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Ahh, the app. We have just completed the first leg of a four-leg trip, and now the rest of the legs aren't showing. Have others experienced this as well? Sounds like a programming flaw... Well, think I figured it out. When looking at my paper/eticket, I noticed that our AGR numbers weren't...

Cool! Someone from Sanderson on this site!

So (repeating myself) I was told by a conductor on the Cardinal that there are no longer flag stops. Because of programming for PTC, trains observe the old flag stops as regular stops. So, therefore I assume (risky) that the PTC has to be reprogrammed when East Glacier opens and also when it...

Not spending money on printed marketing materials is penny-wise but pound foolish.

One of these days, I will organize my old timetables...

Anyone need images of older timetables? Here you go: https://juckins.net/amtrak_timetables/archive/home.php

The old timetables (remember those?) used to show flag stops, which meant that the train would not stop unless there was a passenger to pick up or discharge. Last October 2021, I didn't expect the Cardinal to stop in Thurmond WV. It did stop (barely) and the conductor told us that the flag...

Sounds like the "diner" car on the Texas Eagle.

Amazon might be cheaper. Here's the link to the publisher's website: https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/book/01214

That only provides a webform to send email, as far as I can see.

The Internet ssys 400 N Capitol St NW, Washington DC 20001 If that's not current, more research is in order.

One can still visit Whistler (and Quesnel) on Rocky Mountaineer. It's called "Rain Forest to Gold Rush." And it's part of this circle tour: https://www.rockymountaineer.com/train-routes/classic-rail-circle

Yes, it's the peak summer travel season. Single coach passengers are being told to keep the "empty" seat next to them clear, there will be a full train. Rooms are full. In an ideal world, they would just add cars to increase capacity, but that would require available trained on board services...

Reason for late arriving equipment: east of Elko NV in single-track territory, a UP freight broke down with coupler failure. Crewman sprained ankle durin repair attempt, and assistance had to come from SLC. Neither 5 or 6 could pass. 5 arrived NINETEEN hours late, and the crew got #6 ready and...

17 hours late into Emeryville, same broken coupler freight impacted both east- and westbound CZs. Today's EMY departure moved from 9:10 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. So far.

Slightly off-topic but related to this: We were onboard the westbound Canadian on March 14, 2020 when the crew were advised that the train would remain in Vancouver, and they would be sent back to Winnipeg by bus or plane. The train was 12 hours late, we missed and rebooked the southbound...

Aren't there ATM machines in a few places? A major credit card got me Euros and Forints (Hungary) with no problem. Yes, there was a fee, but I didn't have to deal with a bank.

And if you set up automatic charges on the BOA card, don't forget to notify those companies once you apply for and receive the new card of the new account number. Otherwise the automatic charges go on the BOA card and you won’t earn Amtrak points for those charges.

No, but commomly it's the bank's call. They do not normally send out cards that are not requested, and they usually want to do a credit check. Your experience that you had to reapply last time is an indication of what will happen this time as well. And I could be totally surprized, but I'll...

Flash flooding in west Texas is quite possible. Sanderson (once a crew change location, now seldom used) got a lot of damage some years back: https://cbbs.sulross.edu/cbbs-publication/sanderson-flood/