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I'm getting back into rail travel and just looked into Amsnag. It 'seems' like a very useful tool but I'm uncertain how to interact with it. I did create an account and notified it of a trip I want to take; SAC-CHI. I received a 'History Fare' email this morning that showed prices for the...

I'm planning a trip for my wife and me this summer from PDX to DEN. We'll have a bedroom. We've done this once before using PDX-EMY then EMY-DEN. Those of you familiar with this scenario know that we 'duplicate' the stations of Davis and Martinez. We're looking at one of these two stations...

The Coast Starlight travels through three states and through those states' capitals. Are there any other routes that do the same thing with the states it travels through?

Technical question. I live close enough to the PDX station and up high enough that I can enjoy watching the trains come and go. I was visiting my local Apple store recently and noticed a device that might be of interest to the group. Before I get it I want to make sure that it would do what I...

Hi Friends, I’m working on an article for the Travel section of our local paper. The editor is asking (understandably) that my facts be ‘bombproof'. The first leg of the trip is PDX-SEA-LWA. We’re doing the trip now and I’m being told that we can’t check our bags through to LWA because “LWA...

Looking forward to my first trip on the SW Chief this Summer; LAX - CHI. Never been to Kansas City. Any suggestions for a hotel within walking distance from the station? Any recommendations on how to get to the Baseball field from the station? Is it within walking distance? TIA for your help!

Found the home of my dreams... at least for a rail fan. Looking out over the PDX station. I know that the EB ends here. I see it come in, and I watch it leave the next day. But I've been wondering, where do they keep it overnight? Thanks, Sam

Will be taking the CZ this summer from CHI to EMY. Last time I did this we were rerouted around the Rockies due to track maintenance. Nice scenery but I'm hoping to see the Rockies this time around. What are the odds that I'm going to be able to do that? Thanks, Sam

Hello Friends, The plan is to finish our CHI - EMY trip in Emeryville, stay at a hotel nearby, visit San Francisco, then travel north on the CS the next evening to PDX. Any suggestions for hotels near the EMY station? Is there 'luggage storage' at the station while we play in SF? What type...

The situation: S.O. coming home today (8/20), from SEA to PDX on 2:20 Cascade 507. I'm 'supposed' to pick her up at PDX. The intended plan. I board NB 12:15 Cascade 506. Get off at Olympia (OLW). Have enough time to find flower/chocolate shop. Catch HER SB 507 and ride blissfully back to...

The situation: PDX to somewhere in Texas Option A: PDX - LAX via CS. Stay overnight in nearby hotel. Leave the next day for points east from LAX. Concerns: Late arrival in LAX. Limited sightseeing. Option B: PDX - SLO via CS. Stay overnight in SLO. Take EARLY Pacific Surfliner to LAX and...

Does anyone know what year(s) each of the tunnels on the Cuesta grade (CS) were built? Tkx

We just finished a quick trip from PDX-SBA; two nights layover, then back. Good crew going south, great crew coming back north. SCA was Roger and the Parlour car attendant was Garrett. Lots of snow up by Klamath fall that was lit by a full moon. My first time through the Salinas Valley. What a...

Assumptions: The 'new' HSR trains; will they be electric? Overhead or beside the track (is that called 3rd rail?) Will the 'standard' Amtrak trains be able to run on the same track? Will the 'new' HSR trains be as tall as the Superliners? I'm sure that they have to manage a switch sometime...

I'm looking at the BNSF division map for Nebraska to get milage marks for the Amtrak stations. http://www.bnsf.com/tools/reference/division_maps/div_ne.pdf Omaha shows 496.2 which I'm assuming is the distance from CHI, but it shows another mileage, 16.8. Is this BNSF mileage? What is it...

We took quite a long trip and received a good amount of AGR points. Now we're looking at another trip and getting involved in the redemption side of the AGRs. It's a bit frustrating not knowing the 'rules' and having to count (or wish) on getting exceptional agents on the other end of the...

I'm interested in getting a listing of the MP marks of the stations along the EB (If I can be greedy, I'd like to get the MPs for the tunnels too). I'm guessing that this is going to be relative to who's tracks they're traveling on, and I'd like to get that too. Any suggested sources? TIA

I'm looking at amtrak.com PDX - SBA for 4/30/10 1 adult coach one way the results show $94 for the CS BUT then also shows (below that) $124 for PDX - SAC (much shorter distance) and same train. IF I were going to SAC, why wouldn't I buy a ticket to SBA and just get off in SAC? Am I reading...

I asked this sometime back but have lost the answer. I looks like the train from SPK to PSC takes a set of tracks that are different from the ones coming from PSC to SPK. I'm guessing that this is because the two Empire Builders need to pass one another because the EB & WB come into SPK so...

Looking for some history. On Google Earth, CZ tracks just east of UT/CO state line. Look north of I-70 then just north of state hwy 6. It looks like the remnants of an old RR bed. Any ideas? TIA