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Booking AGR points travel does not lock in the points cost if the trip is moved to a different date. AGR award travel paid with points is directly tied to the cost of the trip as if paid with money. Except when caused by cancellations or delays, re-booking to another date is repriced to the...

It is not known. All current vendors have been invited to return, but the full line-up, including any new options, will not be announced until sometime next year. I agree that a full-service, sit-down restaurant would be a great addition.

Philadelphia 30th Street Station is in the beginning stages of a multi-year, multi-multi million dollar redevelopment. Interesting article in the Philadelphia Business Journal concerning the current status of the project. The PBJ is behind a very hard paywall, so here are the highlights: Cost...

Dinner reservations are solicited by the dining car staff a couple of hours prior to mealtime - midafternoon for dinner. They will first pass through the sleeping cars, and if space remains available, will go to the coaches. So, basically, they come to you. For coach passengers, dinner is $45...

Heads up to Amtrak FNBO card holders. I got an email from FNBO this morning (6/29). It was a reminder that my minimum $30 payment is due in five business days. This was odd because my account was paid in full weeks ago. The payment due date shown on the email is correct, but upon further...

Using the temporary roadway, I-95 will reopen tomorrow (Friday, 6/23) at noon.

Rode past the site this morning. Looks like the fill is within a few feet of final grade. My guess is the road reopens later this week with six lanes available. My over/under is Wednesday (6/21). If so, that would be 11 days. The fill material is a manufactured product called...

PennDOT has released the restoration plan. Demolition of the damaged bridge will be completed tomorrow (Wednesday 6/15). The northbound Cottman Avenue offramp will remain closed for now. The removed bridge span will be temporarily replaced with fill and conventional pavement to provide six...

PennDOT will announce reconstruction plans tomorrow (6/14). Demolition of the remaining southbound span and removal of debris started today.

The walls you cite (abutments) have earth behind them. That, plus the fact that the heat goes up and more so than sideways means that, in all likelihood, the abutments are OK. If that is not the case, then this issue becomes much more complicated. But, if the abutments are OK, then replacing...

I-95 through Philadelphia is not the primary route between New York and Washington. Most through traffic uses either the NJ Turnpike or, between NJ Turnpike Exit 7 and the Delaware Memorial Bridge, I-295 (toll-free). Even bus service between New York and Philly uses the NJ Turnpike from Exit 4...

Monthly ridership and operating revenue data for the Crescent and the Texas Eagle from January 2018 until January 2023. Note the data is per month. Data scraped from the route-level results of the monthly performance reports.

Not a fare rule violation at all. The downside is no dinner leaving Chicago and, if the crew follows the rules to the letter, you will not occupy your room until after midnight (or later if the train is not on time).

I had a sleeping car attendant on the Zephyr tell me that there was a regular CZ rider who usually bought the bedroom suite (two bedrooms with the connecting door open) as a single passenger. He would have one room set up as a bedroom and the other as an office with computer and cell phone...

It is possible. The Zephyr has two full sleeping cars - cars 531 and 532, plus eight(?) revenue roomettes in the dorm - car 540. When a car is removed due to equipment or staff shortages, car 532 is the one that goes. You could call and try to move your reservation to 531 or 540. Or just...

My guess is that when (if?) it returns to 30th Street, it will be a special display perhaps rotating through a programmed loop of legacy Pennsylvania Railroad trains in the north waiting room. It was a neat contraption, but I bet that thing was a mechanical nightmare to keep working. Then...

It is available on the website. Homepage, left menu listing, "View Statements". Brings up the list of available statements for download.

I was able to add the FNBO account to Quicken One-Step update via Express Web Connect with no issues.

If the strike occurs Friday morning, Amtrak crew bases and other facilities may be subject to picketing by the striking workers. Even though Amtrak is not involved in these negotiations and Amtrak's represented workers will not be striking, spreading the pain to as large an audience as possible...

The membership of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers has rejected the proposed contract. The IAM was one of ten unions that had reached a tentative settlement. So, there are now three unions without an agreement. Although nine unions have reached tentative...