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Amfleet cars were paid for almost thirty years ago. I don't know where they got the 400,000 price. The same way with the first generation Superliners.

Amtrak and BNSF have been doing a lot of trackwork around that area. Putting in wielded rail and new ties insuring that the Chief will keep using the route.

Very few passenger travel the full length of the a long distance route. The long distance trains feed traffic into the short haul and NEC trains.

The only place on the train you can drink your own stuff in a sleeper. Other places there is a good chance you will be removed from the train.

Until a few years a go the Cardinal only had one sleeper in the consit. Half the rooms were taken up by the one board staff. During the last couple years the train had two sleepers during the busy season.

On the SWC there are a few places where you will get no service. One of them is the La Plata MO area.

Years ago when the SWC on a daily basis was ten to some days 20 car of passenger cars and mail, it added a third locomotive between La Junta and ALQ. These days it is only 10 cars long that 2 P42's have not problem getting over Raton.

You are usual able to bring one guest in the lounge. From what I have read most SCA do not keep ice anymore.

The rooms on the LSL are very hard to get and are priced very high. What time of year are planning on traveling. In the summer rooms are sold out months ahead.

They must go to the shop to run though a large grinder. The big railroads have a machine that make a smooth profile on the wheels. When I rode the Santa Fe Southern about ten years ago I watch a worker use a hand grinder to the do the same process. You can tell a flat wheel due to making a...

That is one place the the Chief's meet at. There is three trains out at all times to get daily service. Other meeting place are west of Chicago and West of Newton Kansas.

Most days the Flyer is two cars and all the passengers can fit in one car. On my last trip in April there were a lot of seats mot being used.

Depends if you are traveling during the night or day. I will always travel coach during day trip. Sleeping at night in coach can be done, but can be hard. Most cars are in great shape and for the most part have outlets next to each seat set. The second class of Superliners were built in the...

Per Facebook hit a person at Barstow. They did not live.

The baggage storage area is just a closet. Like all other first class lounges there is a desk at the enter way which has a person checking ticket to make sure only passengers with sleeper tickets get in. There is a doorbell next to the large doors going into the lounge. Before you enter ring...

Per Facebook, hit a tranpasser on the Topeka Sub

Working but not showing all trains.

Another good source of info on this topic is Facebook. There are several pages on Amtrak.

There has been a lot of coverage of this new operation on Facebook page on both the SWC and Heartland Flyer.

Up until 2009/2010 these train were know as the mules. A contest was held to get the new name.