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I think many here are frequent riders that use AGR points to pay for their roomettes.

Unless you bring one along with you, there won't be a crying kid in your roomette.

They used to "back" the train from Denver to Cheyenne, then run it in the opposite direction, i.e., "forward," for the rest of its trip, when the Cheyenne Amtrak station was in town (vice versa e/b, of course). Later, a station was built out of town, and the double reversals were no longer...

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A "good seat" on a railroad car is any that is not close to or over the wheels. I think most service attendants (if they want to make a good impression) will help you find a good seat away from the wheels, if that is possible. Still, there's a great deal of variability among equipment, service...

My guess would be that the month's advance notice was a result of waiting for UP to announce the exact dates it would be doing its work.

As much as Amtrak passengers may not like being bustituted over the Donner Pass, if track work is to be done there, it just about has to be done during the summer. It's not a place where you want to be outdoors during the winter. If you don't know what I mean, just think about the circumstances...

How so?

I don't know about the names used for Empire Service trains, but New York Central's 4-8-2 steam locomotives (of which two survive) were called "Mohawks" (rather than "Mountains," a designation used by other railroads).

Here's another way to look at the population of Canada: 34,482,779 - 2011 Source: World Bank Population of California: 37,691,912 - Jul 2011 Source: U.S. Census Bureau Both: www.google.com/publicdata Population of Ontario, Canada's most populous province: 13.51 million (2012) Population...

The APA information linked by Sorcha is probably accurate, but only in a general sense. Some young children show an incredible amount of maturity and common sense; conversely, some young and not-so-young adults show a nearly complete lack of these same qualities. Often examples of both can be...

From the article linked by Guest_train person_ above:

Actually, most people that go there give Paula Deen's positive reviews, though some seem to have had experiences similar to those implied above.

It's a legitimate question. Note that the poster said he didn't think the Vietnamese were using MiGs, but asked whether they were using old Soviet-bloc stuff. Many airlines in Third World countries use or have used aircraft that are obsolete in the First World and even in the major former...

Was either room a penthouse suite?

On most western LD routes, there is not that much 79 mph or even 75 mph running, so the delays caused by using a freight loco on many of those services would probably be minimal (especially in comparison to the other delays that tend to happen). There might be some fast running on the corridor...

How much is Amtrak able to use freight locomotives on any of its trains? I would assume a lead engine from a freight railroad could be used with an Amtrak engine trailing (with the latter meeting HEP requirements), or are they mechanically incompatible for other reasons?

Is there even life on Uranus?

It's true. The w/b Empire Builder does not stop either at Brooklyn or on Uranus.

You could "ware" your underwear. Do you prefer boxers or briefs? They're called hors d'oeuvres. I don't know why the pronunciation is so different from the spelling, but that's French for you!