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I am planning a trip on the EB next summer, Portland to Whitefish. I haven't taken train #28 in 15 years. Back then, as #28 has no dining car, they served a cold dinner plate that wasn't very good, to say the least. Has the cold plate meal improved? I am thinking it would be best to pack a...

Or, the reverse. How about an airline calling itself "Northern Pacific". BNSF sues airline over use of ‘Northern Pacific’ - Trains

I believe the "Oriental Limited" got its name due to the train's connection with the steamships, destined for the Orient, at the Seattle shipping docks. There was a brief revival of the "Oriental Limited" in 1946, but the name soon changed to the name, "Western Star". https://is.gd/kTZ6bi...

I am probably dreaming. I wonder if a daylight Cascade train, Seattle to Tr-Cities to Spokane would ever come about, if another daylight Cascade train could connect with that train out of Portland, OR. Have it connect at Pasco.

Not only would a daytime train from Seattle to the Tri-Cities to Spokane be much appreciated and popular, I think it would also garner a high ridership. Especially during the summer months for people travelling to various recreational areas in Washington, Idaho, Montana and British Columbia...

I'm glad to hear more talk of an west to east expansion of the Amtrak Cascades in Washington. https://is.gd/qMdSvi "Expansion of Amtrak type service from Seattle to Spokane via Yakima and the Tri-Cities is projected to perform competitively with other intercity passenger rail corridors even...

I haven't taken the Napa Valley Wine Train in years, but the food and wine are, as you say, top-notch. I think the wine train still has a tavern car which is the last car on the train. It was fun having an adult beverage and watching the scenery go by from the little vestibule just off the...

I wonder what suggestions you could give for dinner train excursions trains around the country. As part of the PBS "Trains Around North America" they showed a number of what appeared to be excellent dinner trains. I remember the "Conway Scenic Railroad" which showed a really nice dining car...

I've never been there, but a friend said he had a great time visiting Telluride, Colorado in the winter on a ski trip. A historic old town (Butch Cassidy robbed a bank, there, in 1889). You could take the Zephyr to Grand Junction, CO, then rent a car for the drive south to Telluride, about a...

Interesting video presentation. Thanks for posting, Mr. Willbridge. I wonder what the schedule would look like if the Pioneer, out of Portland, would return. The old Pioneer route connected with the San Francisco Zephyr at Ogden. If a new Pioneer train should emerge, could it connect with...

https://is.gd/ChmfwL I'm not really optimistic, but it would be nice. Caldwell Idaho is 30 min west of Boise. If they could only go to Ogden, there is a FrontRunner commuter train from SLC up to Ogden. UP passenger station in Boise

I see that the westbound Builder leaves Portage at 6:24 PM. Would your plan be to get off the train and spend the night at another town that same evening, or spend the night on the train then detrain, somewhere, in the morning? If the latter, you have a lot of choices. If your plan is to...

I couldn't agree more. I fly Alaska mostly, and they have a nice graphic where you can see all the seats and which ones are booked and which ones aren't. But, as we can't even get PDF Timetables anymore, on the Amtrak website, maybe it is asking too much.

As one not familiar with most Amtrak trains east of the Mississippi, do any of these trains have reserved seats in business class? The last time I took the Cascades, no such thing.

I see Minnesota has killed the proposed "Northern Lights Express" train from Duluth to St. Paul/Minneapolis: https://is.gd/Iqryo1

An interesting article on the differences between business class on a VIA train and on an Amtrak train: https://is.gd/z03PPR

The Seaboard Airline all-Pullman "Orange Blossom Special, according to Beebe/Clegg, was one the most prestigious passenger trains ever. https://is.gd/WriRpR My favorite name for a train was CB&Q's "Nightcrawler", which ran from Billings to Casper to Cheyenne to Denver. It would be nice to...

I tried to use my cell phone on my last trip on the Coast Starlight. The dead spots seemed to be Sacramento to Klamath Falls, and, especially Klamath Falls to Eugene. However, the Starlight does travel through populous areas from LA to Sacramento and Eugene to Seattle. It would seem wi-fi...

Thanks for the info, Jebr. I noticed that other LD trains, such as the SWC and Zephyr are also not on the list. Well, maybe next time I will try to stream audio on my smartphone. .

As a seasoned citizen (meaning I'm old) I'm very much high tech illiterate. I was looking at this list regarding wi-fi availabilty: https://is.gd/VMJ3cW I don't see either the Coast Starlight or Empire Builder listed, which are the two Amtrak's I take most often. Is that still the case? If...