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What they need to do is get into real estate like Japan rail does.

Interesting that the California trainsets are completely semi-permanently coupled, where the Midwest trainsets have a few sets of married pairs that create a complete trainset. After seeing all the details, its looking pretty good.

Must be it ... Although for me ... it was very rough. Was not relaxing at all. Lots of jerking, lots of noise ... it sounded as if you were driving down the highway and a window was left slightly open. The rest of my party I was traveling with (Non-rail fans) all commented how terrible the...

I recently went on a trip to Barcelona, and took the AVE to and from Madrid. On the ride from Barcelona to Madrid, I was on a Siemens trainset. It was smooth, comfortable, quiet, and fast. (Top speed I saw was 300 kph). We made 4 stops and made the journey in a little over 3 hours. The return...

The buffet in the PPC was ok in my opinion. I preferred the full breakfast in the diner. Although if you like a simple eggs and potato breakfast, PPC is probably your best bet!

Here is the temporary schedule they are running on http://www.amtrakcascades.com/sites/default/files/December%2020%20Schedule%20KF%20%28003%29.pdf Not sure if anything newer has been posted/released

The dining car attendant claimed the PPC was gone for the season, but I (and also my car attendant) think youre right.

Well, just boarded train 14 and it looks like they removed the PPC early.... theres an east coast diner/lounge in its place

Just wanted to confirm the round trip rule. The first question I was asked was if I have a return ticket

You can just buy single tickets, theres a fare chart on the ticket vending machine that shows how much the fare is to a particular stop. The high value/senior/etc tickets arent available from a ticket machine... you have to buy them at a customer service center or online, and have to be loaded...

-Was on the Zephyr in the winter and we hit a boulder that had fallen on the tracks. They had to shut down the engines, so no heat/electricity while they inspected the engines for damage... Sat in the cafe car playing cards in the dark for what seemed an eternity, until they finally gave us the...

Didn't see this posted already, sorry if its a repost. If you're traveling in the area, this is the latest update from Amtrak Temporary schedule: http://www.amtrakcascades.com/sites/default/files/cascades1217-0118%20interm.pdf

Whew!! Lucked out on the timing of my upcoming trip. Traveling on the coast starlight in between christmas and new years ... glad Ill still have the PPC!

I agree, this is a disaster ... there will be stairs to enter leading to longer dwell times, and there will be less seats per train. +1, would have loved to see more of the surfliner cars made if they needed a stopgap until NEW cars were designed. I rather wait for equipment that works for our...

Single level cars in CA? ... With all low level platforms! I don't see how this is a great solution. One would think they would just order more cars based on the surfliner car...

Yes, the ferry building in San Francisco. (At least it used to be there a few years ago...)

Saw a couple Capitol Corridor trains Friday... They were double heading behind F59PHI locomotives.

There are 3 or 4 staging tracks at 4th and King... There is room for a couple consists to park at the end of the yard, as well as under the freeway just outside the main yard (they used to store extra baseball trains there). I'd love to see an SF to LA Amtrak train

I just went to india for the first time (Cousin's engagement) ... and I rode a few trains while I was there. First I did the Delhi (Hazrat Nizamuddin) to Agra Gatimaan express (Fastest train in India) Second I did the Delhi to Jaipur mail express in AC2 (Highest class available - sleeper...

Last Caltrain departs from San Jose at 10:30, FYI. Hope that your CS isn't late!!