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Thanks for the replies. I am taking the train all the way into Miami Hialeah Station because I have never ridden on the Silver Service Trains before and want to experience the entire route in both directions. I'm taking the 91 Star southbound and the 98 Meteor northbound the next morning. From...

I will be visiting Miami via the Silver Service trains in October and have a couple of questions. 1. Are there any hotels near the Miami Amtrak Station? 2. Is the area around the station safe and is it safe to walk from the Amtrak Station to the nearby light rail station?

June 2009: Day 1: City of New Orleans = New Orleans - Chicago (Roomette) Day 2: Overnight in Gurnee, IL Day 3: Capitol Limited = Chicago - Washington (Roomette) Day 4: Overnight in Washington Day 5: NE Regional = Washington - New York (Coach) Days 5-6: Overnight in New York Day 7...

Thanks. I'm looking forward to it.

Thanks for the replies. I'm looking forward to riding the Wolverine for the first time. How is the scenery between Dearborn & Chicago?

I did just that a couple of years ago with the 15-day rail pass. One of the routings that I recommend is to take the Adirondack up the Hudson Valley and along Lake Champlain from New York City to Port Kent, NY, then take the ferry across to Burlington, VT, and back to New York City on the...

How is the parking at the station in Dearborn, MI? I will be taking the Wolverine from there to Chicago in August and was wondering if it is safe to leave my car there for a couple of days.

Beaumont, Texas. Their new station is built to this design as well. Edit: Did not notice Beaumont in the original list.

Although not an Amtrak signal, the station in Hammond, LA (HMD) has wifi. It is called "Hammond Free Wireless" and comes from the Hammond Chamber of Commerce, also located in the station building.

According to an Amtrak report from the Arrow system, 5 UP locomotives derailed on the Moffat subdivision. AMTK 5 is detouring from DEN - SLC via the Wyoming route. Also AMTK 6 is Using the normal route. I received a paper copy of the report from my local station agent.

I'm on the eastbound Sunset Limited #2 right now. Yesterday afternoon at El Paso, a guy was taken off the train and arrested by undercover cops with a drug-sniffing dog. The guy had two suitcases of cocaine with him.

Philippe's is only about two blocks from LAUS. Just go out the front entrance to Alameda Street and take a right. It will be on the left side of the street at the corner of Alameda & Ord.

Sanderson, TX?

Speaking of bag storage prices, what is the current price to store a bag in Los Angeles?

A prime example of a very busy diamond crossing is the Colton Diamond in Colton, CA. It is where the BNSF double-track transcon line crosses the UP Sunset Route, also double track, on their way into the Los Angeles metro area. I have passed through the diamond multiple times on Amtrak. Two...

I'm on 59 now & the track is clear. We were permitted to continue south on the main line. We are on time; the next station is Hammond, LA

I believe that the toilet across from room 15 is actually the shower.

One slight correction to the consist: The TE/CONO is currently running in a more normal consist. It is as follows: Transdorm, Sleeper, Diner, Lounge, Coach-Baggage, Coach, Coach. They use this consist from October to April. The sleeper is on the rear of the train from May to September. They...

On the City of New Orleans #58/59: Champaign-Urbana, IL: Elevated Mattoon, IL: Built in a Trench Memphis, TN: Elevated Jackson, MS: Elevated On the Crescent #19/20: Alexandria, VA: Believe it is elevated, but not certain Lynchburg, VA: Built below street level Greensboro, NC: Elevated...

http://www.trainweb....rail/index.html Edit: Just noticed it was already posted.