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Well the Miami Airport made the platform too short for Amtrak to not be able to stop without blocking a grade-crossing

The most obvious stop that reminds me of Boston is Stockton since San Joaquin Trains going to and from Oakland stop at one station and trains going to and from Sacramento stop at the ACE (former UP station). Sacramento will also soon have a second station if a few San Joaquin trains start using...

Service to Grimsby still won't be restored since only the Maple Leaf stops there and not GO Transit.

I saw the Big Game train P42 locomotive in Los Angeles when I was there back in December (2019): http://subwaynut.com/california/metrolink/union_station_trains/union_station_trains52.jpg

I don't think you can or should legally leave the train and head to the market right now due to COVID-19 Quarenteen restrictions from the New Mexico Department of Health https://cv.nmhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Executive-Order-2020-054-2.pdf it requires anyone entering the state from...

I recommend checking out this really interesting podcast "Derailed" from Wisconsin Public Radio on the history of the never realized Milwaukee to Madison train and the historical politics behind this: Derailed Great news about the Golf Coast and second Chicago-Minneapolis Train, that corridor...

The City of Valpo also administers the Chicago DASH bus service (its operated by Royal Excursion a major regional charter bus operator) that makes 5 daily round-trip to and from the loop. That to me feel like the direct predecessor of the former Valpo Commuter trains that Amtrak incredibly ran...

The Disneyland Express was actually just discontinued on January 7, 2020 https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201912/7173/ The main families it catered to would be those with little kids that would require car seats for a taxi or rideshare, which I know exist but can be complicated to find...

I second just taking the Chief to Fullerton and taking a taxi or rideshare (at most $20 bucks), to the Disneyland Hotel. There's is zero reason to change trains and get yourself to the Artic Anaheim Intermodal station since it's only 2 miles closer to the Disneyland Hotel which is 5.4 miles from...

I had really good luck with a carefully worded email a few months about describing the situation when our bag wasn't loaded onto the train in Chicago and there was a fill-in agent in South Bend who didnt fill out the proper missing baggage paperwork that also included a commendation for the...

Ate at the Goridanos Pizza place on Jackson last night, before taking the Lake Shore home. They had signs up that they will be open on Thanksgiving Day.

What's funny in the airline industry is that for the ULLCs Frontier, Spirit, and Allegiant tickets are actually cheaper when purchased at the airport. This is for tax reasons, these airlines charge a Passenger usage fee or Electronic Carrier Usage Charge that's between $13.00 and $19.00 for a...

I haven't boarded the Zephyr in Denver in long time but both in the pre renovation Union Station and at the temporary station that was in use while Union Station was under construction was a large wooden desk that said Coach on one side and Sleepers on the other. The conductors who were taking...

I live in South Bend and we left our older car at the station for a 10 day trip a few months ago. It was fine We just got a new (much nicer) gently used car and have agreed that we wouldn't leave it at the Amtrak Station for an extended period of time. The airport costs $9 a day for parking. We...

The Coast Starlight also uses different tracks between just south of the Oakland Coleseum Station and just north of the Fremont station. This more western track used by the Coast Starlight rejoins the main Capitol Corridor line before it looks like there the right switches to get trains onto the...

The Hiawatha is an unreserved train. That has slightly higher pricing on the trains that commuters use to make round-trips to and from Chciafo.

I remember being denied a lunch reservation in coach on the EB Lake Shore Limited. I never saw a dining car attendant and the seating process felt vague. I went went to the diner as we were leaving SYR to ask about a lunch reservation, and was told, were full I dont have any more seatings.

My most frequent Amtrak segment these days is the Lake Shore or Capitol from Chicago to South Bend for the quick 90 minute journey home, my girlfriend and I are not ones to aggressively stand in line or be pushy (I haven't ridden a train in the Northeast with her yet and then I might make her be...

Indiana is funding some commuter rail. NICTD's got its Double Tracking project for the South Shore Line from Gary to Michigan City fully funded. http://www.doubletrack-nwi.com

Sitting in the Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago, luckily waiting to connect the Southwest Chief. The Zephyr #5 scheduled to depart Chicago today (3/17) has been canceled. Around Noon they announced the train wouldn't continue to Denver, about 10 minutes later, they announce the train would be...