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If I arrive in Denver on the Amtrak California Zephyr, is there a train that runs from Union Station to downtown Golden? I don't know if the question is significant when talking about a train ride to Golden, but what is the difference between 'commuter' rail and 'light' rail? Oh - as far as...

I think there have been quite a few renovations of Los Angeles Union Station since I was through there in about 2010 and I definitely want to see the place coupled with a trip on the Southwest Chief. However, I'm not at all familiar with Los Angeles and I've been hearing quite a bit lately...

I have wondered from time to time if there ever were restrictions on open-toed shoes on passenger trains - either before - or during the Amtrak era. I'll have to admit I kind of cringe when I see someone walking between cars with open toed shoes, but maybe that's just me; maybe it isn't...

OK, let's go back to the glory days of the streamlined California Zephyr operated by the Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Denver & Rio Grand Western, and Western Pacific railroads with Kansan Velma McPeek's glamorous Zephyrettes and read how they helped to solve murders and subdue bad guys. Well...

Interesting conversation - and I can identify with it. I've always wondered if anyone else but me went to Lancaster by way of DC and Philadelphia. I could have written that post by Crescent-Zephyr. I don't care for the timing of those connections in Pittsburgh - either eastbound or westbound...

And I just noticed from my 10-year-old hotel list for downtown Chicago was the Blake Hotel that I overlooked in my previous post. Again, I don't have any first-hand experience with the hotel or its dining options.

Here are some names of hotels in downtown Chicago that I researched about 10 years ago, so I don't know if the hotels are still operating or not. Anyway, like always, I was looking for unique hotels with, I guess what I might describe as old-world character or charm. My list included the Hotel...

I'll second the recommendation for the Club Quarters. I've stayed at least twice at Club Quarters Central Loop in Chicago and thought I had excellent rates. And the food at the adjacent Elephant and Castle Pub and Restaurant was very good. It's been a few years since I've been in Seattle but...

On the You Tube La Plata railcam I scrolled over a link to a video of the inside of the LaPlata station and there was a ticket window and what looked to be a rather current in-use office area behind the window. Of course I don't know when the video was taken, but would anyone know if at one...

Yes, I did run into a paywall. Is it possible to copy and past the article itself on here?

In going through some old Amtrak material from previous travels I came across a copy of a fall/winter 2008 Empire Builder Magazine that I saved from trip on that train. It was published by a Montana-based magazine publisher in conjunction with Amtrak. So, in addition to the reading material I...

What might be the problem with train #3 scheduled to leave Chicago at 2:50 p.m?  When I checked on its status on the Amtrak website at showed 'service disruption.'  Not sure what they mean by that.

I just looked in my old 'sent' emails.  When I had a generic comment and not a comment about a specific problem with a specific Amtrak trip, I used the email address, [email protected]. I think the 'ocr' stands for Office of Customer Relations. But when I've complained - or complemented - Amtrak...

Regarding email, it seems to me  there is an email address I've used in the past to reach Amtrak; it might have been [email protected].  But I think I'm also remembering an email address that had just three letters before the @ sign but I'm not remembering what it was. Of course...

Hi, Dakota 400, did you report your review of your #98 dining car experience to Amtrak?   I hope so; and of course I would hope that customer feedback would be taken seriously by Amtrak. If I've ever run into Amtrak employees with 'attitude' it would be in the dining car.

Regarding San Francisco, I always wondered if long-distance inter-city trains went into the city proper before Amtrak - and where the tracks were located that accessed the city. If I'm understanding "The Traveler" above it sounds like trains did indeed go into the city at one time. Am I...

Does anyone on here know the schedule for any Allentown Amtrak Thruway bus service? And would the bus, if any, connect with Philadelphia, Lancaster, or some other place? Is it a fairly new service? At least I can't seem to find any mention of it in my January, 2016, Amtrak System Timetable...

I have to wonder if Amtrak could operate more efficiently - and have more ability to dismiss employees with attitude problems (for example, some members of the dining car wait staffs that moist of us long-distance passengers have experienced all too often) if they could jettison all of their...

Can someone provide a link to the Trains magazine commentary (not hidden behind a paywall) mentioned above?

The experiences of Margo and cpotisch do hit home for me. It does seem like there is a higher percentage of dining car servers with attitude problems than you would expect to find in the customer service business. At least that has been my experience - and yes, I do report them to Amtrak...