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The police were apparently on the scene already directing traffic since the truck had been stuck on the grade crossing for 45 minutes. I assume something like a police dispatcher tried to call the railroad. Something about this crash in particular just feels so preventable.

I live relatively close to the area and deep in a random facebook restaurant supposedly the local PD who were already on scene called CSX (which has a crossing nearby of the same road on the line used by the Pere Marquette) but no one bothered to call Amtrak! Also I'm curious is the number to...

In Bridgeport there are staircases up to the platforms (it's at all clear from the arial map), that are a very short distance down the warf from the dock (this sign greats you shortly after you get off the ferry) See the Bridgeport Page of my website, these photos: 15, 16 do a good job showing...

Grand Central has plenty of track capacity! I remember back in 2003 when the lift bridge went out they rerouted Amtrak into it within ! day, why can't that happen today.

I know back in 2016, Amtrak also operated (chartered by the same events company) one in New Orleans. Took the City of New Orleans from a Polar Express display in Chicago to one in New Orleans.

The South Shore Line (when it's not being partially busituted) has booster clubs that charter entire trains for trips from Chicago to South Bend for Notre Dame home football games. An open bar on the train is normally part or the package (that are in the $100s just for the round-trip train ticket)

I know that overcrowding wasn't the only issue for why Pacific Surfliner tickets no longer get access to the Metropolitan Lounge. LOSSAN, the joint powers authority that operates the Surfliner, paid Amtrak for Surfliner Buissiness Class customers to access the Metropolitan Lounge and the...

I remember when I road the Canadian back in 2012 Lights stayed on in the coach dome, were off in the only Sleeper (Parc Car) Dome (I rode the Canadian in March).

Not always, on a recent trip on the Silver Star at Raliegh a bunch of us nearly got left behind when the crew paid no attention and just started closing doors to the coaches, no double whistle, no call of All Aboard. It was strange, my sleeping car attendant was worried about me as I walked...

I just booked an open Sleeper Ticket. I got a competent but new (she said she started in December) agent, said she had never heard of paper value tickets and was able to issue me an eTicket as an open sleeper. Here's (redacted reservation information) what they look like (personal information...

I need to book an open sleeper ticket to join a friend on a pre-purchased roomette in a couple of weeks. I thought it would be easier to just go my local Amtrak station, South Bend, where at least pre-pandemic the normal agent was super knowlegable, instead of dealing with Amtrak's phone tree...

Thanks for sharing the Wikipedia article stating that it was suspended on March 19, 2011. I spent a lot of time traveling riding trains in British Columbia in September-October 2011, did a full circle North Vancouver-Whistler-Quesnel-Jasper Bus tour down to Banff-Kamloops-Vancouver Rocky...

It hasn't been this way for ages if your stopovers were less than 24 hours, this only used to happen if your stopover was more than 24 hours. It used to be if you were stopping over for less than 24 hours (the route needed more than 1 train a day) the stopover used to be free! I can think of...

Bumping this thread because it appears that this definitely hasn't been fixed, and I'm finally considering some Amtrak trips with short layovers to get more content for my website SubwayNut.com and am feeling disappointed. Has anyone tried to book a multi-city ticket with a less than 24 hour...

Missing from you're Adirondack boarder description (I think, my main memory was in 2008): US-bound anyone without a US or Canadian passport was sent to the cafe care for further processing. Canada didn't due to this and I remember a British man being taken off the train by CBSA (saying I was...

Yah my last trip on the Adirondack was in February 2016 going northbound I'm pretty sure I had a seat mate the who way with two full Amfleet II coaches. Southbound my trick would be to get off in Yonkers (I used to live in Northern Manhattan). I still remember when I first took the Adirondack...

Also the Capitol Limited has two coaches tonight. Found out when they announced that the restrooms in one of them are broken.

Thanks it did! Well we lost 13 minutes departing Chicago. So not too bad. The lower level seats are empty and quiet with maybe 5 of us total (at least a couple others going to South Bend)

I just boarded the Capitol Limited in Chicago around 5:00pm when I was feeling peopled out at my conference I checked the app. The 5:50pm Wolverine was sold-out. The Capitol Limited had released some lower-level seats and I was able to book one, never been so happy to pay the high bucket $38...

Wow, thanks for the all of the support everyone! I had no idea just how short the Capitol Limited has become just 3 cars (plus a baggage??) and only ONE coach. I can't think of ever taking it pre-pandemic with less than 3 coaches. Although once they stuck everyone going to South Bend in the...