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    Error? Not charged for one of my segments?

    I've seen this before, multiple-times too on multi-segment Reservations. You definately don't have to worry about it! I think it's basically telling you that if you use the first or earlier segmenst and decide not to use or ride the second segment you won't get a refund because all the value's...
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    Transport Companys' handling of Daylight Saving Time

    The train will sit for an hour in the middle of the night (if it's running on time) closest to 2:00am
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    #48(30) joins the whack-a-vehicle party :(

    Downtown Elkhart (by the Amtrak station) on Main Street has a sign with a blinking light that tells motorists to use the Benham Avenue underpass one block away when a train is blocking it.
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    #48(30) joins the whack-a-vehicle party :(

    There is some funding to do that, such as the Indiana Local TRAX program that has fully funded the elimination of 3 grade-crossings (by building two new bridges) on the Lake Shore Route in Elkhart, IN
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    USA Rail Passes

    My most memorable Canadian customs stop on the northbound Adirondack was when CBSA kicked off a Brit, they took him off the train all I heard him say was "I was mistaken" when he thought going to Canada he was planning to spend just a few days there before flying back to the states would reset...
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    Amtrak Transportation voucher

    It's been going on since at least the end of 2019. I used a $50 Transportion Voucher (received when our checked baggage wasn't loaded onto the train in Chicago and the resulting saga when the fill-in agent didn't do the proper paperwork in South Bend, we got our bag back the next day) on a $49...
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    Greyhound USA sold to FlixMobility

    Copies aren't posted at stations anymore they tell you to scan a QR code and assume you have a smart phone.
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    Greyhound USA sold to FlixMobility

    Disney World Transportation doesn't publish timetables and people rely on it on their vacations...The Mouse knows how to run a Transit System in its own unique way. Airlines haven't published a printed timetable in years eaither, nore do a some large transit agencies, Amtrak and the LIRR comes...
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    Greyhound USA sold to FlixMobility

    That's excellent to hear. It's super important that these services still accept cash. There was a period of time (2012 to 2015 at least, I haven't ridden Greyhound or any of its interline carriers since 2016) when it was cheaper (saved a couple bucks in service fees) to book a ticket online, get...
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    Greyhound USA sold to FlixMobility

    The main thing I hope they don't dismantle is Greyhound's ticket system and most importantly Interlining agreements with local carriers (that primarily operate as subsidized services using 5310 Intercity bus funds that states have to spend on bus service to underserved communities) that...
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    Midwest Rail Plan Final Report

    There is still a connection a Thurway bus leaves St. Louis for Carbondale at 11:30pm to connect to the southbound CONO, Northbound Arrives St. Louis at 5:30am
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    Canadian border to open in November

    The Toronto Blue Jays were allowed (after starting their season at their Spring Training facility in Florida), then moving to Buffalo in June and July (where their triple A farm team plays, in a stadium that was built with the intention of wooing a major league Team), before getting special...
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    VIA New Corridor Trains - 2021 - 2024 Updates

    Really wish I could have gotten some photos of these two trainsets rolling on the CN line that's right near my house. Sounds like it was the middle of the night so I didn't miss much. Would love if there was an easy way to track these passenger equipment moves.
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    Hypothetical High Platform Superliner Replacements

    I have similar feelings about the Superliners, growing up in New York City I road Amtrak regularly within the Northeast, (always on the single-level fleet). A moment I'll never forget was when on my first cross-country Amtrak trip from Seattle back to New York (with a couple of stops in coach)...
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    Did I find a timetable error?

    Ottumwa has been a crew change stop for a long time, I've always gotten on and off for fresh air on my California Zephyr trips. It just has never appeared in the timetables with a seperate arrival and departure time.
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    Has anyone here done every (current) Amtrak route, end to end?

    I've taken the MBTA-operated Cape Flyer. I know that in its last season in 1996 I was in the car with my Mom when we picked my Dad up in Hyannis, I was 6 at the time and distinctly remember being completely asleep the entire time we picked him up and drove back the Welfleet where my extended...
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    Is Reno a smoke stop?

    It is definately a smoke stop and crew change point, only question is if they check tickets in the station for boarding passengers which means they might not let her down to the platform (I've only stepped off trains making intermediate stops there, never getting on or off).
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    The 'Ocean'......First Run! (with photos)

    The South Shore Line has flag stops, they are at Beverly Shores, Hudson Lake, and Gary Chicago Airport and you must activate the strobe light. Look at the legened in the timetable (they don't publish 'Fs' by individual trips since their flag stops on all trips), I've gotten on and/or off at all...
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    Using a "Vanity" email address

    I've had issues with my [email protected] (no longer used, the spam was clogging my webserver) e-mail address I used to primarily use for everything. I remember facebook was one of them when I first registered for it back in 2007 shortly before I went to College, back in the days when it...
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    Has anyone here done every (current) Amtrak route, end to end?

    I am also farely close to riding every inch of Amtrak, my exceptions are: -Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg (I have ridden this train betweek Kewanee and Chicago) between Naperville and Quincy -Sunset Limited between Tucson and Houston -Blue Water (section beyond Battle Creek, I've ridden this...
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