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This is assuming the OP's destination is Philadelphia, New York or somewhere in between. If it is west of Philly, that won't work.  When I was on the CL in 2015 and it was late and missed the connection to the Pennsylvanian, I heard passengers were bustituted to Pennsylvania stops.

I did ride the Broadway once in the Slumbercoach era (1994). At that time, the LSL and Crescent also offered Slumbercoaches but the Florida trains did not. Were they a different kind of car/different size room or just the same room as a bedroom but no meals? I don't see the diner a-la-carte...

On the other hand, you can't eat anything else (unless you pay for cafe food or bring it from outside). That would be great but I'm guessing in practice it would be difficult because just like other trains need to "charge" passengers to eat in the diner cars the CL and LSL need to "charge"...

Among others the Coast Daylight up until A-Day. Then Amtrak changed it to a northern terminus of Oakland (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Daylight). IMO it's a shame Amtrak doesn't serve San Francisco anymore. The only feasible way I guess to serve the city would be southbound to San...

Au contraire: The North Coast Hiawatha was #9/#10. http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19730610&item=0041

I stand corrected. 8201, 8203, and 8209 (late Fri/Sun only) southbound and 8202, 8208, and 8204 (late Frii/Sun only) northbound are Martz only. Latest schedule to from Allentown/ Wilkes Barre/ Scranton: https://martztrailways.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MartzSmallDay073018.pdf The other...

Would be, but that is a Martz Trailways bus and it stops in Wilkes Barre/Scranton only. They aren't on the June .pdf schedule but I looked up Allentown to Chicago and Allentown to Orlando and found new Thruway buses to 30th St. Station: Date: 11/21/18 8201: 9:00-10:35am to southbound SS...

Seems weird to call the train going through Philly and Pittsburgh the "21st Century Limited" but you can call it whatever you want:) Could you combine the Centennial and Great Plainsman into one Chicago-Los Angeles train via Las Vegas-Denver? Why not just have the Silver Palm go to Tampa and...

My first Texas priority would be establishing some sort of CHI-DAL-HOS service like the old Lone Star. I think the best idea would be to have a split off the SWC and have it overlap the current HF route.

You'd get the most daylight and the most time to see stuff around June. On the other hand, you might want to see fall colors in October. If Chicago is involved, definitely avoid winter as avoid weather delays and little daylight days.

This schedule from 1993 would take about a day from NOL to MIA (11:00pm CT to 11:10pm ET, so about 25 hours). http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19930502n&item=0030 The Southern Rail Commission Report had proposed service from NOL to ORL with a schedule NOL 5:00pm CT to ORL 11:30am ET. So if...

https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/the-amtrak-era-is-over-its-time-for-a-replacement/ According to the article, we have a Federal Highway Administration and a Federal Aviation Administration, so why not a :"Federal Rail Administration". Why can't the government care about passenger rail...

Seems like most of Amtrak expansion like the example John mentioned in North Carolina (Roanoke is another) has been at the state level. There's very few LD multiple frequency/day service outside the NEC and state supported service. All I can think of are the Atlantic Coast service and the CL/LSL...

I'd agree $400 is a lot of money. Plus it is a shorter time on the train. I'm not sure what I would choose between LA or San Fran if I had to choose one! For $400, you might have enough to book a CS between LAX-SJC and see both!

If we're depending on California, good luck. I found this latest update of the California High Speed Rail Plan. They now expect it to be done by … 2040! http://www.dot.ca.gov/californiarail/docs/CSRP_Final.pdf

Considering College Station-Bryan was in the middle, I would think it would have been popular with Texas A&M students going to/from both Dallas and Houston.

If I were going to extend the HF southbound, I'd be more interested in going to Houston via Dallas so we can pick up new train service rather than a second frequency of something we already have. The Texas Eagle used to run between DAL and HOS before...

I'm originally from NEPA and my parents still live there. I had thought about going up from there to Syracuse last time from my parents' house but decided against it. My first LD experience was the old Broadway from CHI to Harrisburg and a bus to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (do they even have buses...

Originally it served Miami but later on it was truncated to Orlando. First (1993): http://timetables.org/full.php?group=19930502n&item=0030 Last (2005): http://timetables.org/full.php?group=20050425&item=0099

Or if you plan for an overnight stay in Los Angeles a really long connection. You can also take a round trip to San Diego on the Surfliner that day as well.