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In less than a week, my daughter and I are traveling from Baltimore (BAL) to Chicago (CHI) on the Cardinal in a roomette; after spending one night in Chicago we are traveling to Emeryville (EMY) on the California Zephyr in a bedroom. We'll fly back from San Francisco to Baltimore. We'll be...

I just received an email announcing "Amtrak Share Fares". The more companions one has, the cheaper the ticket: Passenger 1 – full price Passenger 2 – 15% off full price Passenger 3 – 60% off full price Passenger 4 – 70% off full price So, if I'm reading this correctly, two traveling...

The Washington Post has an article on boarding concerns on Amtrak -- why is it so hodgepodge and at Washington Union Station (WAS) and New York Pennsylvania Station (NYP) non-sensical?  I haven't been on many other railroads around the world, but I've wondered about the boarding policies on...

I am planning to take a trip with my (will-be) 13-year-old daughter from the east coast to the west coast in June 2019.  I’d like to include Seattle (SEA) and the Bay Area.  I’m trying to decide on taking the train out, and then flying back, or flying out to the west coast and then taking the...

In a couple of weeks, I'm going to be taking the overnight Northeast Regional to Boston (BOS), arriving early Saturday morning and leaving on the overnight that same Saturday back to Pennsylvania. Is there a cheap place in the area to freshen up when I arrive? Ideally I'd like to take a...

Article from The (Harrisburg, PA) Patriot-News about planned improvements at the Harrisburg (HAR) station. At least at the time of this posting, included is a short video of comments by Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf and Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse, and footage of the interior of HAR. Also...

According to the AGR Insider on FlyerTalk: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amtrak-guest-rewards/1700885-new-amtrak-guest-rewards-mastercard-arriving-fall-2015-a.html

The littlest DivMiler and I will be traveling from Boston South Station (BOS) to Chicago on the Lake Shore Limited. Our tickets, using AGR points both ways, reflect BOS-Chicago and Chicago-BOS. However, my plan is for my daughter to disembark at Springfield (SPG) to visit her grandparents (my...

(The whole subject was supposed to be "Proposal to Change SEPTA Regional Rail Access in Philadelphia - How Might this Affect Amtrak Passengers?" Oh well.) I picked up The Philadelphia Inquirer for March 14, 2013 in the Club Acela at Philadelphia (PHL). The first page (A1) had a story entitled...

"Scenic Historic Route for California Zephyr Train" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/scenic-historic-route-california-zephyr-train

"How to spend 47 Hours on a Train and Not Go Crazy, " by Nathaniel Rich, will appear in the March 3, 2013 issue of The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/magazine/47-hour-train-ride.html?hp&pagewanted=all

I'm traveling to Boston (BOS) on a Thursday in March, starting from Harrisburg (HAR). I also want to travel first class to experience it (I've only been on Acela once, in Business from Philadelphia (PHL) to Washington). The website tells me that I can take a Keystone, leaving HAR at 8:00 a.m...

My wife and my 6-year-old daughter traveled from Harrisburg (HAR) to Philadelphia (PHL) to New Haven (NHV) to Hartford (HFD) on Thursday, September 20, 2012 on one E-Ticket reservation with both their names and AGR numbers. Upon checking their AGR accounts on September 25, all three of my...

I take the Keystone between Harrisburg (HAR) and Philadelphia (PHL) a fair amount. I like that there are several trains (roughly once per hour during weekdays). I have often wondered about the feasibility of a limited Keystone service, just stopping at (say) HAR, Lancaster (LNC), and PHL...

Joe Sharkey, who writes the "On the Road" column for The New York Times, writes about his Silver Star sleeper trip from Tampa (TPA) to New York City (NYP). Nothing new to many of us here, but it is good to see a travel writer (who almost always writes about air travel or hotels) writing...

The last three years I have taken a little vacation from Harrisburg in mid-March. In 2009, to Chicago (my first sleeper trip on the way back); in 2010, to Atlanta; and in 2011, to Orlando, Florida. This last I took with my daughter and mother and they loved it. Both Chicago and Atlanta had me...

This essay in The New York Times appeared on June 5, 2011 in the Travel section. The author traveled from New York City to Emeryville with her twenty-something sons. Not a lot about train travel, but about her evolving relationship with her now-grown sons.

Here we go... Senator Schumer Proposes 'No-Ride List' for Amtrak Trains

If a sleeper is taken out for mechanical problems, and it is known before leaving the originating station, is there a typical time for Amtrak to notify affected passengers? I read this article on the March 2011 "Member Amtrak Trips" forum -- the poster noted that he was notified the night...

I know I can cancel an AGR reservation by calling the Amtrak Guest Rewards telephone number. However, can I cancel an AGR reservation (before tickets are printed) by (1) Using a Quik-Trak machine? (2) Calling Amtrak's 800-USA-RAIL number and talking to a human? (3) Calling Amtrak's...