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I'm sure the WAS crews are really looking forward to their new office car. Don't want to inconvenience any passengers looking for a café table once they reopen. It's a split-club, so not many tables to begin with. Passengers first! I'm now wondering if the State of Virginia has something to do...

It comes down to on-time performance tracking, very few passengers boarding but still wanting to sell tickets between those city-pairs. It will be even more relevant as the new OTP standards go into effect measuring performance at every station, not just end points. There was an even stranger...

One would think you'd put your best, newest equipment on the corridor, but this service will be operated with a Viewliner I. Perhaps they want to keep the VLIIs captive to Hialeah for now. As of right now, there are no plans to remove/add the sleeper at WAS. It will deadhead between WAS-NPN...

They always seem to be the last one or two stops just a short distance from the final destination. Williamsburg before Newport News. Windsor and Windsor Locks before Springfield. Buffalo Exchange and Depew before Niagara Falls. Probably very low ridership on these particular city pairs. Schedule...

Keep an eye on the available classes of service for 66/67 over the next few days. Maybe run your searches for travel beginning April 5... ;)

L - Stops to receive and discharge passengers; train may leave before time shown. Williamsburg, VA is still an L stop eastbound. There are a couple stations on the Springfield and Empire lines that still have L designations, too. The National Train Activity Monitoring System (NTAMS), doesn't...

The Viewliner I's are numbered 62000-62049. The Viewliner II Sleepers are in the number series 62500-62524.

If equipment was regularly handled enroute, we would become much more efficient. The majority of the road crews don't regularly switch equipment. They're going to be slower and take time to ensure the work is being performed safely and correctly. You wouldn't want someone rushing along to rip...

I'm a little late to the party here, but can confirm the lead engine was dropped off at RVR. The extra baggage car was deadheading to Miami for warranty work.

The baggage car is next to business class. So it's between the engine and business class west of PHL and on the end of the train east of PHL.

Business Class will be at the front of the train between PGH and PHL. It is to the rear to/from NYP.

The cancellations today are less about snow and more about ice. Ice is really nasty business as we witnessed last week. Power outages from downed lines, frozen switches and lots and lots of big and small trees down on the tracks. Power lines can even come down on the tracks. When that happens...

We don't know that the issue was on Amtrak's end. Maybe, maybe not. If there was an issue, it wasn't a systemwide problem of an appreciable length or alerts would have gone out. I'm not questioning why 5280 Guy won't pay by phone, I was clarifying exactly what they meant and pointed out the...

If it's anything like where I am, lots of deadhead van rides.

The wrong electronic signs on the car is just an inattentive crew not pushing a button a few times to update the line display. It's not automatic.

What do you mean you don't pay by phone? As in you refuse to call, make a reservation and pay by credit card on the phone? If the itinerary isn't too complicated, Julie can make reservations over the phone without speaking to an agent. Have you tried the Amtrak app on a cell phone? It is...

Looks like everything south of WAS on Tuesday and Wednesday was just canceled. The only things still running are 97/98, 19 on Tuesday and 90 on Wednesday. This is borderline ridiculous. Can't travel anywhere in the state of VA or between NC and VA because of something in DC. Just wow. 66 -...

Like many things, Amtrak made a big splashy announcement and then nothing happened. No new bedding or amenities have appeared. You know, the investment in the soft product from all the money saved by going to Flex Dining. Same thing happened with the Amfleet refurb. The cars got the new seat...

First, it is inaccurate to state Amtrak employees are manually inputting speed restrictions or work authorities. OIG is referring to train dispatchers entering restrictions in the computer. As far as I'm aware, nowhere in the country does any train crew member on any railroad manually enter any...

I would tentatively say you should book the xx11 car to get the VLII experience. The Florida service was cut to two sleepers with the big long haul reductions in October. The third sleeper just recently came back for the holidays. I bet it will come off again the first week of January, hence no...