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Those are excellent pictures you took of our train! I was on the private cars. My roomette was supposed to be aboard the Cimarron River, but was in the Salisibury Beach instead. Salisbury Beach was a last minute addition to the train as the Cimarron River was bad ordered. Catalpa Falls stayed...

On the California Zephyr departing Chicago on June 9, there will be 4 private cars: Catalpa Falls, Berlin, Cimarron River, & Super Dome.

They did, but on 2 different routes. The Crescent ran Atlanta to New Orleans via Montgomery and Mobile, while the Southerner ran Atlanta to New Orleans via Birmingham and Meridian. The question is, does the Crescent's current route west/south of Atlanta (the former Southerner route) have enough...

If you live in Lake Charles, why not have a friend or family member drop you off at the Lake Charles Amtrak Station and take the Sunset Limited to New Orleans a day or two before your Crescent trip and back home to Lake Charles after your trip?

There is an Embassy Suites immediately next door to King Street Station in Seattle. All you have to do when you get off the train is walk out the entrance of the station and cross the street. In New Orleans, the Hyatt Regency and Holiday Inn are only a 2-3 blocks away. In New York City, Hotel...

The City of New Orleans still has a Sightseer Lounge in the consist, but they do not use the lower level for the cafe. The CONO also never changed its consist due to the Pandemic, in part due to the CN's axle rule (All Amtrak Trains running on the CN main line must have a minimum 30 axles)...

There are several restaurants, including a couple of quick service restaurants inside Union Station. According to Denver Union Station's website, all restaurants are open for takeout and most are also allowing dine-in customers now.

IIRC, if the northbound Coast Starlight #14 is running late enough, they will bus connecting passengers from Klamath Falls to meet the eastbound Empire Builder #28 in Pasco.

As per Amtrak Alerts today, the California Zephyr is once again detouring and no longer terminating in Denver and Grand Junction: @AmtrakAlerts California Zephyr Train 1105 that departed CHI on 8/13 will operate on a detour from DEN to SLC due to ongoing wildfires. All stops between DEN & SLC...

If you are on the #1 sleeper, the train will not arrive until 12:45 AM. #21/421, the Texas Eagle, arrives into San Antonio at 9:55 PM. #1, the Sunset Limited, arrives at 12:45 AM. If both trains are on time, you should be able to board around 1:00 AM

Actually, you can get to the Illinois Railway Museum with public transit now using the McHenry County McRide Service. Taken directly from the IRM's website: "IRM is now accessible by public transit! Take MCRide, the county Dial-A-Ride service, to IRM from any location in the MCRide Service Area...

As the border between Canada and the United States is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All cross-border trains are cancelled for at least the Canadian portion of the route. The Maple Leaf, for example, is currently running only from New York City to Niagara Falls, NY. The...

I wouldn't mind this if part of the order were to include dome cars for the trains, such as the classic vista-dome style for the western trains and something like Canada's panorama cars for the eastern trains.

I fall into both the avid railfan and handicapped categories. On overnight trips I always book a roomette for several reasons. First is the privacy, especially at night. Second, I sleep with a CPAP machine, which is very difficult to set up when sitting in coach. Third, the meals are included in...

I doubt that they will remove any cars from the CONO, if simply because of the CN axle rule on that route that requires a train to have at least 30 axles. If they remove any cars off of the CONO, it will have less than 30 axles. Current Consist = ONE Engine + SEVEN Cars = 32 axles.