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    Sacremento Museum day February 2nd

    http://www.sacmuseums.org/museumday.html So if you are taking a ride on Amtrak through or to Sacremento or even if you are using one of those nasty things called automobiles/trucks. Sacremento looks like a good place to stop. thanks to Fatwallet.com for the information.
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    Why is Amtrak coach more expensive than flying?

    http://www.thecloudnineshuttle.com/
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    Joe Biden Rides Amtrak

    I prefer Freihofers<rimshot>.
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    Just ride for the fun of it?

    OH YEAH......just finished a vacation trip around North America, US and Canada. Seattle to Chicago would put you in Glacier Park area in the early A.M. and into Montana during daylight hours. For a first trip I would suggest the Seattle to Chicago at this time of year.
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    Seattle cabs at amtrak station?

    When we arrived, November 4th Coast Starlight, there was a whole line of cabs waiting for fares.
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    Snow Trip

    TPA to NYC to SAB or anywhere on the Vermonter route north of SPG TPA to NYC to MTR or anywhere north of SAR, including, SAR. TPA to NYC to BOS to POR or anywhere on the coast.
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    SWC Reroute

    http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.p...=46&t=66308
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    Major ticketing problems for Amtrak customers

    TILT did you mean 10/20/09?
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    Washington DC

    If it is a nice day just take the metro down to the Mall and walk around and look at the different memorials. That will expend 1+ hours of a layover.
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    Save 40% on VIA Rail

    http://www.viarail.ca/en/car-free-day?WT.m...oupon_en_090922 "To celebrate Car Free Day on September 22, 2009, VIA Rail is giving you an extra incentive to leave your car at home and help contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by taking the train instead." If anyone is interested.
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    Fall Promo is 91409

    Email arrived at 3:49pm Eastern NOW NOW through December 19th DOUBLE DOUBLE points for train travel. Yipee instead of 300 points I will get 600 points for my November AGR trip.
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    TIGHT CONNECTIONS

    Mine also but I decided to roll the dice with my November trip and booked a AGR Chi-LAX-Sea. If I could have I would have built a day in SBA.
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    Vancouver BC hotels

    I like gtahotels.com for Canadian hotels, $131/night Fairmont Waterfront City View with the third night free(Early November and the rate has gone up). They often have a better rate than the leading travel/hotel booking sites. Also for any Fairmont hotel if you join the President's club you get...
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    Info on Cooperstown/Upper Central NY

    First, nose in the air, we are Upstate New Yorkers thank you very much. Not that downstate riffraff, looks over shoulder for Brooklyn born mother or other Long Island relatives. I would stay in Cooperstown, The Tunniclif Inn is in downtown Cooperstown -...
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    How to find hotel near Amtrak stations

    Like some one mentioned earlier google amtrak <City Name> hotel or some combination of that. Hotels.com also lets you type in say <CityName> Amtrak and it will give you a list of possible answers. You might need to refine the question say you wanted a hotel near the Albany NY station you would...
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    Bay Bridge Closed Labor Day Weekend

    Haven't they done this every summer during one of the holiday weekends the last few years?
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    Train Songs!

    http://www.jimcroce.com/lyrics-railroadsong.shtml - Jim Croce - Railroad Song Gordon Lightfoot's - Canadian Railroad Trilogy of course http://www.irontrail.ca/songs.html
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    Hotels near Seattle

    If you don't mind a shower only queen check hotels.com/travelocity.com/expedia.com for the Doubletree Artic. I have a non-refundable reservation for $75/night before taxes and it looks to be no more than 1/2 mile from the station.
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    Scathing Editorial in Today's Wash Post....

    Not all A quick google has a story from 2005 in Conneticut - http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/25416...sing/index.html was the only crossing accident that came up for Acela.
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    Scathing Editorial in Today's Wash Post....

    I like the idea of high speed rail but, and I am problably wrong, until we get true seperation of freight and passenger and train and motor vehicle(eliminate or harden crossings to the point where Joe/Jane Sixpack can't bl;ow through a crossing guard and lose a game of tag with a consist) high...
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