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Tumbleweed is right. Cheeriness begets cheeriness.

This is only anecdotal, as are all the other messages in this thread, but on my last four LD trips (Chief, Capitol Ltd., City of New Orleans, Texas Eagle) the crews were almost uniformly first-rate, both in the sleepers and in the dining car. I do think things are getting better, thanks perhaps...

Hope it's not too late . . . Was I you, I'd board the train and take the seat to which you are assigned by the conductor. Then go through the cars and find your significant other. Announce your presence so that the other passengers can overhear. Give her a big kiss if possible. Then say "Maybe...

I learned the hard way to close and LOCK the sleeper room door while sleeping. For years I had always left it unlocked at night because I am deaf and worried about conductors or security people knocking on the door to no answer. But then one night on No. 5 the rocking slid the door open in the...

Having ridden both the Chief and the Zephyr, I'll always vote for the latter because its scenery is unbeatable. But the Chief is an excellent train and its route has its sights. You will not be disappointed choosing either. If you are not morbidly obese, you will find the roomettes quite...

For a listing of "love shacks" (actually resorts from simple to posh) try www.800poconos.com. The region seems still to be popular with honeymooners from New York and New Jersey.

Could that 10 be the August date of departure for that particular 92? Does Amtrak identify its trains with such symbols as (8)5 or (9)21? I seem to remember something like this but . . .

Yes. We need to return to our roots, such as the debate whether the Broadway Limited was a better train than the Twentieth Century Limited. Heh-heh.

Dear me, the Mac vs. PC culture wars seem to have crept into this forum on little commando feet.

But how would a LSA know who a patron is? Just to look at me, a LSA wouldn't know that I'm profoundly deaf and speak funny (think bathtub pipes and muddy enunciation) . . . only that I'm an old guy and maybe would fit best with other old guys and gals. (But that would be ageist, wouldn't it?)...

The Evanston departure is convenient for me, too -- I live there. Of course, there's this looooooong smoking stop at a place called Chicago Union Station.

The Acela first class menu sounds very appealing to me -- but I can understand why it might not attract the steak-and-potatoes, burgers-and-fries folks. Still, it's smart of Amtrak to market this cuisine to the sophisticated business-suit crowd that rides Acela First. Sometimes the vegetarian...

Pray tell us what the entrees are. Thank you and much obliged.

I'm Henry Kisor because I can always remember it. At my advanced age every little thing helps.

Because the QuikTrax machines and the human ticket agents are just a step away from the CUS Metro Lounge, it would seem overkill to have those things in the lounge itself. NYP probably has far more riders than CUS (someone please correct me if I am wrong) and so it may be more efficient to have...

I've ridden in both kinds of sleeper -- and prefer the Superliner roomettes. It's unpleasant to share a Viewliner roomette with a fellow passenger and that toilet right in the room. There's far less foot traffic on the Superliner's lower level, and since you're closer to the track, there's much...

For a projected new and updated edition of my book "Zephyr: Tracking a Dream Across America," I'd like to contact the members of the crew, both operating and on-board service, featured in that book to re-interview them. If any Amtrak OBS and engine crew read this forum and think they might be...