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Found this photo of an L.A. Metro turnstile: The area where it's glowing red is a scanner that's supposed to be able to read the QR...

I have the Student Adventure Pass and I love using it! The past few months I've hopped around SoCal a lot on it, all for free, and have...

28 still serves the boxed cold dinners out of Portland. They were pretty good when last I rode the Portland section in 2019, far...

There are two programs that allow some interchangeability between Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner: Rail 2 Rail® ...

Having been on #28 (2016), the dinner meals they served were "boxed" (NOT Flex) and were pretty decent. There were several to choose...

Amtrak has not had turkey dinners for years, I believe well before flex dining.

So right before they expired I took my adult nephew to downtown LA. Visited Union Station, City Hall (went to the 27th floor observation...

For those unfamiliar with railroad communications here is a primer on what is being said and what it means.

I've stayed at the Holiday Inn New Orleans-Downtown Superdome at 330 Loyola Avenue. A little further away than the Hyatt Regency.

Transportation Agencies Applaud State Leadership on Long-Term Coastal Rail Study "This critical transportation corridor, which serves...

The freight trains were getting through the San Clemente slide zone, though very slowly, while the Surfliners and Metrolink Oceanside...

Since this route is considered a critical national military route maybe the Navy can put extra pressure for completion?

Metrolink operating contract: https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/amtrak-expected-to-lose-metrolink-operating-contract.88088/

Yes. As of the PRIIA Act of 2008 which amended the original Rail Passenger Act of 1970. This is the way things have worked for the last...

Doesn’t matter, it’s several hundred miles of rare mainline mileage!😉 During my epic attempt in 1970-1971 to ride as many routes that...