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Departed MSP on Greyhound from SPUD 2023-11-17 01:10. Arrived 2023-12-09 SPUD 08:something. Now there is no possible way to make connection from the Empire Builder MSP - CHI to any western train, even if the EB is on time. So I took the 01:10 Greyhound from SPUD to MKE. Worked great except...

The weather forecast for eastern NoDak looks bad for the Empire Builder today through Friday, especially the route between Fargo and Grand Forks and west to Devil's Lake or Minot. Like Blizzard and Winter Storm warnings. Expect cancellation? Re-route by the KO Fargo to Minot?

It's been on the local news Photos: A bear wandered around Union Depot in St. Paul A lonely black bear explored the parking level of SPUD Thursday morning 18 June. The crittur found nothing useful, (there's maybe a few overpriced potato chip vending machines down there) and has left Saint...

Most of the summer up to now the west bound Builder has sat at SPUD for at least 20 minutes or 30 or more. Now, last few weeks # 7 arrives and departs in 10-15 minutes, not the 20-30 minutes. #7 still has the unusual consist with not only 2 Seattle sleepers and 2 Seattle coaches, but also 2...

From what I could find on here, probably going to California? I've seen one coach Wednesday here in MSP at Saint Anthony, and a coach and diner more than a week ago. In all cases the deadhead cars between the engines and the bag car had their interior lights on which made it difficult for my old...

Local press Saint Paul Pioneer press reported a couple days ago that The NFL owners have reserved some part of SPUD on Feb 1 for an about 500 person dinner (Owners, Front-Office, etc) to be followed by a more than thousand guest gala (dunno what that is) for owners and locals they want to...

Just found some old news like Perhaps I missed discussion here? Found little recent news about restoring service. Will Churchill become a ghost town?

Question - is there any security there? My kid just now mentioned that she got mugged there 2 years ago - mostly non-violent - they took her wallet and cash and I-Phone an credit cards, didn't take her backpack with clothes and toothpaste minor hassle getting all that cleared up, but with her...

LA Times reports "Expo Line doesn't have enough rail cars for its surging ridership" Excerpts Now, 2-or-3-car trains are running on 12 minute headway, it seems that is not enough capacity, as some pax complain about waiting at intermediate stations as one or two trains too full to board...

Friends have booked CHI-SEA in coach with a 3mo infant. I suggested roomette, both adults have done CHI-SEA-CHI in coach and roomette several times - but coach it will be. Any advice? Anybody done that? Last time I did CHI-SEA with an infant was 30 years ago in roomette. Yes, the parents know...

Seen last few weeks one or two Green and Blue trains equipped with super-bright outboard auxiliary headlights that flash left-right-left like the freights do near crossings. These are startlingly bright left-right flashers used at the "streetcar" crossings on the LRT Local news has been "too...

Here is the email offer I'm thinking that the EB is at last, after a few years of horrible On-Time-Performance, likely to be much much better. And Amtrak wants to get passengers back on the likely near-on-time Builder.

Hope this post don't jinx it, but -- Last discussion was that the (welcome,but delaying, track work) would wind down after October. Happened. The On-Time performance of the EB last few weeks has been good,and compared to the last few years, it's amazing. Factors are the completion of another...

Renewed my NARP membership and got some AGR points for doing that. A footnote on the contribution receipt was Apart from the missppelling of "received" This would seem to imply that, for tax purposes, AGR points are worth about 2.5 cents -- which is consistent with what others have said. Yes...

According to this Reuters article Yes, I know, and most of you all know, that there are problems with the rules, and the details, and ---- blah blah . But I feel that this totally reasonable, possibly a bit expensive, upgrade -- why is it taking so long? Almost all road trucking outfits...

Ouch! http://dixielandsoftware.net/cgi-bin/gettrain.pl?seltrain=7&selyear=2015&selmonth=06&selday=14 With no protect trainset at SEA and PDX, now 8(16) is 7.5 hours late at the get-go (after a hurried turn-around). Talk about "domino effects" -- sheesh! Anybody know what happened in Montana...

Not an adventure (done this a dozen times) just a normal, good OBS service, on-time, normal ride on the EB from MSP to SEA. Took the Green Line to the station, getting hungry (after planning and packing late), got to SPUD at least 15 minutes before scheduled departure. Spent 3 minutes in the...

Got the double days email announcement. So, double AGR points for Amtrak travel. With the CSP double points for (almost) any travel, does that mean effectively quad points? I'm almost sure (not quite) that the CSP card gives me 2 for 1 even when I've bought a TAP or ORCA or other local transit...

Seen some scare headlines about "Amtrak NEC exposed" to measles. Keep calm. Orange County is the epicenter. Fever, rash? Stay home. Despise the "blame Amtrak" news items I've seen Fever, rash? Stay home - measles HURTS! Us oldsters know. You don't want the measles. Believe me..

"Any time you're above not only the projections for the first full year operation, but you're even coming close to long-range ridership goals — that's what you're hoping for," said Metro Transit General Manager Brian Lamb. "The Green Line averaged 40,445 weekday rides between Sept. 1 and Sept...