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Please challenge me if I am wrong. I lived in California (Orange County) from 1970-1976 and have very little knowledge of its development since. But it would be my opinion that Amtrak will have an overnight sleeper SFO-LAX on the day the sun explodes.

Anderson: Trying to stay on point of this thread, but thank you for referencing the above link with all those details. Yes, I was there (not on the specific day of the incident) as Buffalo Bluff Creek trestle on the St. John's River was a favorite place of mine to watch Amtrak (from my truck...

The incident to which I referred in Palatka FL I think was 30+ years ago in December 1989. Amtrak was found guilty of "commercial littering", but how this incident played in future issues of waste dumping is unknown to me. I only remember the incident because it was big news locally (I lived...

cassie225: With all due respect to Amtrak and with service levels on some, most, or even all long distance trains at what may be a 50+ year low point, what train should one be recommending to a new rider? Is there one out there that experiencing the least service issues? Maybe some of the...

Rasputin: So glad to see someone else invoke the name W. Graham Claytor, Jr. He was, indeed, my railroad idol and would be so, so unhappy at the current operating status of "his" train. I had the rare opportunity of meeting Mr. Claytor twice: once as a passenger on the Crescent; and a second...

tricia: Agreed, and I will avoid jumping on my soapbox as I might have in the past about the current "status" of all things with the Crescent. I have nearly or over 60 years as a passenger on the Crescent and I agree with your assessment of confused and I, too, am sad about it. I am wanting to...

I viewed this video recently. What do you suppose this passenger was thinking when he climbed aboard the outside of a moving train. I mean, he dropped his food purchase, and now he has nothing to eat when the train reaches speed? There is another Virtual Rail video from Ashland VA where a...

In travelling passenger rails for over 60 years now, my only first hand observation was in April 1993 on #2 eastbound from NOL on what I think was only the third trip since service was restored NOL-MIA. I was in the sleeper (last car on the train). Train arrived in station Tallahassee, stopped...

Bob Dylan: Just scanning the various posts today. This one of yours reminds me of those happier days gone by on the Crescent. I have been a passenger on the Crescent (and the Southerner, etc.) since 1966. I actually think my very first trip was a "safety patrol boy" trip (coaches) Columbus...

blueman271: You know what I considered the best thing about the Silver Palm service was it offered a guaranteed connection to a bus to the Keys at the Amtrak MIA station. We did the trip I think 3 times SAV to Key Largo (we liked Key Largo). The arrival and departure times in SAV were a bit...

Three offhand comments from a former Florida resident (I lived there for 34 years before moving back to Georgia): 1. The Silver Comet was a SAL New York-Richmond-Atlanta-Birmingham train and should be remembered that way. It should never go to Florida. Bring back The Silver Palm if you have...

I am aware that the return of the sleepers to 65/66/67 was relatively short lived with the temporary discontinuance of the entire train. Now the train in returned without a sleeper. I am curious. Is there anyone on this forum in the know officially or unofficially regarding the relative...

Your post, McLeansvilleAppFan, reminded me of those wonderful days in the early 2000's when there were a few "parlor" cars still left operating on some trains. I know there was one on the morning departure from Newport News-Williamsburg VA to New York (probably not so on the Carolinian)...

I had not noticed or read the entire contents of this thread before today. In my years as a railfan since the 1960's, that April day in 1993 when the Sunset made its first trip extended NOL-MIA to me was a great day for a railfan--first service on those tracks since before 1970 (I don't...

With all the current hullabaloo about traditional dining and flex dining, these posts remind me of a "just to ride the trains" trip I made back in October 2018 SAV-WAS-SAV when 91/92 Silver Star did, in fact, NOT have a diner but lower sleeping car fares. Easy to plan since boarding in SAV was...

I noticed that the Amtrak website and booking engine would allow sleeping car reservations on the Silver Meteor resuming 10/03/2022. Could those of you who seem to be the most knowledgeable of the Silvers scheduling comment on this actually happening. As a railfan for my entire 74 years of...

crescent2: I, too, anxiously await the NTSB's report. It has been my opinion that the NTSB does a very highly professional job in collating the facts to a respectable conclusion. Their current chairman, Jenifer Homendy, has always been an Amtrak advocate BUT she has been critical at times when...

I am not really a Disney movie fan, but I wanted to see this character--and I did so last night. I think she has one or two--if not several--sisters or stepsisters working at some and other locations in the Amtrak system. I apologize for the distraction.

Just a curiosity: Is there a published list of "legal" connecting times in key hub cities in Amtrak? I am sure the times exist as they are obviously a part of the reservation system--perhaps they are unique to each connecting situation. I know when I worked for the C&O station agent in WBG, we...

P.S: It had always been our intention to use the PHL Metropolitan Lounge to wait (using the elevator directly to the platform) as I had done in the past, but the late Acela and close connection made that impossible.