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They are now allowing passengers off the train as long as they have someone picking them up. Ft. Lauderdale police is still on the scene.

This is Fireman Steve's wife. He's on the #97 stopped in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and has just called from his cellular to inform of the current situation there. Train #97 has been stopped at Ft. Lauderdale station for the past hour. A dead body has been found in the rest room in the coach car. Ft...

Did anyone else catch the Saturday evening NBC network news. They ran a story about the empire builder long distance train route and the positive affect it has on the communities served. It mentioned the empire builder has large ridership and the best on time preformance and still looses $116...

Sebring Florida is my home port of call. A nice historic section of town is a 3 block walk from the train station. The closest Hotel is the Kennilworth Hotel which is on the register of historic places. http://www.kenlodge.com/ It's about a 7 block walk to the hotel but there is yellow cab...

Sebring Florida (SBG) is home base. I use the silver service to commute to Miami on a bi weekly basis. I'm a firefighter in the Miami area and commute 174 miles to my home base of Sebring Florida. The station in Sebring is about 7 blocks from my house. A nice walk through the historic section...

My family took a short day trip today from Sebring Florida to Winter Park Florida on PO98 (north) and PO97 (south) The north bound trip ran about 20 minutes late and the south bound the same. It was a very enjoyable day trip as we are a train riding family. I have a question about the layout of...

I finally found an online article about the Amtrak vs vehicle crash that occured on Saturday near Savanah Ga on the #97 southbound. http://www.wsav.com/home/MGBIR8Z828D.html

You are correct about the departure point and the intended final destination in Witness. We rented the movie tonight. My son just reminded me that in the Jim Carey movie "Me Myself and Irene" They have a good shot of a lounge car from the outside as Jim Carey gets off of the train.

Got confused in the last post. Harrison Ford played a Philly cop investigating the murder of an undercover narcotics officer killed in the Philly train station restroom. The amish family was traveling to Baltimore from Philly.

I'd be interested in hearing about Hollywood movies that actually show Amtrak trains in some of their scenes. I will start it off with two movies that I recently saw on video. "A perfect murder" Showed a young artist getting onto a sleeper car in New York Penn Station for a trip to Montreal...

I guess I should have signed in first before I posted. Sorry, I'm new to the forum. Steve

I have a question, as a frequent traveler to Miami, how does the yard crew turn the trains at the station to get them pointed back north for the new trips? Is there a turntable of some kind that turn each car? Another logistical question, how does the engineer know when to pull over to allow...

No hard feelings Chatter, I know what you mean about disagreeing is the South Florida way. :D I know this concept is a pie in the sky wish on my part but it is good to get people thinking about new ideas and concepts. I really started thinking about this when I read the events that happened...

Cincinnati Union Terminal is a "must see" for all rail enthusiats. I now live in Central Florida but grew up and spent my first 24 years in Cincinnati. I was only 10 years old when Amtrak first started operating and at that time they used a small station along the riverfront. They weren't using...

My family has the florida rail pass and we are always looking for interested "train weekend" trips to do without the taking the car. I would be interested to hear of any interesting stops along Amtrak's florida routes that we could make a long weekend out of. Stations that have intersting...

Amtrak just stopped the baggage service in Sebring. I live in Sebring and the attendant states they cancelled baggage service the day after they re-instated it. The rules change fast around here. Steve

Here is a copy of a letter I recently sent via AMTRAK's homepage to offer a suggestion to further increase the popularity of using trains. ------------ Message: I have a suggestion for your company to consider. Have you ever considered providing an onboard EMT or paramedic on your trains? One...

I'm glad to hear that the mayors are voicing their opinion and concerns about this congressional shortfall and political game playing. The trickle down affect of loosing just one long distance train is enourmous. Our government needs to identify a funding source for rail travel that will...

I am new to this forum and am pleased to have found it. I take advantage of the Florida Rail Pass and use it to commute from Sebring to Miami where I work as a firefighter for the City of Miami Beach. I use the #97 and #98 trains most of the time and have enjoyed the commute via the rail. I'm...