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Virtual Railfan is excellent been a supporter for some time. But I found one link (playlist) on YouTube that covers all VR cameras and a few others. Used to be able on VR to switch cameras but I think I remember them saying that YouTube stopped the capability for some reason. Like the LaPlata...

The CZ passes me in/out of DUS daily. That is the "normal" consist for some time now. Occasionally an additional coach, PV or dead-head car bringing up the rear. And watching VR close to the same for the SWC but with and sometimes without the baggage car tacked on the rear. Appears a...

With ya 100%.

Along the lines of trucks. Anheuser-Busch has been running a self-driving 53' tractor-trailer from Ft. Collins, CO to Colorado Springs, CO of Budweiser for quite some time. There is a driver onboard but he does not necessarily sit behind the wheel and can be in the sleeper but awake. To the...

Amtrak crews usually squeegee the windows while at DEN at least for the westbound #5 CZ. Scenery is too beautiful to miss. I have also seen them clean the windows on SWC #3 at ABQ but only once.

That's funny! My dad did a test of airsickness bags for the FAA (I think it was the NAA then) back in the 50's. I remember our ding room table covered with about 50 of them with different levels of water cover it for a week or so. I don't remember if or how many actually leaked. But I was like 5...

Wow. That was awesome! You did some in-depth work on that.

Well I feel most of us in this forum have a better understanding of what the OBS (including Conductors/Assistant Conductors) personnel are faced with on every trip. Such as delays for what seems like very minor reasons. Or that a mechanical/electrical/electronic gremlin is causing equipment...

I have seen (and riden) Superliner cars both sleeper and lounge that were coupled directly behind the locomotive that have had a sheet metal panel attached to the buffer/diaphragm. It definitely helps in minimizing exhaust fumes. As I did do one trip on the PDX leg of the EB where the lounge was...

The ol' Chrysler 225 Slant Six was bullet-proof. One of the most reliable engines ever.

I've always just considered myself as a railfan or Amtrak supporter. As my rail interests are focused on Amtrak and not too much the freight side of railroading. Some freights are interesting such as military equipment, wind power generating blades or Boeing 737-Max bare fuselage movements...

Did room #24 in the Trans/Dorm on the CZ from FMG to EMY. Actually the best roomette I have traveled in. Minimal foot traffic other than shift start/end for crew. And some interesting chats with crew members downstairs.

I am curious as to where Amtrak gets the posted station arrival/departure times that show on Track Your Train? I know transit.com pulls from that database. Not wondering about the train movement since that comes from GPS. But the times that show arrival/departure at each stop. On Track Your...

Originally my CB handle in the late 60's since everyone said I was a crazy driver and should be in a home weaving baskets. Took it as my main email address in the mid-70's when that became the future of communications. Using ever since.

Nah just lookin for 123 Main instead of 321 Main like the 4 of my last 10 deliveries.

Hallelujah! Spent 46 years in it from 1969 to 2015 in one aspect or another. Done passenger and cargo airlines. Ticket agent, gate, bag smasher up flight attendant (steward/stewardess back in the early days). Pickup/delivery of freight to loading aircraft. That is why I hate flying today. My...

Twice at Chicago. The lounge staff was no issue. But the gate agent(s) was a whole different story! Once almost to the point of vicious! Also, one conductor when I boarded at FMG heading west. Attitude of a ticked off crocodile snapping at anything that moved. Luckily she was only on for the one...

Most of the hotels on Tower Road near Denver International airport (DIA) are reasonably priced and several have shuttle service to/from the airport where you can take the A-Train right into Denver Union Station (DUS). There is a Weston ($250+) in the DIA terminal but there is The Crawford Hotel...

Yeah a few million dollars!

Hmmm.... Done westbound 5 times and always had a nice break at Fraser. Even Winter Park back in the day. Done eastbound twice and I know one wasn't a smoke break as we were picking up about 350 pax standing in blizzard and required 4 spots. The other one I don't remember.