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Keep your eyes open for Bald Eagles. They live on the cliff and fish in the Upper Klamath Lake. I hope you get moving soon.

My wife and I will be getting on the CZ in WNN on Wednesday evening. I'll try to post from the Lounge in Chicago about where the sleepers are.

My wife and I have a very long day booked for May 31. We board the LSL in Erie PA about 2AM ET in Business Class seats to Chicago. We spend several hours in Chicago before getting on the CZ in coach. We ride in coach as far as Omaha (about 11 PM CT). We have a sleeper booked from Omaha all the...

I had a very interesting ride from New Orleans to Slidell many years ago. Amtrak changed the schedule while i was on my long Rail Pass trip. I got dropped off at NOL about 10 minutes after the Crescent had left the station. One of the station attendants had me load my luggage in an Amtrak...

There is a good bus service all year long from Glenwood Springs to Aspen (41 miles). https://www.rfta.com/ For skiing closer to the route of the CZ check out Winter Park/Fraser

My favorite stop on the CZ is Glenwood Springs. I have actually seen someone swimming in the world's largest hot spring fed swimming pool in December. Unless you want to stay at the Isaac Walton Inn, try getting off in Whitefish, MT which has a greater selection of places to stay. If you...

Less than a mile west of South Station is the Boston HI Hostel. https://www.hihostels.com/search/hostels?view=map&guests=1&q=Boston%2C+USA&d=0010 Dorm rooms from $45 and private Queen rooms from $189.

Amtrak went above and beyond to get my laptop back to me. Somehow I didn't put it back in my bag when I was changing clothes in the bathroom. It was handed to a Conductor on the EB whose stop was at MSP. I got a call in CHI before I was to board the LSL for CLE. I was renting a car in Cleveland...

My wife and I stayed at the Meadow lake Lake Resort a few years ago in November. The resort staff picked us up at the Whitefish station. The next morning Enterprise brought us a car at the resort (Columbia Falls). We had to take the driver back to the Kalispell airport. We were allowed to leave...

My favorite HI hostel in all of North America is the Victorian mansion at the NW corner of 10th & H across the street from City Hall. They have dorm rooms and some private rooms. For breakfast if they are open, try Jim Denny's on 12th St. between H and I. They are famous for the "hubcap with...

The "average" speed of the Phoebe Snow was 42.4 MPH. Several times i went with my dad to pick up my great aunt about 4 PM in Elmira NY. http://www.streamlinerschedules.com/concourse/track3/phoebe196412.html

See if this plan works for you. Can you drive a rental car? Pay cash for Los Angeles to Albuquerque on the SWC. Rent the car in ABQ and go back for Gallup, Flagstaff, Winslow and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. Return the car in Albuquerque and start your 45 day USA Railpass. SWC from ABQ to...

Places I have started long distance train trips from : Washington DC (2001), Toronto Ontario (cousin took me to TWO), Spokane WA, Albany OR Chemult OR, Klamath Falls OR and Burbank CA. Return trips from Kissimmee FL, Tucson AZ, Galesburg IL, Churchill Manitoba and Newhall CA. My trip next...

Take #541 Capitol Corridor from SAC to EMY It leaves SAC at 2:10PM. If the CZ is late, it will be ahead. If the CZ is early they discharge and go onward without worry.

Oregon Pioneer - Next month My wife and I are driving to Winnemucca to board the CZ to Chicago on points. From Chicago we take the LSL in Business Class seats to Erie PA. Renting from Enterprise earning points. Driving all the way to the coast of Maine and back through PA returning the car late...

Coming from Oregon, the CS arrives in Sacramento at about 6:15AM. The bus to Stockton leaves SAC shortly after 8AM connecting to the SJ southbound. Where are you going in the Inland Empire?

If you were not in a hurry to get to NYP, you could take Business Class from Chicago to Buffalo arriving about 9AM. Get off in Buffalo and have about 4 hours to see Niagara Falls before getting on the Maple Leaf #66 to NYP. The Maple Leaf has Business Class seats to NYP if you like them.

Did anyone else notice that the #4 length route is the Sunset Limited from ORLANDO to Los Angeles? How many stations has Amtrak remodeled or replaced in the past 12 years? I like what they did to my home station of Chemult Oregon.

We had a strange case which delayed the southbound CS in Oregon this week. Someone (perhaps minor) was to get off in Chemult into the care of (maybe custody) an adult. The adult didn't show up. The conductor decided that the person would remain on the train until Klamath Falls where they would...

The second (newer) location of Pierogi Heaven is on S Franklin less than a block south of Jackson Blvd. It is closer to Union station than the location on N. Wells.