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It's not officially called that anymore, though -- it's now the B Line. (Metro can't control what people call it in practice, though, and it is still denoted by a red line on maps.)

Fraser-Winter Park is served all year. (There's also a Winter Park Resort bus stop, which is also served all year -- the resort does offer year-round activities, including an alpine slide track that I have personal experience with.)

While I was in the upper deck at Angel Stadium on Saturday evening, I saw a northbound Surfliner that was two complete consists coupled together (complete with a locomotive in the middle) - I assumed they were specifically trying to get equipment out of San Diego. I couldn't tell if both halves...

The most recent episode of the HBO series "How To with John Wilson" included a look at the bunker. (The title of the episode is "How to Find a Public Restroom." It's a, let's say, unconventional documentary series.)

My understanding is that the current Frontier is only related to the original Frontier by name (that is, the original Frontier entirely went out of business, and then a new airline with the same name was founded years later -- somewhat more successful than attempts that have been made to start a...

I've pretty much only flown Southwest and United over the past 15 years or so (with one round trip on Hawaiian Airlines). At this point, it seems like really the only difference between those two is that on United you get a reserved seat, along with the opportunity to pay even more for a more...

It went in and out as a regular feature a couple of times, but some editions of the Amtrak system timetable had a chronologically ordered list of all arrivals into and departures from Chicago.

I should also have mentioned that in terms of booking a trip and traveling on Amtrak, there's definitely a lot of expertise right here on this forum!

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The National Rail iOS app could use an update - it still uses the original iPhone app design standards. (I realize it's possible to perform most of the same tasks using other, more up-to-date-looking apps, but National Rail seems like the most obvious place to go.)

This article about the state of the South Orange County section of the Surfliner route ran in today's L.A. Times -- there's nothing really new to report, but it's a pretty good summary of where things stand...

Clearly, your airline and Amtrak need to set up an employee exchange program. You could probably handle driving a train, right? It's gotta be easier than flying a plane - you only have to worry about "forward" and "backward," none of those other directions. :D

For future reference, the Chinatown Branch is the closest location to Union Station -- but, of course, the Central Library is worth visiting even if you're not getting a library card, solely for the art and architecture (described on this page).

Yes, next time I go over there, I definitely want to check out some of the heritage railways and rail museums. (I looked into some when planning this trip, but found that many of them are only open and running trains on the weekend.)

With so many breweries out there these days, there are plenty of beers with train-themed names (and even some breweries with train-themed names) -- although they stay away from names that may potentially still be trademarked by someone else, of course. For example, to pick one train-related...

Saturday, May 13th Through London Walks, I had reserved a spot on a tour of Beatles-related locations that began at Marylebone Station (where some scenes from "A Hard Day's Night" were filmed). The tour was mostly a walk around the Marylebone area, but it culminated in a trip on the Jubilee...

Friday, May 12th My original plan for today had been to take an indirect route from Leeds to London, probably changing trains and eating lunch in Derby. However, with the rail strike, it appeared there was only going to be one realistic Leeds-to-London option today, an 8:00 A.M. departure...

Thursday, May 11th Today was the day for the Settle-Carlisle Line. I checked the National Rail app for "Leeds to Carlisle via Settle" to make sure my train would be running as scheduled. It was, and I boarded the 9:20 Northern Trains service, sitting in the first car of a 3-car train. The...

Wednesday, May 10th I had a seat reservation on the 10:24 A.M. TransPennine Express departure from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds, but I happened to check the National Rail app and see that the train was canceled. I opted for the 9:54 A.M. train instead, which had plenty of extra seats. It's...

Tuesday, May 9th When I initially booked the trip, I noticed hotel rooms in Liverpool were surprisingly expensive, so I wound up using Hilton points. I only found out later that it was because the Eurovision Song Contest was being held in Liverpool this week - the U.K. was hosting the contest...