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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...

I finally got the time to take the Coast Starlight for an overnight trip. It was back in August. (Sorry, things have been busy since then and I don't often post openly.) This was only my second overnight train trip, the first being years ago with my parents from BOS to WAS on the old Twilight...

I am riding the Acela for the first time. We just left Metropark. First class attendants are John and Mercer. Still don't have a drink. Hmmm. Since I moved to California I don't ride NEC trains much so I am looking forward to this trip. It was fun being back in Penn Station. I was...

Hi all - I am new here and first found the site when doing a Google search on tipping in First Class on the Acela. Now I am hooked on the travelogs, pictures and good insider info. I lived in the DC area before moving to SAC and took many NEC train trips. SAC is a great train town too, as you...