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There were quite a few (estimate around 75) passengers boarding the westbound Borealis at MKE. The boarding line was similar in size to the one I was in when I took the Hiawatha to Chicago in March 2024. There were somewhat fewer passengers getting off at Milwaukee when I disembarked. Westbound...

Me and my best friend took a one-night vacation to Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, using Amtrak's Borealis as our means of transportation. This is a trip we would've likely not taken if the train did not exist. Our trip started in Milwaukee with a delay of over an hour because the westbound...

One of these board members is from Boise, ID. Could this mean that the chances of reviving the Pioneer route have gone up some now that there is someone on the board whose hometown would be served by the revived service.

Utah should push for the restoration of the Pioneer and Desert Wind routes in time for the 2034 Olympics. This would be great opportunity to revive these long-dormant routes with a bang in ridership due to the thousands of people from all over the world who are used to train travel coming into...

Gurnee would be a good place to add a stop on the Hiawatha service, not only to improve access to Amtrak for those in the northern suburbs closer to the border, but to provide an additional transportation option for the thousands of tourists who visit Six Flags Great America annually...

To eliminate the annual suspension of the Crescent route south of Atlanta, the Crescent should be rerouted onto it's more direct pre-1970 route through Auburn, Montgomery, and Mobile, AL. The Meridian to Atlanta portion of the current routing can be served by the proposed new LD train from...

Now that Caltrain has been electrified, there is now a massive glut in gallery cars and F40PH's. It's likely that the diesel equipment will be put up for sale to other commuter rail agencies. Such agencies currently using older equipment, like Nashville's WeGo Star, and potential commuter rail...

Is there any possible alternative way forward without Mobile's support? It would be really tragic for the project to be canceled at the 1-yd line.

A second Borealis frequency should take the Empire Builder's time slot, with the latter train being rerouted onto the BNSF (C&I) between Chicago and St. Paul. This would bring service to several new cities that don't currently have service, like Prairie du Chien and East Dubuque (bus connection...

If the Mobile City Council rejects this agreement, does that mean that the entire project will have been derailed at the 1-yard line, or will there be an alternative way forward if such a scenario happens? After all, Mississippi communities with stops along the route have already poured millions...

I would like to know the Amtrak train times for the Roanoke Rail Cam.

Thank you. I hope this plan works out so we can get the superliners currently on the Carbondale trains back onto the long distance trains where they are desperately needed.

Where did you hear this?

Have any of the Midwest Cafe cars been delivered yet. If so, are there any photos of them out there?

Although it would add time to the schedule, rerouting the Silver Star between Columbia, SC and Savannah, GA to serve Augusta, GA could pick up some additional ridership for that train. This would especially be true during the annual Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club, as many...

I just took another Hiawatha Service trip to Chicago with my friends on Saturday, March 16th. This time, we boarded from the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and took an earlier train so we could spend more time at our destination in Chicago (Museum of Science and Industry) than we got to last time...

I boarded the train at the Milwaukee Airport station.

Have there been any recent updates on the Venture cafe cars? I heard that they were supposed to start being put into service this year, but the year is just about over and I've heard no updates in months. What's been going on?

Where did you hear that Metra is considering running service to Madison, WI? If true, would this proposal go through Janesville?

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...