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  1. Railroad Bill

    Eric & Pat’s September 2024 Trip Report: San Diego - Toledo - San Diego

    Enjoyed your trip report very much. We have traveled on SWC several times and always enjoy the scenery and the food. Since we use CLE as our home station, felt at home watching you depart at TOL. We do usually plan to take LSL 48 from Chicago so we don't have as many concerns of a late SWC...
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    Individualized bonus points offered in Fall Travel promotion

    Select Plus until Feb. 2X was the mystery number...
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    California Zephyr discussion 2023 Q4 - 2024 H1

    Zephyr 5 (26) leaving Ottumwa and heading into a massive tornado outbreak in Iowa. Wishing them safe travels tonight.
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    I got a ticket to Ryde, as "The Beatles" never sang...

    Good to hear you are on the road to recovery Ed. Taking those mini vacations is a good way to have fun and not be riding in a plane for hours. Maybe by next fall you may make it to Toronto for a Gathering:cool:
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    An Eaglete day trip gone wrong

    Just now reading your Eaglette trip report. Dont we have fun riding 21&22:rolleyes: . Good to see you are out riding the rails Jim.
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion 2024

    We took Amtrak from CLE to ORL for a cruise in Fort Lauderdale. Rode Silver Meteor from WAS and arrived in ORL close to on time. We had a lot of luggage so decided to take Lyft from ORL to Brightline at Orlando International Airport. We only waited 10 minutes and Lyft arrived, loaded our...
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    Winter Storm 2024 cancellations

    I would not be surprised that 30 and 48 are cancelled for this evening. With possible 50+ mph hour winds, there may be no trains crossing the Sandusky Bay bridge in Ohio for awhile.
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    Trains and transit in Costa Rica

    Lived in San Jose in 1985 and do not remember riding any trains at that time. The downtown was beautiful with parks and flowers. Nice restaurants. Stayed with a family while our Rotary Group Exchange visited schools, museums and met interesting people. The highlight of a fantastic month long...
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    Trip report Los Angeles to Chicago by train 4 departing 10/7/23

    Nice photos Steve. Always enjoy LAUS and riding the Chief.
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    Cleveland man arrested by FBI for domestic terrorism on Amtrak trackage

    A Cleveland man attempted to use various metal objects to wedge into CSX and Amtrak tracks east of Cleveland. Cleveland man charged with terrorism after attempting to derail passenger train
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    Brightline Orlando - West Palm Beach - Orlando

    Thanks Penny for the photos and trip report. Hoping the organizational skills improve for our future trip in November. We plan to take Amtrak from Ohio to Orlando and then ride Brightline to FTL for a cruise. May be an expensive trip to the airport since we have luggage to transport to the...
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    Amtrak Siemens Charger locomotive (SC44, ALC42, ALC42E) (2015 - 1Q 2024)

    I have an N scale model layout and the lead locos on my Amtrak are #300 & #301. Pulling Capitol Ltd 30 with baggage car, dorm sleeper, regular sleeper, diner, cafe lounge and 2 coaches. Wish that consist would come back to 29 & 30
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    Which US airlines do you recommend for domestic service?

    We usually fly Southwest since it has a hub in Columbus that allows us to obtain many non stop flights to Fla, east coast, and St Louis, Nashville and Denver. :People have generally been polite in the boarding process and crew have also been friendly as well. Some of the pilots have been a...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    Looking forward to your report on transport from Sunrail; Lynx to Brightline terminal since we will be departing Amtrak at ORL and needing to get to Brightline for our ride to FTL. With luggage it might be better to take a cab or Lyft ride??
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    Amtrak delays 2023 H2 - 2024

    Any news on disruptions on Keystone & Pennsylvanian between HAR & PHL. Traffic seems to be stopped.
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