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Noting 332 would be the likely sleeper to be canceled suddenly as compared to 330/331 _if_ Amtrak started to cancel sleepers again. Others can correct me if I am wrong. How many months/years has it been since they last did these cancel activities?

I think now I see on street view kind of an elevated sidewalk well lit leaving the station at rail level right against the Pennsylvanian Apartment building instead of the basement exit to the parking area. Is that exit more pleasant than the parking lot way? It does go a bit further SW than...

Here are some 09-2021 photos I took of those. The concept of their use and purpose was interesting. Kind of a cross between Chitty chitty bang bang and Beverly Hillbillies look for rail use.

I have never been in an A, but those pictures don't seem to match the floor plan of the A (toilet door position mostly), did the A room get reoriented to be more similar to BCDE?

Is it normal to be pouring salt inside a rail car like that? I would think that the extra corrosion caused by the constant usage of salt will shorten the lifespan of the car's floor and lower walls even if the majority is stainless steel. A shovel, sand, or something non-corrosive would be a...

Last fall in the night wait for the Pennsylvanian to CL westbound, I walked up to Primanti Bros. Restaurant which I learned about here. I used Liberty Ave. and well it seemed spooky absolutely no one around, many dark shadows, SA certainly went up a notch. What bothers me are enclosed...

The Baltimore train museum has a WWIi era troop sleeper, WAA/PULL No. 7437. https://www.borail.org/explore-learn/exhibitions/wwii-troop-car/ This is a photo inside from last winter:

When Khrushchev visited the USA in 1959, I have read that there were no stairs to reach high enough for the TU-114 at Andrews. Picture of a TU-114 with I assume a Soviet set of stairs:

If that GPS Dongle is talking to the Windows Location Service to share locations that talk to other Windows applications, it has a possibility of working. - In Google maps try " On your computer, open Microsoft Edge and go to Google Maps. At the bottom right, click My location . If you’re...

I am quite curious how you were able to get those pictures? Did Amtrak used to allow passengers to open the window in the door?

Interesting, that story had a sentence about the $25000 Amtrak ticket to get 136 miles for wheelchair bound people on a train ride in Illinois. I missed that and had to go look that up...

Ha, reminded me of the story from Montreal this past summer: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-rem-lrt-traps-passengers-1.6925814

"This is a message for "User Name Required": Hello, I will be doing a Zoom presentation in March for the DCNRHS about Military railroading and their 1970 excursion. May I use some of your photos in the presentation? They are great to show things as they are today. I'd give you credit as...

I am going to guess you mean smaller voltages require larger wire sizes to carry the same power? P=VI On a side note, I live in an older farm house. The previous owner told me they used to have 25hz power to the house requiring 25 hz appliances such as the refrigerator. We are somewhat near...

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A visit to the US Army Transportation Museum recently. It is inside Joint Base Langley-Eustis so there is a security line to go through. If you are a US citizen in good standing with ID I think they let you in. A DOD id is likely good too. That Navy Inspection Car 118 seemed to not be around...

Oh I should have quoted who was answering with the camera comment, I was replying to leaving luggage in the Chicago Metro Lounge self service luggage room. That is where I noticed a camera, in the Metro Lounge luggage room. :)

The more legroom and larger windows made the choice not to get BC the right choice for us.

Interesting, a Google street view showing the entrance to the tunnel on the south side of the tracks. I wonder if that is handicap accessible somehow? One can see the tunnel on the north side by the patterns in the turf on the map top view.