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Did Amtrak ever get a response on their petition to increase FRA Tier II speeds to 160 mph for the County to Ham upgrade? The latest thing I can find online is the announcement for the final decision to occur 12/00/2017 (yes, the FRA site says the 0th of December, so possibly the decision...

I was on 3 (4) from Chicago to LA. I had a roomette, but after I got settled in I walked through the train to get the car numbers. When I did this, there were four coaches. The next day, at the La Junta fresh air stop, I went outside and noticed that we only had three coaches. I did not leave...

I am on 449(3) right now in business class, and the crew has turned off the lights in the luggage rack area but the top lights are still unbelievably bright. Also the flimsy curtain to block the light from the even brighter cafe section does absolutely nothing, and thats when its still closed...

Hi all, I am finally finishing my plan for a "farewell tour" of some of the LD network this year. I have never ridden any of the Western trains and I want to do so before anything happens to the network. Provided I can get a few days off before and after a weekend, this is the itinerary I have...

*Title should be: Time to plan that cross-country ride before its too late? Was posted prematurely by accident, and the apostrophe in its seems to have vanished after editing the post, as well as all quotation marks. Bizarre. With all of the recent developments making the possibility of Amtrak...