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Interesting story from the Denver Post about the city of La Junta settling a lawsuit filed by a man wrongfully detained for three days. According to the story, Amtrak called local police in Jan. 2010 after a couple of passengers allegedly overheard Ojore Lutalo of New Jersey make statements on...

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (among others) is reporting that VIA Rail will not stop its trains at Toronto Union Station while the G20 conference takes place near the station from June 24-27. It appears that this change will impact the Maple Leaf (which VIA Rail operates within Canada)...

According to an acerbic post on the Web site Gawker, Dr. Phil is going to be on Acela for a round-trip from NYP to Philadelphia on Sept. 9. While on-board, Mr. McGraw will speak with passengers about "everyday problems." There's a form to fill out if you are interested in being on the...

The Bay Area News Group is reporting that the southbound Capitol Corridor 535 struck and killed two pedestrians in separate incidents today. The first incident happened just after noon north of Berkeley station. It was released en route for San Jose after 90 minutes. Less than 30 minutes later...

While watching the northbound Coast Starlight depart Chico this morning (54 minutes late), I noticed something odd on the baggage car. I saw that the vestibule steps were down on what I assume to be a converted Heritage coach car. I'm not familiar with single-level coaches, but the steps...

I'm booked into a roomette for a June trip on Coast Starlight. I was just curious about how Amtrak handles tickets for sleepers. I'm sure people who have booked into sleepers can answer this question really easily. I was curious because Amtrak treats sleeping accommodations as an addition to...

I'm heading home to San Diego for the holidays and was planning to redeem some rewards points for the trip. Since my trip from Chico (CIC) to San Diego (SAN) required that I use two special routes (San Joaquins and Surfliner) and two of their feeder buses, I had assumed that I would need 2,000...

The Rail Passenger Association of California and Nevada posted photos from the Coast Starlight relaunch. Aside from nice photos of the shiny trainset, one of the interesting photos featured a drumhead at the end of the consist. Here's the photo of the drumhead Has Amtrak done this before? Part...

OK, so I'm in the final steps of planning my California Zephyr trip from Davis, Calif. to Chicago (with a mid-trip stop in Salt Lake City). I taking Zephyr eastbound, but am planning to return by airplane due to time constraints. I planned to drive from Chico to Davis (DAV) because parking is...

Interesting tidbit from this week's Hotline: First, I feel sorry for the Starlight riders who are on the stops in between SAC and Union Station. I hope that Amtrak California's numerous services will be able to accommodate them. Please note the Hotline mentions that Surfliner rail service is...

I didn't see this posted yet, but I found it very interesting. Here's the relevant blurb from the latest NARP Hotline #554: I've never used these passes before. Is this good news for travelers? How much traveling does one need to do to justify either a 15- or 30-day pass? Are there a decent...