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Just curious - if both locos were GE or both Siemens - would they have to switch positions in order for the backup loco to take over? I thought I remembered that you could control another locomotive from the lead position.

Thanks for the info - that's interesting. It was a late night / early morning. But Amtrak was fair with us. They stored my bike at the Miami station so I could come back for it at a decent hour (we arrived in Miami at 3:45am). And unsolicited they sent a reasonable voucher for future travel.

Two hours and fifty minutes after reconnection of motive power - we're moving...

Well... the locomotives are back, and I couldn't swear to it – but it might be the same two locomotives we had before in the opposite order. They were gone for a good two or three hours – maybe headed to Sanford? They're working on getting everything reconnected now, hopefully everything goes...

Ahhhh...Adventure on Amtrak. My last trip (Zephyr) terminated at Denver eastbound due to the previous days' train milk truck incident. Today on 97 we made it to Orlando an hour or so late - then lost power. That was almost 5 hours ago - and we're currently headless (see next photo) awaiting a...

Thanks, guys!

Not sure whether I should post this in this thread or the dining thread. Does 92 usually serve dinner (7:25pm departure) for Orlando passengers?

For me - menu refreshing and variety is important. Not as important as bringing traditional dining to all LD routes - but important. Refresh is important so if you travel twice on the same train 6-9 months apart - you don't have the same food. Variety is important so if you travel on two...

Thanks, Penny!

What's the latest on the Meteor and Star consists as it relates to Viewliner Sleepers? Which cars are VLIs & which are VLIIs? I have trips coming up in March (97 on 15-Mar and 92 on 22-Mar).

I hope everyone is ok. A little inconvenience for myself and my wife is not a big deal.

OK – here is a completely irrational and downright nuts take - but I swear it's true and not a conspiracy theory! The San Francisco 49ers found out that I (IndyLions) am undefeated as a Lions fan attending Lions away games this year riding Amtrak. I was all scheduled to take the ultimately...

Just returned from a short-ish trip south from the Midwest to the Big Easy. We left Wed late and got back Tue early from Champaign, IL on the CONO. The CONO has a well-earned reputation (along with the Eagle & Cardinal) of being among Amtrak's most disrespected trains. Almost exactly 12 hours...

I am riding 30(12) out of South Bend - heading to WAS. it's the first time I've ridden this train in several years. My expectations were low, but it's been great. This is my first trip in a refreshed Superliner II. And I will say, it's a little bit nicer than expected. The new upholstery in...

I'm not saying it is unsafe - just not the most pleasant place to spend a lot of time.

Do you live on the west side of Indy by chance? If so, I'd strongly consider a Crawfordsville, IN (CRF) to CHI round trip instead of IND-CHI. IND is a lousy station with expensive parking. CRF is small, but parking is free and safe (the station is across the street from the police station)...

Email and phone-bot. Hadn't seen the email yet - the phone-bot got my attention first.

Lucky me! Generally, I've ridden a fair number of trains and have very few horror stories. So I'm not going to feel too sorry for myself. But after several flights in a row – I was ready to ride the train. While I do everything I can to make the airline experience as positive as possible -...

I was booked on an Empire builder segment (CHI-MSP) round trip departing Monday afternoon and returning Friday morning. I was just informed that both trains were canceled and had to get a refund. Does anyone know what's going on? I'll be flying instead. Bummer.