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I received an newspaper article today from my Grandmother in New Jersey. It is an article about how a few members here have built lasting friendships through train travel. Imagine my surprise when I started looking through the article and recognized all of you fine folks. Some of you may...

Latest from Amtrak for the Chicago Hub: MID-MORNING UPDATE: Midwest Amtrak Service Changes due to Winter Storm Passengers urged to check local road conditions and specific train status before venturing out today February 2, 2011 10:30 a.m. CST Amtrak passengers wishing to travel today in...

I stumbled upon this website showing a animated map of the Metra system and found one for New Jersey Transit, MBTA, LIRR, WMATA, and SEPTA. Each train is represented by a dot traveling across the map on a schedule. So basically it is a 24 hour representation of train movements across the system...

i will be in chicago for train day but I think i am taking metra out to naperville still unsure about the tours... It is my 21st birthday so a drink or two is in order!

nice catch... i saw that after i had published the quiz. oh well i intended the questions to be interpeted as endpoint to endpoint.

I have created some rail related quizzes for the buzz tv quiz game for the ps3... you can play them on line at mybuzzquiz.com or on your ps3 if you have the game. click the links to play the quizzes online. Railroad vocabulary: quiz All aboard amtrak: quiz Amtrak routes: quiz amtrak...

This site has pictures of every current amtrak station on the system excluding bus stops!!! Amtrak stations

Staying over night in chicago.

Hey keep a look out for me and glenn. For those not sure what i look like.... there i am!

Glenn (Navy118), my brother, My buddy gregg, and of course me are attending in chicago! We are driving from grand rapids to michigan city to take the south shore. If anyone is interested in meeting us drop me a pm!

These lights on the sides of the cars are to let the engineer and train crew know which car's brakes are applied or not. The green light indicated that the brakes are released on the car. The yellow light indicated that the brake is applied and the red light indicated a emergency application...

They are not my pictures but i found them on flickr and thought i would share. They were taken by jdawg on flickr.

Actually this happened between CP 506 and CP 507 which is right at the amtrak station at Hammond, IN. The track platforms at CUS are located at CP 521 which is 14 miles from where this occured, But as a side note this incedent happened just 1 mile from the Illinois/Indiana state line and Chicago...

All michigan services ro and from chicago have been delayed because main 1 between Porter and Chicago have been under reapair. Lets not forget how much rain Ike dumped on michigan, indiana, and illinois, and indiana was the worse hit! Some areas are still trying to get below flood stage and the...

Let us all take a minute to remember the 47 souls that lost their lives on Big Bayou Canot in Alabama 15 years ago!!!

Eric i am laughing so hard I almost peed my pants.

If he still counted those as cabcar when they were Michigan coaches, he is still wrong cause those are long gone... either in storage or scrapped.

I know the Capital Limited's Crew Changes, they are at Toledo, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, PA. I'd assume the Lake Shore conducts Crew Changes at Toledo, Ohio, Buffalo, NY and Albany, NY? Correct me if I am wrong about the LSL as the last time i took it i was only 6 months old. As for the Michigan...

Well we finally figured out why Cabbage 90225 has all those satellite dishes. Cabbage 90225

Saw a video on youtube critizing Sen. Joe Biden and what he can do for amtrak. I have provided the link to the video, and it raises some questions.