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Last night I called AGR to modify a rewards trip. The choices shown on Arrow for Naperville, IL (NPV - outside of Chicago) to Tacoma (TAC) are: NPV-CHI-PDX-TAC EB – Cascade. NPV-CHI-SAC-TAC CZ - CS NPV-LAX-TAC SWC - CS I opted for the LAX option. The agent said I couldn’t...

Another long article about Amtrak on the Atlantic side. It is a part of the Sunday Train series.   Meander down the tracks to read it HERE.

Long article on plans that Amtrak has developed for the five weakest of its fifteen long distance corridors: the California Zephyr, the Capitol Limited, the Cardinal, the Sunset Limited, and the Texas Eagle.   HERE.

Opportunity to ride one of the oldies: The Illinois Railway Museum, in cooperation with Amtrak and BNSF Railway, will operate the Nebraska Zephyr, powered by CB&Q 9911A "Silver Pilot", on an excursion between Chicago and Quincy, Illinois on September 22nd and 23rd.   Schedule and ticket info  

I noticed recently on AU there seems to be confusion about Amtrak's new policies regarding ticket cancellation and baggage rules, partly due to some of the clerk's are not aware of the new rules.   Not sure if it has been covered in here but while canceling a reward ticket today I asked the...

Just giving you all a heads up if you are interested in grabbing a BR on the September 5 CZ (CHI-SAC).   I will be canceling a BR on that train which is currently sold out of BR's and FBR's..  

I'll never understand the logic of how Amtrak determines sleeper pricing. In one case in the past traveling MSP - SEA, I got a FBR way cheaper than a Roomette. Even the SCA was amazed.   If you are traveling on a Roomette budget, but would really like a BR, I stumbled on to this little gem if...

Modern Day Patriot 1 - TSA Kabukibots 0   Modern day Patrick Henry: Give me liberty or give me nudity!! Remember this incident @ PDX during April 2012 when a frequent flyer got fed up being a good stupid sheep of the herd and stripped to protest he wasn't carrying explosives (likely to...

An unhappy passenger at CUS shot some footage of what appears to be a TSA Kabuki Theater Security VIPR team setting up a random checkpoint for departing AMTRAK passengers. IIRC, the Amtrak Police chief threw the bums out in the past for this. But it seems he has retired and the new chief...

It appears this 'Green' project is going to be done in by 'Green' laws or issues.   Washington Examiner: California High Speed Rail is Dead  

Article from the LA Times. Most of the 135 comments to the article are anti-HSR.   High-speed spending: Bullet train may need $3.5 million a day    

A heads up for anybody on here looking for a bargain!   I just canceled the Family BR on the May 9 E/B EB.   Roomettes are sold out. Bedrooms are going for $1081+.   The FB is open for $341 (from) VAN plus the ticket cost.   Good luck!

From the Orange Sun Register:   The final deal killer for California high-speed rail Does the photo at the link say it all?

The Amtrak passenger train will detour through central Iowa tomorrow on Union Pacific Railroad tracks across Iowa because of repairs on the BNSF Railway bridge over the Mississippi River. The detour will be a one-day affair..... Rest of article here: Des Moines Register.com

After joining friends to attend RailFest2011 at Rock Island, IL, I returned home using 30k AGR points for a BR on the SWC and a FBR on the CS. The last time I used the Metro Lounge at CUS was a year ago on another SWC-CS trip. This time it made me wonder if Amtrak has become a cheapskate. Last...

Just left LA heading for PDX. I'm in the PC forgetting Amtrak was going to fire up WIFI. Nice touch!   I'm on a KCY-LAX-PDX-CBS (bedroom) loophole trip I set up just before they clamped down on reward points needed.   Despite this being the busy season for Amtrak, the SWC'S KCY-LAX was...

Good news for Amtrak! The Province

In July 1996, six of us did the Trans-Siberian train trip Moscow-Vladivostok - 6,100+ miles/7 time-zones/7 day trip. According to Wiki it is merely the third longest continuous service in the world. The first two are also in the region but involve travel into China. One of my travel mates sent...

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This is enough to make you want to stick to Boeing equiqment, or trains if possible: The crash of Air France flight 447 from Rio to Paris last year is one of the most mysterious accidents in the history of aviation. After months of investigation, a clear picture has emerged of what went wrong...