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    Amtrak Food Service

    Have you ever rode an Amtrak train and if so have you ever dined on-board?
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    Amtrak power source

    Does anyone know a site with photos and "nuts & bolts" info on the Genesis power source?
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    Texas Freight Bullies

    I may be showing my ignorance here but it seems that the "stop & wait" on freight trains is dramatically less in other states. OTP is merely an excursion in futility until the freight lines are curtailed.
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    Boyce takes a train

    This was to be my first time on Amtrak and my wife & I were scheduled to depart San Antonio at 6:00 A.M., Nov. 23, 2003. I was firmly convinced that a more civilized departure time would actually occur so that I would avoid getting up in the middle - of - the - night. After monitoring the Sunset...
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    Assigned seating or not??

    Oh...and be sure to give us a report on your trip.
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    Assigned seating or not??

    breeze, Just get on the train! Everything will be ok. Don't over-analyze things. Just do it. Assigned seats mean nothing because people get off and leave an empty seat and other people move there (just tell the attendant). I just returned from my first cross- country trip and I...
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    An Amtrak Adventure

    This was to be my first time on Amtrak and my wife & I were scheduled to depart San Antonio at 6:00 A.M., Nov. 23, 2003. I was firmly convinced that a more civilized departure time would actually occur so that I would avoid getting up in the middle - of - the - night. After monitoring the Sunset...
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    estimated departure

    I got this email from Amtrak regarding my estimated vs. scheduled departure question. "You can wait until 1 hour prior the estimated arrival time, however, trains can make up some time, so we do advise you to check back periodically to how the train is running. "
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    estimated departure

    I am scheduled to board the Sunset Limited at 6:AM on Nov. 23. As of 10:00 AM today Amtrak is estimating the departure time from San Antonio to be 7:34AM. Should I still be at the station for the scheduled departure of 6:00? Can the train make up that lost time. If it does make up that time...
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    The ho-bo question.

    Does anyone have any stories? I can remember that as a child in the 1940s growing up near a freight train route I would sit by the tracks and watch them go by.I would see people sitting in the cars with the door open and their legs dangeling.
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    buying now versus rail sale later

    Allen's advice is excellent. There are two things in life that are certain: taxes go up and so do Amtrak prices. I booked 4 months early and saved $200.00.
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    6 days left

    I made reservations in August for a trip Nov.23-Dec. 1. Since then I have posted numerous questions --- some stupid some not -- but all of concern to me. You guys are EXPERTS and have satisfactorily answered every one of them.Thanks to you I now have a better idea of rail travel. THANKS!
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    Space availibility

    Thanks Bill.
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    rising anxiety level

    I am booked coach on the Sunset Limited to Pensacola,Fla. leaving San Antonio,Texas on November 23. Although a lot of questions have been answered here, I still have a few that can only be answered once on board i.e. Will I be able to sleep in a seat? Will I be able to walk( use cane, have poor...
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    Space availibility

    I am booked on coach already and I checked Amtrak's site to possibly upgrade. It gave me a price but does this mean that space is still available?
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    Lower Level?

    Do you mean that even if they are sold out, an able-bodied person would still take priority?
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    Lower Level?

    I walk with the aid of a cane and did not know what "lower level" meant when I booked on coach so I didnt request it. Will Amtrak penalize me and make me climb stairs or is the lower level reserved for passengers like myself?
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    Amtrak Photo Archive

    It seems interesting.
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    Amtrak Photo Archive

    http://lib2.clark.cc.oh.us/amtrak/amtBAG1700.html
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    lol -Commuter Gets Arm Stuck in Train Toilet

    TRUTH is a complete defense to a frivolous lawsuit.
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