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Hi all! I will start by clarifying that I'm not actually back (sorry!). I'm just here to post on behalf of a friend who occasionally browses the site but didn't feel comfortable signing up or posting himself. But before that, I will say that I'm doing well, having graduated and turned 18 last...

Gee, thanks.

Hi, y'all. I'm just so disappointed by this news that I finally took the time to write and send the following letter to Anderson, Gardner, and Coscia yesterday. I don't think it will make any difference, but at least I can feel like I'm doing something. Dear Mr. Anderson, Mr. Gardner, Mr...

Click edit, then "More Options", and then just hit the delete button to the right of the image.

Couldn't agree more. That gives Amtrak the freedom to provide service where it wishes (which can also be used as a feeder to bring more passengers to other routes), while also giving the states an incentive to chip in and improve service.

I agree with the intent here, but I just think that would be too subjective to work well. And the way something is intended is also very different from how people use it. Something could be intended as or expected to be primarily intrastate, but riders may see and use it the other way.

Yep, west of San Antonio, the Eagle (referred to as train 421/422) just consists of one coach and one sleeper hooked onto the back of the Sunset Limited (train 1/2). Generally one will wait for the other, but every once in a while if the first train is just too late, the second will leave...

How come one Lounge is in the normal spot and the other is at the rear, with three coaches between them? Seems like an odd configuration...

That is a screenshot from a video game called Train Simulator, and it's depicting a 60 years old iteration of the Zephyr, so it really isn't realistic at all. But the Zephyr does run through the mountains at pretty high altitudes for several hours at a time, so that is something you'll have to...

I did see that. Thanks for letting us know. :)

It’s your own private room. I take it this is a suitcase? In a Roomette traveling solo, you could just leave that in the upper bunk, however if you would prefer to leave the bunk folded up for the extra headroom below, you will have to put the bag in the shared storage area on the lower level...

And though it’s a small thing, can we carry over the fact that for each title a member reaches, they get another dot under their profile as a badge? Train Attendants have one dot and Engineers end up with six.

Yes but reliability is the reason they specifically had them tuned down to 4,000. 

I actually haven’t noticed any appreciable difference in the availability of lower buckets between seasons. I would recommend occasionally checking Amtrak.com to see if the price has gone down since booking, and if it has, you can call and ask them to *modify* your reservation to the lower fare...

Yep, this is one of those cases where I would want to quite literally throw caution to the wind and watch it happen.  :excl:

Nope, the standard Chargers are 4,400 continuous.

I’m thinking reliability. Being the workhorses of the LD network is not an easy job, so I guess Amtrak feels that the extra hp of a standard Charger isn’t necessary, and that reliability is more important. That’s the reason Brightline went with only 4,000 hp.

I know that. I'm still glad I won't be hearing these train sets referred to by such a ghastly name.

Yep, sometimes people read through stuff thoroughly and still don't notice certain aspects or get a bit confused by it. It happens. :)

Yeah, and it was ******* jet powered. Does that seem like a reasonable standard for full size passenger trains?