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  1. JayPea

    Just when I thought I'd seen it all.... (locked door to storage room in LAX lounge)

    Today, my uncle and I are in the Metropolitan Lounge in Los Angeles, waiting to board the SWC. About an hour and a half ago, a young man was leaving on a commuter train. He went to get his bag, but there was a minor problem: the door to the storage room was locked and the attendant had no key...
  2. JayPea

    Pt. 4 San Antonio to Los Angeles

    The difference in the crews between the Eagle and Limited was like night and day. The young woman in the dining car on the Eagle was very friendly and accommodating. On the Limited, however, the dining car attendant, while good at his job, was not very outgoing at all. Very quiet. And Erroll...
  3. JayPea

    Pt. 3--Texas Eagle Bloomington to San Antonio

    After spending a day and a half at my uncle's, we left on Tuesday the 22nd from Bloomington, bound for LA, on the Texas Eagle. Our good luck with on-time trains ran out before we even started, as the message board showed a delay of 15 minutes. Looking at the Amtrak tracker, I saw the Eagle was...
  4. JayPea

    Part 2: Portland-Chicago on the EB

    We arrived in Portland right on time, not that it mattered. As going to Powell's was out, we settled into the lounge for several hours. Due to Covid they don't provide anything in the way of food or drink in the lounge but did give us vouchers for 2 free drinks from the nearby cafe/gift shop. We...
  5. JayPea

    Spokane to Spokane in 10 days!

    My uncle and I, beginning three weeks ago today, embarked on another Amtrak loop trip, involving the Empire Builder, City of New Orleans (briefly), Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight, and, for me, the Empire Builder again. Like everyone else who boards in Spokane and wishes to travel to Chicago, we...
  6. JayPea

    Oklahoma and Michigan.....the End of the Big Bucket List

    I just returned from a combo flying/Amtrak trip that took me from Spokane to Oklahoma City, then eventually to Dearborn, MI....Oklahoma and Michigan being the final two of the 50 states I've been in. I started early on Sunday the 19th with a couple of flights on Southwest, one from Spokane to...
  7. JayPea

    Spokane-Seattle round trip: whittling down the old bucket list

    Last week I took another Spokane-Seattle round trip and as the title says was able to get some items crossed off my bucket list. It has been my habit over the years to track the train I'm departing Spokane from, in this case #7, and leave from my home for the station when the train is at...
  8. JayPea

    EB-Cascades trip: Why not Minot???

    Last week I embarked on my first Amtrak adventure of the year: Spokane-Seattle, Seattle-Portland, Portland-Minot, and Minot-Spokane. The purpose of this trip was solely to ride the train. I had done a Spokane-Seattle-Portland-Spokane loop trio several years before, but wanted to expand it...
  9. JayPea

    Hotel recommendations in St. Albans

    Hi all! I am considering a trip in May in which riding the Vermonter from BWI to St. Albans will be a main feature. I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for hotels in St. Albans. I see there is a Hampton Inn practically at the doorstep of the Amtrak station but is not taking...
  10. JayPea

    Across the USA (and back)

    Yesterday my uncle and I began our most ambitious trip yet: across the USA and back. Our itinerary: 1) Seattle to Sacramento on the CS 2) Sacramento to Chicago on the CZ 3) Chicago to Charlottesville on the Cardinal 4) Charlottesville to New Orleans on the Crescent 5) two nights and a day...
  11. JayPea

    An Amtrak first........

    This morning at breakfast on the CS my uncle and I managed a first.......we made a woman mad at us and demanded to move to another table. We are behind quite a bit as we lost three hours at Emeryville, apparently due to a commuter train running over someone without knowing it and a passing...
  12. JayPea

    Spokane to Yellowstone by way of Chicago--preliminaries

    I recently returned from a trip to and from Yellowstone. It took 6 days for a trip that would have taken me about 8 hours had I driven it myself. But who wants to drive when they can take several Amtrak trains to get there instead?? :lol: I had an intinerary that The Traveler would approve...
  13. JayPea

    14 (5) Hits Trespasser

    The CS I'm on hit a trespasser north of San Jose. I had just retired for the night when I felt a jolt and heard a crewmember say "brace yourselves". Been here about an hour and a half and could be anothe hour or two before we get going again though the cops got here within minutes.
  14. JayPea

    Inexcusable SCA behavior!!!!!

    I may never ride Amtrak again after the behavior of our SCA today. :angry: As part of two large AGR trips I, my uncle, and his two granddaughters traveled from Champaign to Chicago in roommates. While waiting to back into Union Station, the SCA played a song over the PA that he said was...
  15. JayPea

    The best of both Worlds.....Seattle AND Glacier Park

    A couple of weeks ago I took a trip from Spokane, first to Seattle, and then to East Glacier before returning to Spokane. I departed on June 23rd. Because of the horrendous timekeeping of the EB, I began tracking the EASTBOUND EB of June 18th. This would be the train that would arrive...
  16. JayPea

    Group wants talks on area light rail

    The Inland Empire Rail Transit Association is pushing for a new community discussion of light rail in the Spokane region. "The Inland Empire Rail Transit Association is pushing for a new community discussion of light rail in the Spokane region. The group said a system could connect communities...
  17. JayPea

    AU member passes away

    From this morning's Spokane Spokesman-Review: John was known on AU as jmbgeg. I didn't know him well, having only met him in person once, that at the 2011 Gathering in Seattle, but we did IM back and forth some. From his correspondance, I know he was a staunch passenger rail supporter as...
  18. JayPea

    Spokane to Washington DC--a five day trip that became six days

    I returned recently from my Spokane-Washington DC trip (or, at least Washington DC was the intended final destination) The trip didn't turn out as I intended, but it happens. I once again traveled with my uncle, who had flown out to my neck of the woods from Illinois and was staying at my...
  19. JayPea

    Thanks a lot UP!!!!!!!!

    I am on 6, sitting on a blankety-blank siding, waiting for a UP track gang to clear the track. In a thunderstorm no less. They said it would be just a few short minutes...... 2 1/2 hours ago!!!!!!! We were already an hour and a half late out of Fraser thanks to more UP BS. We are sure to be...
  20. JayPea

    A TE/CS trip

    Preliminaries: I began my journey, after an overnight stay at a motel near the Spokane airport, bright and early on the 5th of August. After being abused, degraded, humiliated, and stripped of my rights by the TSA and too stupid and apathetic to do anything about it ;) I flew from Spokane to...
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