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On the 4th of November (this Friday) , I'll be travelling on the Cardinal from WAS to CIN (with the OCEAN VIEW Great Dome on it); and I was wondering what the designated extended stops for service are on the Cardinal; e.g. I know the Silver Star extended stops at Jacksonville going to NYP from...

Spotted this on the Capitol Limited #29 out of DC today at Rockville, MD (RKV): Superliner Lounge Wrap by RyanCrierie, on Flickr WHY WHY WHY? Also, the CapLimited today was running quite long. I spotted no less than TWO lounges on this consist.

I'm looking into riding the Capitol Limited from Washington (WAS) to Cumberland, MD (CUM) and staying there for the weekend to wander the local city and photograph stuff; and ride the WMSR. I'd like to keep my expenditures as small as possible; but it seems that pretty much all of the hotels...

Alas, my Toshiba A505 Satellite was a bit too...big for practical use at 15.1" wide and 10.2" deep; meaning I had to go down to the lounge tables to use it. Does the rest of the forum have practical advice on laptop sizing for Amtrak? One piece of advice I can give you now, is to consolidate...

The official timetables show that the Atlantic Coast Service trains (92 Silver Star / 98 Silver Meteor) etc go to NYP and 30th Street station after leaving DC; but when I try to book a trip on them via Amtrak's website, all I get for WAS to NYP are Acela, Northeast Regional, and Vermonter.

Ok, I live in a DC suburb, and you can only basically see major constellations due to all the light pollution from the BALT-WASH-PHILLY-NYC-BOS metropolitan area. This wouldn't be a problem on an empire builder or california zephyr route, far away from anyone in the middle of North Dakota...

I know about the "Bring some windex along" trick; along with cleaning the window on a specific vestibule so you can use it as a photography hangout. But are there other useful tips like a polarized lens to reduce window glare?

Just laid in ticket prices for taking the Silver Star from Union Station DC to Orlando on July 5th, and then the Silver Star back to DC on July 11th. Cost is about $70 more than flying out of Reagan National to Orlando International (round trip cost of $200 vs $270), but each time I have flown...

If you go to the RW blog, you'll see renders for an entire Acela consist, as well as for the AEM-7. :lol:

First up: the Superliner Is from when they were originally delivered in 1981~. http://www.alternate..._Floorplans.png Took me a while to do this, and there was a little "interpretation" involved due to the drawings I was using as a baseline being done in the pre-CAD era and not always being...

Went to National Train Day a few days ago; and got these pics. They're up at my website along with a few random shots I took a while ago at the Lorton, VA Auto train station. http://www.alternatewars.com/photos/thumbnails.php?album=50

OK; first some background on how I know Amtrak and why I have an irrational love for F40PHs, AEM-7s and Phase III: I was born deaf quite possibly due to my mother coming down with the flu when she was carrying me. When I was old enough, I became one of the first children in the US to receive a...