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The Cascades north of Everett and San Joaquins from Stockton to Sacramento also have no rail service, although there is bus service. In addition, the Maple Leaf beyond Niagara Falls has no Amtrak service, although the only stations without service in that case are in Canada and most have GO...

Yes, unless the LSL were to miss the connection in Chicago that would virtually always be the fastest, as the SWC is about 20 hours faster than the TE. However, if traveling eastbound the SWC to CL to Pennsylvanian is slightly faster than SWC to LSL if both options are close to on time.

Actually 301 will be the black "Day 1" livery. The "mignight blue" livery is being applied to a P42.

I typically do 5 LD trips a year and about as many on the midwestern corridor trains. Living in Chicago, I take an annual trip to Florida, 1-2 other trips to the east coast, 1-2 trips to the west coast, and the occasional random trip to somewhere else. I've also gotten the 15 day rail pass twice...

That's a good goal; IMO the experience is better on those trains anyway. Even though they're obviously longer, the logistics are also easier since they tend to end in major cities and you can plan loop trips. In my experience the hardest ones to ride just to essentially check off the list are...

It you ride the Metra Milwaukee District North Line to Fox Lake you're only missing 49 miles. I'm personally working on riding all of the existing Amtrak route miles. Right now I'm at 92.85% by my calculations. Once I do the Sunset Limited from New Orleans to San Antonio in August, I'll...

Since 2012 when I started keeping track, I have traveled 118,839 miles. While I traveled some before then on Amtrak, it likely amounts to less than 5,000 miles. My travel has picked up a lot since March 2017, as that was soon after my 16th birthday so I was able to travel on Amtrak alone at that...

Yes, fares are dynamic so the price may go up. I'm not sure as to the parking question.

It has to do with the time change, which can result in certain stations being shifted from one calendar day to another. This is more problematic with daily service, as the stations may have multiple trains in the same direction on the same day, hence the different train number is necessary to...

I believe that was the case before the stimulus passed. While I don't remember the exact date, I did some dummy bookings about a month ago and the Hiawatha was scheduled to return to it's full schedule in May.

In addition to the return to more traditional dining, will the lounges also be returning to more standard operation? While this hasn't had much impact on the western trains, the CL has been running without a SSL and the seating in the cafe on single level LDs has been operating as take-out only...

Even though the daily schedule has now been uploaded into the booking system, there are still adjustments that need to be made. Many connections are still not available to book on certain days, so I would assume that is a similar case and those trains will actually have sleeping cars.

I've heard rumors from employees about restoration as of June 1st. Assuming this passes in the next week it would definitely have to happen by mid June.

Apparently the draft bill from the Senate increased the funding for Amtrak from the $1.5 billion allocated in the House bill to $1.7 billion. $150 million of the extra funding is specific to the NEC...

The seats are flipped manually by the employees. I traveled on 421 in August and all the seats were flipped just prior to arrival in San Antonio.

The Auto Train is an exception since every reservation must be associated with a vehicle and vehicles must be checked in at least 90 minutes before departure time. Therefore, in effect the true departure time is 2:30 since if you arrive any time after then you have missed the train.

Bringing the thread back on topic, how is this stimulus going to impact state-supported service? I know it was discussed early in the thread that it would allow the states to bill the federal government for their portion of the cost, but is this likely to result in increased service or just...

I currently have a trip booked next week on the CZ from Chicago to Richmond, but due to a change in plans, Emeryville would now be the better station to get off at. Would the conductor likely allow me to stay on until Emeryville without changing my ticket? It appears Richmond is a discharge only...

This was the proposed schedule as of Summer 2019.

I think it could make sense to have a split train which serves both, but Chicago seems like the more logical option if it's one or the other. The Chicago region has roughly twice the population of the Detroit region, and a Chicago train would likely serve Indianapolis as well. The role of...