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It depends on how full the train is. If so the coach attandent will give you a seat number when boarding. They will give you a small piece of paper with your final desiation marked on it. It has your the station you are getting off at as a station code. Make sure you put this above your seat.

Amfleets are used east of Chicago and Superliners are west of Chicago except for the Auto Train and Capital Limited.

Once the new baggage cars were placed in service, the long distance trains could run 125. they were the last thing holding trains to 110.

Superliners are used on the Michigan trains in the wintertime. This is due to the vestibules clogging up with snow.

Back in 2012 I rode the flyer to make a connection to the Eagle for travel to Longview TX. At Purcell OK the Flyer was stuck for three hours at the station due to a freight train breaking down. Me and several other passengers were taxied from Gainesville to Dallas to make the connection...

What part of Oklahoma do you live in? I have made the trip to Newton from Oklahoma many times and have gone both west and east on the Chief.

Up until 1982 EMD locomotive were built to high standards. Ask any older engineer and they will tell you EMD will get the job done better then any GE. EMD's give full power at the first throttle setting while GE's notch up slower. When EMD came out with the SD50 problems with the new prime...

Has any members had an experience renting a car at the station in San Antonio? I am looking at taking the flyer and Eagle to San Antonio on a Thursday. Will be renting the car on Friday morning and returning on a Sunday Evening. Is it possible to return the car before the Eagle leaves San...

The Texas Eagle has the same issue.

It takes more then just money to run more trains on each route. Amtrak needs more cars, locomotives, crews and track slots from the host railroads. Most of the host railroad will want Amtrak to pay for the track improvements to make space for more one train per day.

One table will be taken by the conductor to use as an office.

One of my trip in a viewliner, the SCA put unchecked luggage in the unused handicap room.

Until a few years ago, the Builder three units were standard power for years one of the only trains on the system with that feature.

Also if the host railroad has to supply freight locomotives, they are limited to 70 MPH instead of 79.

Same old story telling lies. If airlines and highways had to pay their own way, they would be bankrupt.

Thanks for the heads up.

NJ Transit and other double deck cars of other rail system have a curved notch on each end for the car to clear. Amtrak Superliners do not have this feature.

These are mostly from the former Santa Fe fleet of business cars that are keep in Topeka Kansas.

My home station of Newton Kansas has hours Mon-Fri from 12 AM to 8 AM to serve both the eastbound and westbound Southwest Chief. It is the station in Kansas with the most boarding due to being close to Wichita. It also serves the area north and passenger that live in Oklahoma. One agent does...

The route of the SWC in Western Kansas and Eastern Colorado is ABS territory.