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Yeah, it would be so nice if a train like the L in Chicago actually stopped at all the terminals separately instead of a central station that is then a long walk to any terminal, except terminal 5 which requires the people mover after you've watched your L train go right past that terminal on...

I didn't know where to post this, but this seems like the right forum. I'm surprised it wasn't here yet. For those of you that read it, Jim Wrinn, editor of Trains for the last 17 years, died today at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer...

The article seems to say that it is only an interim process until their new fare system is in place. It's too bad America won't do POP fare systems. I think it is so much better than our fare barrier systems. People seem to think that there would be more fare evasion but there really isn't any...

Ogilvie train station shut down and evacuated due to suspicious package (at least that's the story right now). Streets on all four sides of the station blocked off. This all started about 4:00pm CST, right when I showed up to catch the train out to my class at a community college. It is now...

Article from NY Times, New York's new governor is putting the LGA AirTrain plans on hold and having a review done. Hopefully a better plan comes out of this because Cuomo's was terrible. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/12/nyregion/laguardia-airport-airtrain.html?

A friend of mine was on the IL Zephyr from Chicago to Macomb on Thursday and she told me they struck and killed a trespasser on the tracks. She didn't know where they were except to say that, timewise at least, they were about halfway to Macomb. They were on site for a while and pulled slowly in...

I had a question about Indy Amtrak station that maybe someone here knows. My wife will be starting a new job for an Indy-based company but staying in Chicago and working remotely. She will on occasion have to go to Indy and if the days work out right she'll take the train. Now, being a woman...

The thread about the possibility of bringing smoking back to Amtrak (bad idea and not legal to do in really any state or by Federal guidelines) got me to thinking about the old smoking compartments on the Superliners back in the late 90s/early 00s. I smoked back then (19 years as a non-smoker...

Just scored a really nice price on plane tickets from Chicago to China in July for my wife, daughter and me. Will try to throw Mongolia in to the mix as well. I've been to Taiwan before but not China. Anyone here who has done the trains there any pointers would be awesome. I've looked through a...

I discovered this website recently (been around a while, don't know why I hadn't seen it before) and I really geek out on it. You can look up European train sets car compositions and see where on the train your seat reservation is located, or you can use it when choosing your seat on trains...

So I'm taking the IL Zephyr from CUS to Macomb in a couple of weeks. Since the new Met Lounge opened I've only been in it for morning departures so this will be my first visit for a late afternoon/early evening departure. Are they serving any adult beverages at all in there during the 4-5:30...

I was looking at the eclipse path for later this year, and as many people know Carbondale, IL is listed as one of the best places to see it. Since I live in Chicago I looked up the schedule for the Saluki/Illini to see if I could get to Carbondale before the eclipse then come home later in the...

From the NY Times today: Amtrak at a Junction: Invest in Improvements, or Risk Worsening Problems

Since my family and I moved back to Chicago about seven years ago most of our vacation travel has been international or longer distance within the USA. I've always neglected getting to know destinations that are an easy weekend trip from Chicago every time I've lived here. So I'm looking for...

So I'm booking a trip down to Macomb, IL for two weeks from now and it looks like the Carl Sandburg is running with Superliners, since the coach seats have the buttons for choosing between upper or lower level. They are still offering business class. I know this line has occasionally run with...

So in a couple of weeks I'm going to NYP via DC by way of the Cap Ltd and NEC. I'm scheduled for a two-hour layover in DC before catching train 148 at 3:05. Now IF the Cap Ltd is on time arriving at 1:05 (hasn't happened this week at all) what are the chances they would let me switch to train...

I've been wanting to see this documentary for a long time. Since it premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival it has been doing the festival circuit but has yet to play in Chicago where I currently live (at least that I know of) and still no DVD release news. One of the co-directors is the...

Being released this September is an album by Billy Bragg and Joe Henry called Shine A Light. Billy and Joe boarded the Texas Eagle in March this year with guitars and recording equipment and recorded classic railroad songs while in Amtrak station waiting rooms or platforms while riding from...

I've scanned trough the forum to see about this question, and it has certainly come up a few times, but it looks like it was a few years ago and things change. So maybe someone can shed some light. I have a trip planned with a roomette that I bought with Guest Reward points. A friend is...

Going to be going to Myanmar (Burma) this summer with the family (Me, wife, 7-year-old daughter). Anyone have any experience with the trains there? I know Burma's trains are notoriously unreliable but guidebooks, online forums, and Seat61.com seem to suggest that the overnight Yangon-Mandalay...