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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...

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'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 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...

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...

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 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...