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I went on my first Amtrak trip yesterday (Hiawatha Service), and the train I rode in both ways had the new Venture cars. The seats, while narrow, were not all that uncomfortable. They even had a place to rest your head so you could take a nap. The recline, however, was so small that I thought...

I'm going on my first Amtrak train trip on the Hiawatha next week, so the timing for the new equipment couldn't be better for me. I'm looking forward to the experience.

Where did you hear this? I just googled for news about this, and all I got were old articles stating that the train was increasing speeds to 90 mph from late 2021.

Due to the abandonment of the trackage on the former National Limited's route in Western Ohio and Eastern Indiana shortly after that route's discontinuance, I have an alternative idea. In lieu of restoring the NL to it's former route, I submitted the idea to split a daily Cardinal at...

Like the San Francisco Chief?

Making the Capitol Limited a single level train, along with rehabbing a few Sightseer Lounges, could free up enough Superliners to allow the Sunset Limited to go to daily service. That being said, infrastructure improvements along the route needed for daily service would still need to be funded...

It came to the Gulf Coast as a deadhead equipment move coupled to the City of New Orleans.

Here is a video filmed by one of my friends in Dekalb, Illinois showing another new Via Rail corridor trainset being delivered. How many trainsets have since been delivered?

Are these steel platforms just temporary ones or are they the way Amtrak plans to bring the stations up to ADA compliance?

In regards to the proposed Gulf Coast Amtrak line's Mobile station situation, it would make the most sense to have a station at the Brookley Aeroplex and downtown Mobile. It would be no different from the station situation in Milwaukee.

When the Black Hawk was still running in the 70's and early 80's, if it had had two daily round trips, I believe that it would still be running today because it would've allowed Chicagoans to take day trips to Galena, creating a second major travel market for the service beyond just day trips to...

I have several questions about the construction and deployment of the new Midwest venture equipment: Have any of the Venture Business class cars gone into service yet on the Midwest routes? If yes, does anyone have a photo of the interior of a Venture Business class car? Has there been any...

In 2010, shortly before federal funding for the Madison extension was sent back to the feds, the City of Madison and Dane County offered to pick up the tab for the ongoing operating costs in an effort to change Walker's mind about rejecting the funding. Walker's reason for rejecting the funding...

That route is on Amtrak's ConnectsUS map, so it may happen someday before 2035.

I know it isn't. I was just speaking in a general sense on the matter. There are always going to be railroads of all sizes differing in how they treat passenger rail operators.

Actually, with the Florida, Gulf and Atlantic Railroad's purchase of the CSX rail line in the Florida Panhandle in 2019, the likelihood of an agreement being reached for Amtrak to return to the Florida Panhandle route in the event such an agreement is sought has actually increased. This is...

Last month, I went to the Illinois Railway Museum with some close friends from college. We had fun riding the rails all day. But there was one thing that concerned me. While riding the Nebraska Zephyr, there were several children onboard the train that would not stay seated and were running...

The Hilltopper did not serve the Suffolk or Norfolk Stations, and was only a restructuring of the Mountaineer elicited by congressional pressure from Senator Robert Byrd, who didn't want to lose service on the route through West Virginia when the Mountaineer was scheduled to be discontinued...

Yes, Suffolk needs a stop on the NER. During the Mountaineer's short-lived existence, it stopped in Suffolk, and that was a long distance train. As far as service from NPN or NFK to RNK, there is currently a proposal to build such a service under the name "Commonwealth Corridor" It is proposed...

From what I've read in recent posts on this thread, it sounds like at least one trainset (with the exception of the Business Class/Café cars, which aren't available yet) on the Lincoln Service and Wolverine routes, are now using Venture rolling stock. I have a few questions about the Venture...