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15 minutes before you get to a station stop is a good time to head upstairs and go to the Viewliner car. A few minutes after the train leaves you can decide if you have a better view from the upper level. You may sleep better in the lower level with a little less sway but maybe more rail noise.

As I remember it, the Sunset Limited leaves Los Angeles at 10PM (after the Coast Starlight arrives) which is long after sunset. You'll catch a sunrise between Yuma and Maricopa.

My wife and I did this on the CZ. Coach from CHI to OMA then Roomette from OMA to Grand Junction CO. We used AGR points for the coach section. It works best at a refueling stop of at least 7 minutes.

A few days ago I did see a Rivian EV charging at the new charging station. My research indicates that only Rivian (not Tesla or any other EV's) can charge there. It is unfortunate that EV producers would build charging networks that only serve their own brand. The other charging stations can...

Crescent Oregon (50 miles south of Bend) is being dragged into the 21st century. In the south end of the Shell station, 8 brand new Rivian charging stations have been installed. I don't know when they will be up and running. I'm guessing that if you are driving on US 97 toward Bend and you are...

The Pittsburgh station is horrible when compared to the Harrisburg station. They need a waiting room at track level with access to baggage claim. The "pit" in Pittsburgh often has every seat filled in the waiting room filled while waiting for the often late westbound CapLtd to arrive. When it...

In late May the CS that I was on arrived about 45 minutes early (5:30AM). I waited around the station for awhile and then headed for the Fox & Goose restaurant south of the capitol. I was sitting at an outside table at 7AM when they opened. Great English breakfast.

If someone wants to rent a car along the coastal route riding a Surfliner train or the Coast Starlight, the Burbank stop is directly across the street from the Burbank airport entrance (walking distance). Avelo Airlines uses Burbank as its west coast hub with many cheap flights to various...

The northbound CS stopped in K-Falls for its 10-15 minute stop for refueling and engineer change. Someone in coach ticketed to KFS didn't know we were in KFS. The train made an unscheduled stop in Chiloquin and they had a taxi waiting for him at a crossing.

Since you want to see Yosemite, Get off the San Joaquin train in Fresno. Take a taxi to the Fresno airport (FAT) and rent a car there. I didn't have any luck finding a car rental in downtown Fresno. There is also a bus service from Fresno (and Merced) (YARTS) if you could score lodging in...

Do you for sure need an SUV or will something smaller work? I have rented cars in Newhall (NHL) to visit family in the area. Enterprise will pick you up at the Newhall bus stop which is also a local train station. Why not just go to Sacramento on the San Joaquin and spend the night in...

If you want to avoid Maryland, DC and Delaware, you can get off the Capitol Limited in PGH and ride the Pennsylvanian all the way to Philadelphia. The Pennsylvanian is a single level train that goes across Pennsylvania in daylight so you don't need a sleeper.

For those who may not know the proper pronunciation of Yachats it is ya-HOTS. My favorite town on the northern Oregon coast is Seaside. Just off the "prom" in Seaside is a memorial where members of the "Corps of Discovery" boiled seawater to make 3 bushels of salt to preserve their elk meat for...

No. The route out of Sandpoint goes south over a long bridge across Lake Pend Orelle and runs along US 95 before turning west to get into Spokane. There is a bridge across the river to Newport but the spurs all end.

My profile picture shows the "waiting room" for my home station in Chemult Oregon. Often there are no sleeping car passengers boarding or alighting from the Coast Starlight at CMO. There are usually less than 10 people getting off or getting on northbound or southbound. There was a lot of money...

I have made several visits to Yuma over the past 10 years. I have attended the Southwest Arizona Geocaching events that are(were) held in February. Sadly this event will not continue. I also have rented a car and walked across the border into Los Algonones for some dental work and to find some...

Several years ago I was on the SWC in New Mexico and went to the dining car for breakfast. I and two other gentlemen were seated at a table with Mark Murphy who was at that time the vice president in charge of long distance routes. He was on his way from Chicago to a rail meeting in Los Angeles...

One trick that you might try would be to book the sleeper of your choice from EMY to Omaha and then move to coach for the remainder of the trip to GBB. The eastbound Zephyr is in Omaha about dawn and is in Galesburg about noon.

Twice I have gotten off the eastbound LSL at ERI early in the morning (about 7AM). The station/waiting room closes within a half hour after the train arrives. I waited out on the bench outside until I could call for my Enterprise rental car to pick me up. On the return trip I dropped of the...

I'm back here in Oregon ready to say that my trips on the blue line on 5/26 and 6/1 were uneventful. Even though they say to get off at the Clinton stop to go to Union Station, it is very difficult to get a 38 lb. suitcase and a backpack up over 100 steps to get up to the street. I did treat...