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I stopped by while in Chicago. All in all it had some good offerings. As mentioned, there is some overlap with the online store, but the store in Chicago had some items that I have not seen online, like the Corelle mugs that used to be used in the dining cars and some patches. It also had...

That has to be a diner. If it was a sleeper, there would not be the bottom window on that end of the car.

Today's consist: 822 145 85999 - serving as the "store" 82752 82782 82511 82691 48172 82783 82646 82558 82802 48151

61001 was in Philly early this afternoon, coupled to an Amfleet I coach.

This could just be BNSF transporting PV cars, but I'm not sure, I'm not all that familiar with BNSF's equipment. In any event, the last care is not an ex ATSF Hi-Level. It's an old CB&Q or SP Pullman Commuter car. The window arrangements are a little odd.

I've noticed a few interesting things on railpictures.net in the past couple of days. I was curious if I could get a little background on some of them. The first one a Heritage Dorm in Phase IVB. http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=136454 Does anyone know which dorm(s) have been...

Diner-Lite has me concerned, especially the idea of eating out of the Lounge down the road and the symbolic "beginning of the end" for LD trains. As sleeper passenger the idea of me paying for the price of room should include certain qualities like a full service diner with sit down service...

Initially when I first read your post the idea seemed impractical converting passenger coaches into baggage cars. But, Amfleet I's seem to be abundant enough and with the Capstone cars stored it could work. It would make alot of sense offering the amenity without lowering the speed in the NEC...

Guys I took a close look when I noticed it yesterday and was wondering myself, but it is the Photographers name...very small, but just legible enough. Photoshop isn't just for the company itself anymore :lol:

AEM-7 AC, AEM-7 DC or HHP-8's.

Don't hold me to this but what supposedly happened to cause the derailment, according to the conductor working 98(30) from FLO to WAS: 1) An individual operating a street cleaner for a Wal Mart parking lot fell asleep at the switch and ended up on the tracks 2) Believing that no serious damage...

I'm on 98 now in Virginia. We're stopped at Woodbridge since someone forgot their medicine and had to be removed. We felt the effects of this...98(30) was 3hrs late out of miami as a result. We've lost more time since then. Were there cancellations/DH moves? I remember an empty Silver...

hey guys just left ALX we're currently 1 hour and 15 minutes late. In WAS I got some great pictures of the Capitol Limited consist. Going to dinner shortly, unfortunately they don't have steaks tonight, so I may go for the Pasta Primavera.

Believe me guys, there's alot of stuff I wanna do on Amtrak including that. Anyway, I'm having lunch now. We had a scare, the board said cancelled, then delayed. We're 40 mins late in Trenton now

Hey guys, I'm having breakfast at NWK now. We took the Star SB b/c we wanted the earlier arrival into ORL in case of the delay, fares are typically the same for both when the reservation first opens up. So that didn't impact it. When we go to WPB we take the Meteor both ways b/c of the shorter...

Well guys, I'm excited to say that I'll be leaving for Florida tomorrow morning, on the Silver Star #91 out of Newark headed for Orlando. Finally a cure to my Amtrak deficiency...it's been 10 months since my last trip. This time though I'll be able to keep in touch during the trip, as I got a...

Chaotic, it was divided into sections for the LIRR with different enterances used for different destinations. Only the 34th street ticket windows were open, so news reports stated that lines lasted an hour or more just for tickets. Then people had to re-exit and wait in line for their train...

I never really enjoy reading URPA's "This Week at Amtrak" as it doesn't conform to my beliefs. Often in these issues I find a conservative slant and not so much an Anti-Amtrak sentiment as an Anti-NEC one. I find their opinion that the NEC should be an entity separate from Amtrak a moronic one...

Viewliners are not coaches they are Sleepers (w/ one dining car formerly in operation) . Trains that run with Viewliners primarily use Amfleet II Coaches which don't have outlets at every seat (not completely sure). Superliner coaches only have outlets at certain parts of the car. The comfort...

Click Here for the official press release. It's nice to see some good news for a change, it's a good concept and I hope it will work out, especially if it will restore food service to Empire Service. I think if it works out well maybe Amtrak should consider adding similar type food service to...