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Building on PVD's response farther up, rather than being unsanctioned, "heavy" is a required term for any aircraft with a maximum gross weight over 300,000 pounds. Typically, any widebody is a heavy and back when they operated, long range DC-8s were "heavy" as well (may have applied to the 707...

I have no details but there were connections between all the downtown terminals without needing to go way out to the Belt. Union Station to the Northwestern Station was and still is easy: go through a run-through track to the North side and out to A-2/Western Ave. There are double-slip switches...

The "principle" office is just another name for the Ethics department.

There's also a similar F40 cabbage unit. It was on one of the Hiawatha sets a few weeks ago.

Yes it is. Also a stairs/elevator from it leading to the SW corner of Canal/Jackson for direct access to the transit center. My wife used it this morning and her 121 bus was right there at the top of the stairs.

OTOH, AGR2 has not been as initially advertised as people discovered that "no blackouts" meant days priced in points that were so expensive, they might as well be blackouts. So no, I don't feel bad about it as I'm not getting what I expected when I first applied.

With the end of the first year of AGR2 and the Amtrak - Bank of America relationship approaching, I wanted to change the AGR World Mastercard (with annual fee but first year waived) to the no-annual fee AGR Platinum Mastercard. I expected a phone call was all it would take but I was wrong. The...

The two times I've taken the Capitol (2-3 years ago), steak was available departing Chicago.

He will NOT be closer to the Diner and Lounge than the regular sleepers. The regular sleepers are right next to the Dining car which is next to the Lounge. The dorm-sleeper is separated from them by all the coaches.

I happened to see today's #7 spotted for boarding. Head end was only at Monroe St. which puts the SEA sleepers opposite the current ML and the PDX cars south of the main terminal.

I always thought it was "Delay & Hesitate". Meanwhile. I grew up along what was sometimes called the "Lacka-money".

No offense either but in many situations paying "cash" does not literally mean cash. In the Amtrak scenario, "cash" (to me) means "not AGR points". For example, if I go to a car dealer and tell them I'll be paying cash, it means I'm not looking to finance the purchase through the dealer. It may...

It's not a fully owned connection but as I understand it, currently IHB is owned 49% by CP, 25.5% by NS, and 25.5% CSX so a combined NS-CP would own 74.5% of the IHB. Also, the west end of the IHB leads directly into CP's Bensenville Yard. Despite running side-by-side with Metra for a short...

Technically, they do connect in Chicago although not in a useful way. Rondout to A-2, although owned by Metra, is dispatched by CP. And NS reaches A-2 via trackage rights on UP (replacing the abandoned Panhandle to A-2) so that they can reach ADM via what I believe is called the Western Ave...

You want this thread: http://discuss.amtraktrains.com/index.php?/topic/58776-list-of-meals-served-on-all-ld-trains/ On the current last page (4), you'll find a nicely done chart showing which meals are served on each train.

We did 5 to 14 in June (and posted about it in another topic). On 5, I planned to talk to the RNO-EMY conductor to discuss options such as buy a RSV-EMY ticket, buy a Cap Corridor ticket (but I didn't think he could take that on 5), or something else. In the end, it was "something else" - just...

Assuming that's the call I got today from BOA, it's not a scam. Just a call to welcome you and your business and explain a few things for those who might not know all the details.

To Sarah's question above, comments most definitely can be added to reservation records in the airline systems I've used (as an airline employee). Amtrak's system is at its core an airline reservations system. An unlimited number of free text comments can be added by anyone with the ability to...

IIRC, Santa Fe went up the west side of the river. They did not share track with SP trains once clear of LAUS. Which made for the "strange" arrangement where trains east to Chicago initially were west of trains that went west to San Francisco/Oakland.

Pure conjecture on my part but based on my experience in the airline industry and that Amtrak's reservation system seems to be based on airline reservations systems, I have a few comments. First, regarding duplicate book detection, I very much doubt that runs instantly. Most likely an overnight...