Stretch/Smoke Stop List

[Bob Dylan]

Here is a list of Stretch/Smoke Stops than I have gleaned from various sources for while. Not sure how up-to-date is these days. View attachment 26437

Add Beaumont,TX which is a Crew Change point for the Sunset Ltd.

If the Texas Eaglete is running Late, which it mostly is now Days, Texarkana is not a Smoke/Fresh Air Stop

 

[basketmaker]

Add Beaumont,TX which is a Crew Change point for the Sunset Ltd.

If the Texas Eaglete is running Late, which it mostly is now Days, Texarkana is not a Smoke/Fresh Air Stop

Thanx for the update. I have seen many "long stops" are all dependent on delays and crews. Sometimes yes-sometimes no.

 

[Maglev]

So I tried to look up the dwell time at Beaumont, Texas, and the "Details" function isn't working. For the Sunset Limited only, I at least get the start and end points. But when I click on "Details" for a switch to the Texas Eagle ($5 less in a Roomette!), it shows no city names at all.

 

[hlcteacher]

thank you

 

[Cal]

So I tried to look up the dwell time at Beaumont, Texas, and the "Details" function isn't working. For the Sunset Limited only, I at least get the start and end points. But when I click on "Details" for a switch to the Texas Eagle ($5 less in a Roomette!), it shows no city names at all.View attachment 26449View attachment 26450View attachment 26450

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[Tlcooper44]

One subtraction you should make is the Zephyr stop at Winterpark-Fraser. I have never been able to get off there for a fresh-air Marlboro Light, and I have traveled through there at 12 or 13 times.

I’ve gotten off here. It was a smoke stop in 2020

 

[Seaboard92]

Fraser/Winter Park Colorado depends on how heavy the load is getting on or off, and is at the discretion of the crew. I've had one there and I had enough time to go all the way up to the lead locomotive and back.

 

[IAmNotATrain]

This thread seems woefully out of date now (examples include stops at Beaumont and Layfette on the Sunset Limited not being on the list, as well as the new Floridian not being on there and the Twilight Shoreliner schedule changes). Why don't we compile a new list of these stops in 2025?

(I would love to especially hear about the Crescent, City of New Orleans, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle and Lake Shore Limited as I will be riding them starting in less than two weeks on the discounted Rail Pass)

 

[joelkfla]

This thread seems woefully out of date now (examples include stops at Beaumont and Layfette on the Sunset Limited not being on the list, as well as the new Floridian not being on there and the Twilight Shoreliner schedule changes). Why don't we compile a new list of these stops in 2025?

(I would love to especially hear about the Crescent, City of New Orleans, Southwest Chief, Texas Eagle and Lake Shore Limited as I will be riding them starting in less than two weeks on the discounted Rail Pass)

If you view the schedule on amtrak.com, it shows the scheduled arrival & departure time for each stop.

If you want a hard copy, keep hitting "show more" and it will eventually show all stops at once, and you can then use the print function to generate a pdf.

 

[Maglev]

If you view the schedule on amtrak.com, it shows the scheduled arrival & departure time for each stop.

If you want a hard copy, keep hitting "show more" and it will eventually show all stops at once, and you can then use the print function to generate a pdf.

I have found that the PDF does not show dwell times at stations, and instead I copy-and -pasted from the first schedule shown.