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In the past we have asked the lounge attendant to watch our bags and that worked out ( we tipped him) but it was only for an hour. We would not do that for an extended period as the attendant might end their shift and things may be misplaced.. I like the suggestion of asking the Redcaps to hold...

On the NEC we've seen coach fares on the regional be only $5 more than those on the Acela separated by just an hour on the schedule. We've also seen $10 regional coach fares go as high as $88 depending on time of day. The way I see it there is no rhyme or reason to the existing fare structure.

It is likely that each and every one of us has had a bad travel experience. Once we arrived on the Empire Builder in CHI at 3AM. Two other times the A/C went out on the Cardinal and NE regional. Last year the door came of the tracks of our bedroom on the Capitol Ltd. A bit of lateness seems...

While this technology is not available as yet, Toyota has developed an engine that runs on Ammonia who's atoms are constructed of two parts hydrogen and one part oxygen. No carbon exists in Ammonia so perhaps this will eventually be the solution of zero carbon emission rail and automobiles.

The bucket system seems to make no rhyme or reason.. On the next trip to the gathering in PHL the return fare to MET was $68 coach NER and $72 for the Acela trip booked only one hour apart mid afternoon. As for sleeper fares on the Western routes it seems you are lucky to even hit mid bucket...

Appreciate reading the conference reports but nowhere did we read anything about buying the necessary equipment to support and implement the plans. Daily service needs additional train consists.

On another thread we posted the labels of just about every flex meal. I'll try to find it. I recall they had a lot of chemical additives in the recipes. I am not against the concept of the flex meal but Amtrak with those flex meals is serving us the absolute bottom of the barrel most likely...

This is great to hear that Sean and yourself have teamed up to do something good for the rail passenger community and for Amtrak as well.

The Marriott Spring Hill Suites is only 3 blocks from the Flagstaff station but there is a solution for the handicapped. Winslow AZ station is right at the LaPosada Hotel. You arrive on the platform in back and just go into the hotel. It's a very nice historic hotel and not terribly expensive...

Exactly. It seems Amtrak does everything in its power to hinder ridership not promote it. A public company should make it easy for passengers to use the service and maximize ridership. Instead they put obstacles in the way. This is difficult to understand.

Thats good news. I have been in touch with Sean and he reported that the site has had a lot of trouble recently scraping data from amtrak.com. This was not a bug in the code—Amtrak.com uses reCAPTCHA Enterprise to prevent bots from scraping the site. This is now all reported on the webpage. With...

IMO, the traditional dining is good to very good but they could do better on the deserts. On our May trip on the SW Chief my wife asked the chef " What do your recommend on the menu" ? He said order the steak. As our once a year steak meal, the cut was tender juicy and very good. In contrast...

Sounds like the making of a nice trip and the private car offering looks to be wonderful. Had my schedule not been so darn hectic, I would have participated. Never took a private car and sorry that I missed the opportunity. Still have no idea what is going to be accomplished there but I wish...

The shame is that there are not more first class lounges in the major city stations. There are a few that are unmanned like at New Orleans and and Minneapolis/St Paul. There you have private waiting rooms and depending on the location, you may find coffee or minimal snacks. Last we were there a...

I keep getting emails from the RPA about their Rail Nation Advocacy Symposium that will take place Friday Oct 6th to Sunday Oct 8th. in Meridian MS. According to RPA the conference will be filled with panels and presentations from local, regional, and federal speakers all discussing the very...

I assume that will work but it may be better to go to your AGR home page, sign in, print it out and send it over as an .img file. .

My concern is not just running backwards but being able to find a place on the station platform that is convenient to board the NER business or Acela First Class Cars. Sometimes they are in the front while other times they are in the rear. On a May 2023 trip were were in the Philadelphia lounge...

If you decide to head South I would add a day in New Orleans. It is a very interesting historic city. If you go, be sure you stay in or around the French Quarter.

We've looked into a trip on that train. It must be asked what does the Rocky Mountaineer offer at twice the cost of the Amtrak California Zephyr? It has newer, nicer equipment but its just a day trip from Denver to Moab. Big deal!

I've had only good experiences with FNBO. I can't say that about TD Bank. If your online TD payment is over a certain threshold they take their time processing or put it on hold until you agree to their payment date. Despite putting a payment to FNBO two weeks before due date it ended up as a...