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Thanks for the information. Portland has vowed to clean up its homeless camps. Hopefully they will. https://is.gd/f2rJNx A suggestion, in the above link, for taking Uber or Lyft to and from the station. Is that a good idea? Is there an absence of taxi's in front of the station? The nice...

Must have been fun to see the telegraph office. I have spoken, in the past, with at least one ham operator who used to work as a railroad telegraph operator He said it took some time to lean to copy from those old sound boxes ("railroad code") as he called it. I am trying to think; there...

I haven't heard of of any plans for a connection between Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada. That would be interesting. If the Front Range project goes to Pueblo, CO could it also connect Pueblo with La Junta and the SW Chief?

I have some plans, next summer, for a trip to Whitefish, MT. My plan is to fly to Portland then pick up the Empire Builder for the trip to Whitefish. However, because of the "sketchy neighborhood", as you put it, with panhandlers and homeless about, I was thinking of leaving from Vancouver...

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I wonder if it might be possible for Amtrak to run a pilot test regarding having a 2nd run, in each direction, for a long distance train. I've read many posts, on this and on other railroad forums, suggesting a 2nd train could produce a significant enhancement in revenue as well as be popular...

Yes, LGB are considered G scale, today. They are 1:22.5 scale, 45 mm. The company started producing LGB trains in Nuremberg , Germany in 1968. They have been popular with people setting up outdoor model trains. Marklin may make them, today, but I'm not sure. Thanks for the info on the...

My sister has an old LGB guage train set, which she hauls out, every Christmas, to place around the Christmas tree. Her train is in need of repair and she has had trouble locating a model train shop that repairs LGB's. Her train still doesn't run. I've also been thinking about an LGB train...

Very interesting. From the article: "Because of the ICC and the passage of the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890, railroads in that era were subject to far more regulation and antitrust enforcement than railroads face today. That’s one big reason why late-19th- and early-20th-century rail tycoons...

I enjoyed the video. I get a magazine called "Northwest Travel and Life" which covers popular travel destinations in the Northwest. A few years ago the magazine had an article on Albany. OR: https://is.gd/74bSzJ It looks like a fun town to visit. Especially for sampling food from local...

Upon retirement, I often thought of an Amtrak trip around the perimeter of the US. The Amtrak Rail Pass doesn't included sleepers, and I couldn't make such a long journey in coach. If I traveled Bay Area (Martinez) - Seattle - Chicago - New York - New Orleans - Los Angeles - Bay Area and if I...

If you go to the Alaska Airlines website, it does show a once a day flight from Seattle to Wenatchee as well as a return flight. https://is.gd/OpwG5P Flight 2155 for SEA and Wenatchee:. Leaves Seattle at 11:30 AM and arrives in Wenatchee at 12:23 PM. For the return, flight number 2155 (same...

I'm also a senior who travels alone. Although more expensive, I usually book a bedroom rather than a roomette. The Viewliner roomette has a toilet but the Superliner roomette does not. The Superliner bedroom does have a toilet. I don't like to have to get up and leave a sleeper, in the...

Thanks for posting the thread. Interesting. However, on the down side, it would eliminate my favorite segment of the Coast Starlight route, from Klamath through the lower Cascades to Eugene. Traveling in the early morning northbound and around sunset southbound.

I always wondered if it would have been possible for the Coast Starlight to follow Highway 5, south from Eugene, to Medford. Then take a route along either the present day highway 140 or 62 from Medford to Klamath Falls. It would make possible stops at Roseburg, Grants Pass, as well as...

https://is.gd/pyJybH I wonder if we will keep hearing that long distance Amtrak trains are a big money loser. From the article: "revenue on the long-distance network in 2022 was up by $113 million, or 23%, over 2019, the last “normal,” or pre-pandemic year. In contrast, both Northeast...

I would like to see a significant upgrade in Amtrak's Superliner and Viewliner lounge cars. Not only should they be available on most all Amtrak trains, but it could get the ball rolling for an actual Amtrak concern for passenger amenity upgrades and resulting revenue increases. Expand lounge...

I had a girlfriend, a long time ago, who lived in Yachats. I've never been there but it looks like a great place for a getaway vacation. I may take you up on the Eugene-Florence connector bus. This past summer, when I got to the train station in Eugene, there were no taxi's at the station. l...

Here is a link to some of the interesting and historic small towns in Oregon: https://is.gd/RekIUJ I've been to Sisters (back in July) and Cottage Grove. I've never been to Brownsville, Jacksonville, or Shaniko. Has anyone? I have always wanted to see Jacksonville. One of these days, I...

********************************************************* I think I will play it safe and bring a deli sandwich with me. If there is something edible on the cold plate, such as fresh fruit, it would be a supplement to the sandwich. The RPA Amtrak timetable says the eastbound Builder gets...