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  1. Rush2112

    What does your Forum User Name mean?

    Thanks for posting and reactivating this thread. Welcome.  
  2. Rush2112

    Nobody Goes to Vermont in the Summer! And New to Using Accessible

    It sounds like a great trip, other than the issue in the Dining Car. Thank you for sharing it with us. Vermont is very special. I think that was my 48th State that I visited, two years before I turned 50. (I ended up making it to Hawaii at 49 and Alaska at 49, my 50th State, just a day before...
  3. Rush2112

    Coast Starlight Train #14(17) Delay Due to Mudslide

    Thank you TN Traveler and BuffaloBoy for the responses. I finally got through to Amtrak. Number 14 is now cancelled for my trip. Dixieland does not show that. I will check out the website recommend by BuffaloBoy. Wish Amtrak had better tracking information for travelers. I would have been...
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    Coast Starlight Train #14(17) Delay Due to Mudslide

    I am booked on train 14 from Sacramento tonight at 11:59 PM for a trip to Portland. When checking the status on the Amtrak website it said to call for the status. Never a good sign. Amtrak told me the train is being held in San Luis Obispo due to a mudslide. When I called it was two hours...
  5. Rush2112

    Capitol Limited - current consist?

    I'm in 3001 tomorrow to DC. Good thing I brought ear plugs!
  6. Rush2112

    Tipping when brought meals

    Lol. Maybe I'll use $3 bills. As I see it, money is money.
  7. Rush2112

    Tipping when brought meals

    I love that idea of using $2 bills. Didn't know you can still get them.
  8. Rush2112

    California Zephyr 2017 Winter Consist Now in Effect - Began 1/11/2017

    I boarded the CZ #6 in SAC and yes the sleepers are in the front. It was only a few minutes late from the Bay Area. I should be seeing lots of snow soon!
  9. Rush2112

    Tipping when brought meals

    On my CS trip from SEA to LA in August I had all my meals brought to my room because my knees did not handle the stairs. I was in room H. I tipped $5 each meal. It's a lot of extra work for the SCA. Take the order, put it in, check when it's ready, bring it to my room. I am not sure if the...
  10. Rush2112

    California Zephyr 2017 Winter Consist Now in Effect - Began 1/11/2017

    The 6 was shown leaving EMY 4 hours late yesterday but at least it made it to Reno where I think it was then 6 hours late. Hope the schedule gets back on track by Saturday when I head to CHI. What a week! That's enough rain and snow for now, thank you very much.
  11. Rush2112

    Thruway Bus layover timing?

    Even if your train is an hour late there will be a bus waiting for it.
  12. Rush2112

    Zephyr Jan 13th

    I'm on the Zephyr this Saturday going from Sacramento to Chicago. Hopefully the track washout will be fixed by then and the snow blower trains will keep Donner summit open. Fingers crossed!
  13. Rush2112

    Photos of my November-December 2016 Amtrak Capitol Limited and Califor

    Thank you for the great information. I will check out the sites you mentioned. It is raining hard again in Sacramento so the Sierras are going to get slammed with snow today. It is much colder since this storm is from Alaska and not a Pineapple Express like the last storm. Even I-80 has had...
  14. Rush2112

    California zephy departing Emy 1/5/17

    With the next storm wave coming in tonight and up to 7 FEET of snow predicted in the high Sierras it might be a mess around Donner for a while. Maybe I will be able to get video of the rotary snow blower trains when I head up the hill on the CZ on Saturday. That would be a trip. Just a few...
  15. Rush2112

    Photos of my November-December 2016 Amtrak Capitol Limited and Califor

    We are expecting another big storm in Northern California starting Tuesday early. Several more inches of rain in the Valley and this time it is a colder system and there could be up to 7 FEET of snow in the high Sierra. It sounds like they might need to break out the rotary plows from...
  16. Rush2112

    Photos of my November-December 2016 Amtrak Capitol Limited and Califor

    I'm taking the California Zephyr from Sacramento to Chicago starting this Saturday. I've never taken it further east than Reno. Then I'm taking the Capitol Limited to DC, where I hope to catch an Acela up to Philly. I've never taken the train west of Harpers Ferry. Your photos were a great...
  17. Rush2112

    California zephy departing Emy 1/5/17

    Great photos and an interesting journey so far. Love the video that caught the plow train in the Sierras. Thanks! I take the CZ from Sac to Chi starting this Saturday.
  18. Rush2112

    Coast Starlight from Seattle to LA

    Thank you for that 411. It's too bad another signature train feature is being removed. I suspect that in four years there will be no more Amtrak service. Why can't we have nice things in America?
  19. Rush2112

    Coast Starlight from Seattle to LA

    Thank you. I really enjoying reading other reports with lots of details so I can pick up a few tips from others' experiences. Next time I will try to post pictures too.
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