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Our train was 10-20 min behind for most of the trip, but by the time we got to DC the padding made us a few minutes early. That was nice, as it gave me time to get lunch. Union Station felt quite big - I’ve been to Chicago Union Station quite a bit, but Washington’s (which I haven’t been to in...

The Capitol Limited arrived just a tiny bit late - a couple minutes after midnight. Once they started boarding they called for me by name to direct me to my sleeper. Guessing I must have been the only sleeper passenger on in Toledo - funny that happened after being the only Ann Arbor passenger...

Today, I set off on my trip to the Gathering via Amtrak. I haven’t been on any eastern long distance trains in a while (the NY gathering was the last), so I’m doing a bit of a loop (bus+Capitol Limited+Regional there, Acela+Lake Shore Limited+bus back). It’s also my first sleeper train and first...

New fare rules are now in effect: https://www.amtrak.com/planning-booking/changes-refunds/refund-and-cancellation-policy.html Basically as described before, with Sale fares replacing Saver and giving a 50% refund, Value giving a 75% refund, and Flex giving a full refund. The...

The Tunnel Bus is operating again, but it is hourly and you still need 2 transfers to get from Detroit Amtrak to Windsor VIA. There is also Detroit-Toronto bus service from Flixbus and Trailways, though a train (or better connection from Detroit to Windsor VIA) would still be better.

For a while, some Amtrak trains made stops at Coaster commuter rail stations (Sorrento Valley, Encinitas, Carlsbad Poinsettia and Village) on some Pacific Surfliner trains, in conjunction with cross-honoring tickets. This was to offer additional train options to Coaster passengers. After a...

I was in the 3001 car when I booked. Now I’m suspecting the price drop around that time coincided with them adding the 3001 into inventory (it had been high bucket forever, then dropped to I believe the one above lowest). May call to see about changing my room…

Any idea if the second sleeper has been re-added to the Capitol Limited yet? I just realized on my October Gathering trip I’m ticketed in car 3001, which seems to be the second car unless something has changed. Which would worry me a bit if it hasn’t been re-added yet, given what has happened...

While not ocean beaches, the Michigan Services have stops within walking distance of Lake Michigan beaches. The Wolverine and Blue Water stop in New Buffalo, MI, and the Pere Marquette in St. Joseph, MI - both an easy walk to Lake Michigan.

Online, it said it couldn’t verify my passport information when checking in. Also, when I tried to scan my passport to print my bag tag at the kiosk, it said the names didn’t match, and someone had to manually check my passport when getting on the flight after trying to scan it. I assumed it was...

After our final group dinner, I decided to just head back to the room and get ready for bed instead of visiting the hot springs again - I was still feeling tired from the visit a few hours ago. Woke up somewhat early (6am) to have our bags packed for the shuttle to Calgary airport, where almost...

The last couple days were spent touring Banff and the surrounding areas, both with the tour group and a bit on my own. After breakfast yesterday morning, we went to the Banff Gondola, which we rode to the top of Sulphur Mountain and back down. That was a fun ride, and we had some cool views at...

Once we got to Kamloops, I got a very late dinner (being almost 9pm), and went to bed. It wasn’t a great sleep - I got a stomach ache, and kept waking up with the 5:50am bus departure looming over me. I was finally started by what I thought was someone yelling “5am!” - got up since my alarm was...

I was aware of the CN/CP directional running, which is why I kind of expected to use CP track out of Vancouver. The Rocky Mountaineer station is close to Pacific Central station, but does use a different track before reversing to join up…

After we got on CP, the territory was new to me - while we had traversed similar areas on the Canadian, that was on CN and mostly in the dark. We followed the Fraser River while traversing small towns I had only seen on the map when riding the Canadian as I had been sleeping. They did come...

Today was finally the day to depart on the Rocky Mountaineer. I woke up shortly after 5, packed all my remaining items, and set the bag out to be collected. Fortunately, as I found out from the host the previous day, I didn’t need to wait for them - they could retrieve the bag without me opening...

I’m riding the Rocky Mountaineer Vancouver-Kamloops-Banff as we speak, and yesterday rode a seaplane and the SeaBus. Had already rode (some of) the SkyTrain last year after taking the Canadian, and also did the West Coast Express all the way to Mission. The way I managed a sane-day return was...

As our trip on the Rocky Mountaineer doesn’t depart until tomorrow, we had today to explore Vancouver a bit. In the morning, our tour group took a bus tour of Vancouver, which I joined. Our driver showed us the various sights, highlights, and lowlights of Vancouver, and we stopped briefly to...

Been watching roomettes for October 25th on the Capitol Limited for some time now, and they finally dropped from high bucket today. Saw ARB-TOL-WAS-PHL on the bus+Cap+Regional for $360, just $20 more than my Regional+LS+bus return. Figured it may not get any better than that, so booked it.

Once in Vancouver, I took some time to rest before our tour group met up, and get dinner and a few things. Also, I called Harbour Air about the seaplane tour, and was able to book what they call the Mail Run (Vancouver to Maple Bay via Salt Spring Island) tomorrow afternoon (after our morning...