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From the article: "And then we saw it, gliding around the bend and stopping quietly at the station. There was no sound — save for a soft clinging of the two engines. There was a mail car, seven passenger and sleeping cars." Mail car??

And now 8(16) is nearly 12 hours late, last reported at Wolf Point, MT.

In the 1990s, I was a volunteer brakeman and conductor on the Osceola & St. Croix Valley excursion train. Because we operated over active Soo Line tracks between Marine-on-St.-Croix, MN and Dresser, WI, we went through the same rules and air brake training classes and exams as "real" railroad...

Does this mean Amtrak will once again guarantee the connection to Wolverine train 354? Given the EB's history, it probably won't make it very often, but a guaranteed connection means Amtrak will have to use bustitutions when needed -- not an ideal situation, but better than what is in place now.

#7(13)'s tardiness wasn't helped by losing 3 hours between Red Wing and MSP. Not sure what happened in that 46-mile stretch.

The renovated St. Paul Union Depot, which is now Amtrak's stop for the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, is also a stop on the new Metro Transit light rail "Green Line." However, instead of going directly into the station concourse, the LRT trains run on the street in front of the depot. It's not...

At our local NRHS chapter meetings, we've seen a number of home-made 8mm movies of passenger trains from the 1960s that were like that. Great scenes from the past if you can avoid motion sickness! We call it "Mars Light Photography" because the camera seems to follow the random figure-8...

With 7 departing MSP at 3:57 AM this morning and 8 departing 10:28 PM last night, they came very close to reversing their respective schedule times.

EB #8 is just out of Detroit Lakes, 14-1/2 hours late. No wonder I didn't see it in Red Wing today! What are the chances that 8(15) and 7(17) will be at SPUD at the same time this evening?

Doing some work on the US-63 bridge in Red Wing today (same location as my profile photo) and saw a 5+ hour late EB #8 depart around 2:15 PM. From my vantage point, it looked like the train had two dome lounge cars coupled together in the middle of the train (maybe the one that was bad-ordered...

The derailment has also caused cancellation of Northstar Commuter Rail service today, which runs on BNSF tracks between Minneapolis and Big Lake. http://www.startribune.com/local/263007261.html It looks like #8 is showing a service disruption between Grand Forks and Fargo. If they are being...

Also, there are a few clues as to the age of the bridge. The main girders have vertical stiffeners that are welded to the girder webs and are stopped short of the bottom (tension) flange. The bracing connections are bolted, rather than riveted. From this, I would guess that this bridge was...

I am a bridge inspector in Minnesota, and while we don't look at railroad bridges (they are inspected by the owning railroads), I do know a little bit about steel structures. Obviously, I can't make an accurate assessment based on a few photos, but outside of needing a good paint job, I don't...

It's strange to see EB #8 in green or yellow in Minnesota on the Dixieland map site.

EB 8(15) is out of Havre only 20 minutes late, running on the new schedule. I noticed that on the Dixieland status maps, 8 is showing up as 1008 when you hover the cursor over the marker (which still shows 8). Is this a new designation being used with the temporary schedule change? The PDF...

8(8) lost 4 hours between MSP and RDW today. Not sure what is going on.

Adding my voice to the chorus of "Nos" here. I remember back when the Superliner lounge cars were divided into smoking and non-smoking sections (front and back, and later upper and lower). It worked about as well as you might expect. A friend once compared it to having "peeing" and...

I usually take BC from DER to CHI. I also try to get BC from CHI to DER, but since I'm arriving on the EB, making that connection is a crap shoot. To me, the comfortable seats, newspaper and complementary beverage are worth the extra cost (especially when Henry is the attendant). Two things to...

When I rode the Southwest Chief LAX-CHI in September 2005, the lounge car attendant was a guy named Paddy. Along with interesting commentary about the passing scenery, he was on the PA promoting his "World-famous thermonuclear Bloody Marys." ("Guaranteed to put a glow in your cheeks and a...

I had a feeling you might know who he is!