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I really enjoy taking my scanner on train trips. We get to hear about “issues” early on and we enjoy the back-and- forth with conductors snd the head end, for example. I have frequencies for my trains from On Tack/Online loaded in my scanner, changing them each time I change trains. It’s great...

Looking over the delayed-train reports on the Amtrak Alerts page, I see a noticeable group of delays from “signal issues’. What? Wasn’t PTC, after truckloads of money spent on just that feature, supposed to make that source of delay disappear? Instead, it seems that “signal issues” still seem to...

One of my few-if-ever chances to ride the Cardinal will be around Labor Day. Any chance at all they'd run a Viewliner Ii on 51/52? I’d sure like to experience one before I’m too old to travel.

I notice that Clifton Forge Va is a fueling stop for CSX trains. Does AMTRAK refuel here too, or do they fill up further down the line?

In the past my train has both pulled into Chicago and at other times it’s backed in. Is there a way to tell what my train will be directed to do, or is it at the dispatcher’s whim?

Ok, fellow travelers, help me verify what an AGR agent told me when I called to book a trip. Her software assigned us a roomette upstairs, but when I asked for one downstairs, she told me that would cost me about 17,000 more points, saying that some roomettes are charged more points than others...

When I unboxed my Amazon Echo, within the first 15 minutes I was asking her for the expected arrival of 20 into Atlanta. She was “not sure”. Then I saw the Train Status skill and tried using that. She still was “not sure”. It turns out that I can check LIRR, BART, NY subway, Metro and other...

We'll be on today's northbound Crescent for WAS, hoping against hope that we'll get to experience one of the new dining cars. If you're along the route from New Orleans, could you please watch and see whether you can spot a new Viewliner 2 diner, then post it here? This may be our last rail...

We will be doing the CZ-CS layover in SAC later this month. I'm concerned about whether the station has AC, how secure the waiting area would be for a 10-hour stay, and if there is a lot of dust inside from the inside renovation work. If you've done this layover or been in the station lately...

We're ending a cruise in Seattle in late April and catching the EB to head back east. we're hoping that in addition to checked luggage, the station can accommodate stashing of our carry-ons from about 10am til mid afternoon when it's time to board the EB. Do station staff allow this for a few...

My daughter tried to apply for a card both at AGR and Chase. Stone wall. Not accepting card applications and don't know when they will know when. Does anyone on here have an inside track on how soon they'll announce something?

We're on the #4 SW Chief just N of Las Vegas NM. We'd already met #3 when we had to take a siding for a southbound. On this route? Unusual! I was just informed by 2 crew members that we'd gone in the hole for Mr Boardman's private consist, and that he had been running the route for 2 days. I...

Just got off the phone with AGR agent who told me that since I had to stay overnight in NOL, ATL-LAX will cos 15K to NOL, then 20K more on into LAX> Can this be? Did they make a policy change, or did I get a newbie agent with his nose in a rule book of some sort? Were not dripping with points...

Coming from Oxnard,CA we have enough points for both a 1-zone roomette Reward to Glacier, and also a 2-zone roomette Reward. We'll stop in E.Glacier for a couple days, then continue on to Washington DC on the EB and CL. Problem is, we'd have to get to Wolf Point,MT to use our 2-zone Reward for...

The Crescent southbound this morning was delayed into Danville, and the delays at subsequent stations worsened until 19 left Charlotte 4.5 hours late - a delay that hasn't changed as it nears Meridian. Then northbound #20 left Anniston 1/2 hour late and they are already projecting an hour's...

We'll have an entourage of 6 boarding the Sunset Limited, Train #1 in LAX this summer, including 2 tired cranky kids by the 10pm departure. Obviously we're wanting to get them bedded down as early as we can. Does anyone know if this train starts boarding sleeper pax earlier than normal? We 4...

The status map shows Crescent 19 and 20 both delayed between Meridian and Tuscaloosa by about 2h30m. Was there a derailment down there, or just a long time in the hole? There's nothing on the news so hoping it's only a backup. :excl:

We're on SWC #3 in June, CHI-LAX. The last consist list I can find shows the two sleepers just behind the baggage car. Does anyone know if these trains flip them around for the summer months, or do they just stay ahead of the diner year-round? Dennis

When I called AGR to book a 2-zone award trip from ATL to LAX back in August, I was told that in this instance I'd be routed through WAS and CHI via the Crescent, the Cap and the SWC. Now I need to cash in another 2-zone award to LAX but the last 2 agents have given me that routing again, but...

During the opening of "Mysteries at the Museum" each week on the Travel Channel, there is a brief, 1-second clip of an Amtrak Superliner train which appears to be somewhere in the west with mountains in the background and patches of snow on each side of the track. It's a great-looking shot and...