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I have just returned from a twelve day trip from my home in Arizona to the east coast, using new United Airlines service from Flagstaff, with two flights per day to Denver. No, I did not take Amtrak to the east coast, as that would have involved too much time and expense. I flew east to...

I will be visiting New York City in a few weeks from Arizona. I am figuring on making a one day round trip to Montauk from Penn Station, leaving at 7:49 am, having lunch and strolling around Montauk for 3+ hours and returning to Penn after 6pm. This will be on a Monday. The last time I rode...

Here are my musings on last night’s trip, which was OK in some respects and sad in other ways. I had been in New Orleans for 6 days at the National Association for Interpretation National Conference ( meaning park guiding topics ) and had flown Southwest from Phoenix to New Orleans. It is...

A few days ago somebody mentioned this item as quite good on northbound 58. I was just looking at the menu on the website and do not see it. I will be on 58 tomorrow NOL to CHI.

I see 4 is 9 hours late tonight into Chicago. What happened this time?

Good morning everybody - Here are some recollections the friend and I experienced this past week. we had been in France on a Public Radio tour with host Fred Child on the Seine, which was quite wonderful and stayed several nights in Paris. Somebody had to do it. Except for one Paris Metro...

51 was on time into Indianapolis this morning, but as we arrived, thankfully not out on the line,the front trucks of an old ATSF private car on the rear derailed. Had it been at speed, the result might have been ugly. After much head scratching back there and being unable to uncouple the...

After having complained to Amtrak last month that the app would not let me add additional passengers, and receiving no reply, I now find that I am able to accomplish this if needed. A small miracle! Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Stopped by the station after a Flagstaff Symphony concert tonight, as I saw the train was only a few minutes late. Some good and not so good news. The station hours have actually been improved. The waiting room is open 24 hours, and the ticket office is only closed 4 hours in the middle of...

I will be in New York in May with my traveling partner, who is disabled, who walks slowly with a cane. We may be traveling separately from there to Princeton, NJ. He would take a taxi from the hotel to the station, but the difficulty is in directing him to his train, which could be on...

Yesterday, using the phone app, I tried to book a sleeper Flagstaff-Los Angeles for 2 seniors. I clicked where it said 1 adult and it took me to the next page with a + sign and adult/senior or child. Nothing happened when I clicked on those. I wrote Amtrak today but have not received a...

I returned home early yesterday morning on Train 4 from LA, which proceeded several hours later to have a little derailment in New Mexico. I see it is on the way to Chicago over 12 hours late. My trip was not quite as dramatic, departing Flagstaff on 3 on the night of Monday, September 25...

I noticed an hour or so ago that today's 4 was in service disruption. Just saw on Facebook that the train hit a cattle truck in Reading, Kansas, south of Topeka. No human fatalities, 3 injuries, but not on the train. Injuries and probable fatalities to cattle, which are on the loose and...

I understand due to track work east of Albuquerque that the trains have been running at least two hours late. But last night's 3 is over 8 hours late to LA today. What happened this time?

Some of you who know me are aware that I am a volunteer ranger at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument near Flagstaff. What I mostly do is rove the lava trail and talk to the visitors. The past two summers I presented an evening campground program on other volcanic parks and have...

Recently the timekeeping of 3 has been unusually bad. I see today (6/24) that it is was almost on time at Lamy and now over 2 hours late into Albuquerque. Is it because of interference with the New Mexico Rail Runner or is there another problem?

My friend, also named Eric like me, took Amtrak this past week, but had different destinations. We boarded the Southwest Chief in Flagstaff early last Thursday morning and I was bound for Kansas City and he for Chicago. We travel extensively together, mostly for attending symphonies and...

I just arrived home to Flagstaff over two and a half hours late- a series of delays after La Junta- speed restriction due to high winds, signal problem with meeting #4, and 2 delays waiting for New Mexico Rail Runner to pass. Not a big deal and my trip was pretty satisfactory. But my friend...

While performing my volunteer interpretive duties today at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, a taxi stopped at the Lava Flow parking lot and an Amish family from Indiana alighted. This was the first time in nearly four years here that visitors have arrived by taxi. I guessed right-...

The SWC that I got off yesterday at the more civilized hour of 7:10 am at Flagstaff has lost more time and is now almost five hours late. The first part of the delays were due to handling a private car as far as Williams Jct. it had three Amtrak locomotives. What happened?