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I've taken the Downeaster twice since E-ticketing was rolled out on that route, and both times the points seem to have posted to my AGR account extremely quickly - the first time it took six days, and this last ride took only three (travel on Saturday, points posted by Tuesday afternoon). This...

I didn't see a thread about this, but I saw this story in the local MSP news about a CP derailment in Red Wing, and it looks like #7 for this evening has indeed experienced a service disruption. I don't know where one would find the official word, but my guess is the two are related.

I didn't see this mentioned anywhere yet (and my apologies if I am wrong about that), so I thought I'd share this. AGR notified me that the fares from Boston to Portland on the Downeaster will be $10 each way all through January to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the start of service in...

Background I had always been fascinated by the Cardinal ever since I picked up an Amtrak "America" brochure when I was about five years old and saw a picture of it at Hawks Nest, WV. I had taken the route out of Chicago as far as Indianapolis on a visit a few times three years ago (at which...

This is my first trip report, so please let me know if it's not up to your usual standards. Background On Friday, August 26th, I received word that I needed to get from Boston to Minneapolis for a funeral on the following Monday. This would already be a somewhat hasty trip under the...