicopter identified. I'm sorry to not know what kind of plane they are that I hear low overhead--I just call them "fighter jets;" I think...

I heard some military jets flying low nearby, and rushed to see if "adsbexchange" would identify them. They were not shown. Also, I am no longer sure that FlightAware identifies Canadian military flights. I did note some differences between adsbexchange and Flightaware. Adsbexchange is a...

Responding to @ET2020 's question, "Did you also find that it was hard to have 2 people seated in the chairs at the same time ??" As I mentioned, the second chair in a Family Bedroom is too close to the other chair for a person to occupy each chair. That second chair has a vertical back that...

Here are two pictures I have of the Family Bedroom. The first shows the size of the windows, and the second shows the vertical back on the second chair. Note that in the depiction posted above, the room is reversed: facing the couch, the kids' bunks are actually on the right.

This depiction is not accurate. There is not enough space between the two chairs for a person to sit on each chair. The berth shown above the chairs is not that long; it fits a child under 4' 7" only. There is barely enough space to sit under the upper berth if it is folded down. There is no...

The omelette / scrambled eggs and the burger / patty melt are just slightly different ways of serving the same things. Dessert choices have gone from three to two. Oh well, I guess we can be grateful they're still staffing the dining cars...

The sleepers for the Empire Builder are in the pool in Chicago, so as more sleepers are re-upholstered, there will be more for the Empire Builder. I think a there is a bigger difference between a Superliner I (which were truly refurbished around 2000) and a Superliner II (which retain the...

Was the chicken still being served with Durkee's Potato Sticks topping? I thought that was bizarre!

There was one for sale advertised on Facebook here. A hovercraft would be ideal for transportation between the main town on the island and Bellingham, the nearest city. There only is an occasional 3-passenger Cessna plying the route now. The Washington State Ferry leaves from the other side...

Here are the different US-Asia flights I've seen go overhead: SIA 24 A359 SIN-JFK UAL 882 B789 HND-ORD AAL 60 B789 NRT-DFW ANA 12 B77W NRT-ORD DAL 859 A359 ATL-HND DAL 296 A359 HND-ATL EVA 32 B77W TPE-JFK UAL 7 B772 IAH-NRT PAC 958 B748 CVG-NRT DAL 276 A359 HND-DTW FDX 13...

When I lived on Maui around 1982, United Airlines was just starting direct flights from the mainland. At that time, the runway at Kahului was deemed too short for a fully-loaded DC-8 to take off, so the flights were routed from Maui to Hilo, where they would fuel up for the trip across the...

Normally, you would be able to have dinner in the dining car. If you are traveling in a room, your Attendant will have made a reservation for you. If you are traveling coach, dinner is space-available for $45 per person. There may be restrictions on dining car availability on this final leg...

It wasn't apparent to me where origin and destination were on this site, although it gave the tail number for the aircraft (you have to pay extra to get that on FlightAware).

When I hear an airplane flying over, I like to know what kind of plane it is, and where it's coming from and going to. I use FlightAware, which identifies all commercial traffic and some smaller planes. It identifies Canadian military flights, but not US military flights. The vast majority of...

3. When the Superliner I's first came out, the accommodations were called "Deluxe," "Economy," "Special," and "Family;" all with the suffix "Bedroom." The fixture you saw labeled "Economy Bedroom" in a Family Bedroom was undoubtedly a replacement using excess or salvaged stock. Also, the...