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Turns out that I was on the first train-only pass of the Coast Starlight, which departed Seattle yesterday. They're running a little late, but successfully navigated the stretch that had been turned into a bus route.

I certainly get that sometimes things just happen, but this sure seemed like another example of Amtrak not knowing which end of the train to attach the engine. I'm booked SEA-PDX on Cascades 505, 220pm departure, on 8/22. I arrive at King Street Station around 1 pm. Sign board shows train as...

I put a call in. I'm in the call-back queue now.

The bigger issue with the flight is the added expense. I booked this trip because it was affordable. I have searched flights from PDX-LAX and from PDX-SMF, hoping that I could just transfer to the train in Sacramento. The negative is the added expense that is just not convenient at this time.

You got a call? I got an email saying that my 8/23 PDX-LAX leg was canceled, and no alternative provided. I had understood that I would be routed from PDX-KFS by train, and then KFS-SAC via bus, to connect to a train SAC-LAX. Now, I'm in a pickle, because this is part of a much bigger trip, and...

I purchased a Rail Pass and booked a number of segments that begin in a few weeks. One of my segments is PDX-LAX on 8/23. Will Amtrak contact me, in advance, if they know that this routing may not happen on that date? Or, if I am a total worry wort, should I really try to come up with a...

So, here's a curiosity. If this is a discussion forum about hmmmm....wait....what is it? Oh yeah, train travel. If this is a discussion forum about train travel, why would you spend your time having discussions with people doing things that you don't think they should be doing. But, since you...

As I have discussed elsewhere, travel does not cause COVID. Stupid is far more likely to cause COVID. If I am wearing a mask, washing my hands, and keeping my distance from others, I am not likely to catch this virus or pass it to someone else. In addition, a sleeper car further limits my...

Unfortunately, waiting until COVID is over won't help me decide whether or not I want to take advantage of this $99 Auto Train sale. I need to decide by the end of the week if I am taking that trip.

I can tell you that menu looks a hell of lot better than that Flexible Dining Service crap. I don't know if that changes my mind about booking a ticket, though.

The portable power strip is invaluable, especially if you have a lot of electronics - and, most people have more electronics than they think they have! Between the cell phone, the laptop, the portable DVD player, the camera - and whatever else - you may need more power outlets than are available...

Enterprise, huh? I can rent one-way with relative ease with my corporate code from Hertz, Avis and National...but, not Enterprise. :-( A one-way rental on Enterprise, even for one day (and then swap out rentals at RDU) is exorbitant. I think it would be cheaper to pay for the cab ride out to...

I am traveling from WAS-RVM on #95, which puts me in downtown Richmond around 5:30 pm. Is the only option for a rental car to take a taxi to RIC airport and pick one up there? I cannot figure out if there is a car rental location at the train station - or if there is a car rental operator at...

I don't know, but this appears to be the newest way to keep the never-ending new threads on the dining car relevant.

I am sure that weather has most to do with this - absent the occasional car/truck/bus versus train incident, but I rode the Zephyr last January from Chicago to Emeryville and we were almost a half-hour early. I cut myself particularly close, as I flew from SFO to San Diego that evening. If there...

Forgive the grainy photo, but it was a dark dining car and this was a cell phone photo. That said, this was the best meal (crab cakes - chef's special on CZ westbound) I have had on Amtrak - and, if on a report card, I would still maybe grade this a B- or a B. For some reason, people on this...

I booked myself on 643, which appears to only have stops at Newark and Trenton. There is a NER train that leaves NYP five minutes later and gets into PHL twelve minutes later, so I guess the additional stops don't add THAT much time.

Ahhhh.....OK. I don't think I would care about riding backwards. I don't need a cafe car for an hour-and-a-half train ride. BUT...the thought of having an extra seat to myself is appealing. And, I suppose that fewer stops theoretically mean fewer opportunities for delay. Thanks for the help...

I am traveling from NYP-PHL on New Year's Eve. Is there a compelling reason to choose the Keystone over the Northeast Regional train? Cost is the same, for the moment. I have ridden the NER train before, but not the Keystone. That said, I am not inclined to choose an inferior option just for the...

I was on the CS last week (boarded Thurs morning in LA; departed Friday night in SEA). The Wi-Fi did not work the entire trip. I am inclined to think that a reset of the router might have solved the problem, but who knows? The downstairs movie theater was also out of order, which also appears...