Recent content by Charles785

I believe there were three coach cars on #3 tonight (February 21) but I'm not sure if one was deadheading or not. And I think I noticed this also before tonight. Is it possible a third coach has been added to the Southwest Chieft?

Westbound train #5 has been stuck in Galesburg for over an hour this evening because of (I presume) some sort of mechanical problem. At this point would anyone know what the problem could be and how long Amtrak would delay the trip for passengers before arranging for another locomotive or for a...

I had one occasion about 12 years to confront the question of whether to walk to that hotel across that big parking lot or take a cab. I had gotten off the northbound Coast Starlight and had a connection to the California Zephyr leaving the next morning. So, it was after sundown when I decided...

And would anyone know if there has been any planning or proposals in recent years in linking Denver and Kansas City, perhaps as part of a, say, St. Louis to Denver route?

I did wonder why I've seen only two sleepers on the Southwest Chief #3 the last two nights. Is this also the case for train #4? Why on earth would Amtrak do this if there continues to be demand for as much sleeper space as possible? By the way, what is "AT?"

Yes, by all means, call customer relations. In restaurants, hotels, and retailers in general I've found it very rare and unusual to run into customer-facing employees with bad attitudes, but it doesn't seem to be that unusual with Amtrak. I would guess that most non-unionized employers would...

More than once I have enjoyed Lunch at the Landmark Cafe and Creperie about a block and a half from the Amtrak station in Galesburg when I've been between Southwest Chief and California Zephyr schedules. I have always wondered, if because unforeseen train delays an overnight stay in Galesburg...

OK - we've heard about the challenges in interesting any of the freight railroads in running a high quality passenger train - and we know how Amtrak in recent years has seemed to favor the northeast corridor and state-supported routes over the long distance service, but what about raising this...

Yes, I should have specified I was excluding Thruway bus connections and I was focusing on the contiguous 48 states. And from the above comments I see I missed at least seven metro areas that could have been in the top ten. Maybe a top twenty list would now be interesting.

I thought I would try to identify the 10 largest cities, ranked by metro population, that do not now have Amtrak service. Am I skipping over any? 1. Phoenix 4.575 million 2. Las Vegas 2.115 million 3. Nashville 2.072 million 4. Columbus 2.020 million 5. Louisville 1.396 million 6...

Yes, I have sometimes wondered if there would be price point that would make it profitable for BNSF to run an up to date version of the Santa Fe Super Chief and what that price point might be.

Thanks for your detailed comments, Lordsigna. I did find this Santa Fe ad. 1,082 × 1,600

This may have been addressed before but back in the day of the golden age of private rail passenger travel - Santa Fe, Great Northern, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, New York Central, Missouri Pacific, Rock Island, etc., did weather similar to what we're having now result in cancellations in most...

Since many of us first became aware of trains in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s when most trains were using E and F unit locomotives, we obviously thought that was just how streamlined trains were supposed to look. My, perhaps somewhat ignorant, question is why isn't it possible for locomotive...

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