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Sometimes they appear on Long Distance Routes particularly the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. I had a successful negotiation with the Coach attendant to move to the Amfleet II for the more comfortable seats from the Buissiness Class Amfleet I I was assigned to on my last SDY-SBN trip.

Correct, as someone who maintains GTFS fares professionally for two transit agencies GTFS only has the ability to display a single fare for a trip (their is a way to program different fare zones, between different areas or stations), so if Amtrak wanted to i guess they could program the highest...

Technically you can fit 3 people in a Viewliner Roomette if someone sits on the lid of the toilet. I've entered Chicago that way once when I joined some friends who were going from NYP to CHI at my home station in SOB, we mainly hung out in the Viewliner Sleeper Lounge/Diner, crew was super nice...

I recently visited the new Newport News Station (on its opening day) and had a horrible 20 minute late (just traffic and the bus schedule not having enough padding) ride that almost made me miss the train from Downtown Newport News with a quick stop at the old Amtrak Stations. Photos are on my...

I can't remember if I got any extremely blury photos of them running up the Westside Line back in 2003 to 2004 and if I know where the photos are in my archive on my first 2 MPX camera but I definately remember seeing them and finding them so unique.

I didn't mention this but I also canceled a round-trip, day trip to Quincy two weeks ago on the Carl Sandburg when it was subsituted for a bus. I'm so close to finishing every inch of Amtrak so I was looking forward to a day trip to Quincy.

The big issue Amtrak is facing is that the private carrer Motorchoach industry is not a healthy industry right now so finding charter operators with coaches at short notice is much harder than it was pre-pandemic. I know the South Shore Line was trying to do a last minute busitution and had to...

In my opinion the stations awful at least when trying to access it by public transportation. I took the first afternoon Northbound train yesterday out of the station. Arrived on the last train into the old station (Just made it! I was already on DC and rearranged my trip to head down). Nearly...

Question - any updates on when the relocated and new Newport News Station is going to open? Google has shared photos of the looking completed new station out by the airport but don't see anything else. I have an oppertunity either at the beginning of next month or the beginning of October to...

Currently on 49/449 waiting to leave chicago they've announced that we're delayed because they need to load sand in the leading locomotive.

Yes you get both an email and a text message.

A recent data point - last month - as I was riding the Ethan Allen Express and a passenger was ticketed in Middlebury, missed the train and got on it Castleton. The crew identified him by name when he boarded in Castleton and there was no further discussion except some clear embassment that he...

I'd be curious to know how much the extra cost was. I take Amtrak from Chicago to South Bend on the Lake Shore somewhat regularly and always look at the BidUp email and the lowest BID is always like $70 for the 90 minute ride which I just can't justify.

When I took the Lake Shore Limited on Monday night SDY to SOB one of the two 449 coaches was an Amfleet I Buissiness class coach with half the seats facing backwards. I was originally asked to sit there (backwards) and right after boarding I went into the Amfleet II coach, saw some empty sets of...

Thanks for the explanation of why the Capitol Limited is canceled. I'm currently riding coach on the 2.5 hour late Lake Shore and fully expect this train to become a completely full madhouse starting in Cleveland with all the Capitol Limited's passengers.

I remember handing over my Select Plus cards many times. It was swiped for ClubAcela Access and even UnitedClub access!

Will the CDOT ones be fitted also with pantographs like Amtrak's NEC Dual Modes so they can operate in electric mode via the wires beyond the third rail change over between Mount Vernon and Pelham?

Ideally this is what GTFSs (why you can get Transit directions and times on Google for example,is for) Feeds are for. It's actually a requirement for all transit agencies running fixed route transit to report their GTFS feeds to the Federal Government (through the National Transit Database)...

I took Amtrak round-trip from South Bend to Cleveland (in couch) to see it: The Lake Shore Limited out Sunday night (didn't leave until 3:30am due to a mechanical issues leaving Chicago and blowing a brake hose in La Porte, IN that it took the conductor an hour to fix) As a "short" passenger I...

I feel like there not that many Railroads in the country and there should be a national emergency line for these types of calls. I work in the general area and we were talking about the derailment at work. One of my colleagues at work was like, I should put the emergency number in my phone in...