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Why not fly to your conference and return by Amtrak to revive

So interesting to see the different locomotive units. Thank yo.

One possible opportunity is Rails With Trails. A bunch of sensitive people seem to think that cyclists are so stupid they will tangle with a moving train. Would you? Would you let your kid? Would trails designers offer that option? Absolutely not. Corridors for everything are hard to...

This is not a reply but a question. Today we are under an extreme heat warning. I have heard that there are concerns when rails experience very high temperatures--they may deflect or warp, etc. Are there measures that railroads take to mitigate the way rail condition may change on very hot or...

I thought that is the role of the Conductor. My great grandfather was a Conductor on the Boston and Maine RR and he was respected for his position as a manager of a system.

On several LD trains, I've seen the Conductor maybe once. I've been told that the Conductor is the boss of the train. If I have a problem with something, I should speak with him/her. What should I do if I need to find the Conductor? How is a passenger supposed to contact the Conductor? I...

My usual Amtrak trip is from FL to Fredericksburg. There are two options for the trip: Silver Meteor or Silver Star. If you pick Silver Star, you need to change trains in Richmond and catch a train that has a stop in Fredericksburg, 30 miles away on the same line. Well, (they explain) ..the...

I get pretty good responses when I carefully compose a point by point letter (no histrionics), edit it to cut it to one page and send it to the President of Amtrak. Attach copies of receipts in sequence. And suggest the remedy you think is reasonable. Send it to the President at the corporate...

Many miles of old Florida rail were built without the formality of right-of-way purchase. I've been told that the legislature more or less went along with reality and allowed the rail lines to have 'easements' so long as the land was used for transportation purposes. When a rail line was...

Yeehaw Junction and, a few miles north, Kenansville, (on US 441) are located along the old FEC line that ran from Edgewater across the St. Johns on a trestle and south to Lake Okeechobee. A friend's father operated a saw mill in Kenansville. When FEC pulled out in the 1940s, the saw mill...

I got some BidUp offers (roomette to bedroom) and suggested starting price of around $250 + suggestion that the starting price was unlikely to succeed..Thought it over--original roomette cost was around $600--trip was overnight and about 15 hours long..Just couldn't make much sense of the...

Gave up and called to reserve. After about a 10 min. wait, I spoke with a person who walked through the reservation prooces. I successfully reserved by train, accommodations and, tentatvely room on car (VL!). Credit card went through and round trip reservation is in place. Just call the...

I'm still trying to make a reservation (one way this time) FL to VA. Got to the right page to continue and --blanked out again. I don't think it's me...

I tried that on 6/30 and again on 7/1. I entered departure, arrival, + dates and got options. Entered the options and then went on to the return trip..Gray'd out, no way to revive the reservation. Makes no sense to me. I suppose that means on line reservations and long waits...No way to...

Has anyone tried to find a way to buy a ticket on the Autotrain or on Amtrak lately? I just tried to see what is available for an Autotrain trip and got into a loop of reservation policies but no way to say this is when I want to go and this is when I want to come back. How much will it cost...

Just sayin' don't look under the beds in my house.

I travel on the Silvers a couple of times a year. I take roomettes. The attendants are generally helpful and sometimes flat wonderful. People grumble about Flex food but it's okay--certainly at least as good as food in the small town where I live. During the pandemic attendants were quick to...

Just rode the Silver Meteor from FL to VA. The train was 1 hr. late at my FL station and about 3 hours late at the VA station. Overnight we had a long pause idling in NC. I was told that the wait was due to freight congestion at the big yard in NC. On the plus side, that allowed relief --...

Just looking around the FDOT and local north Florida planning groups, It's hard to find anything that shows the planners are even discussing passenger rail resumption across N. Florida. Nothing specific about passenger rail in the FDOT long range plan. Nothing in the Tallahassee TPO...

I'm assigned to 12--which may be a VL II. I've never been in a VLII but it seems inconvenient to need to schlep down the hall to use a toilet...esp. at 2AM.