Amtrak

Keith Kimmel told me "You could get a NARP (National Association of Railroad Passengers) card for $35 for a year, that gets you 10% off ALL fares (including discounted ones) so long as you book 72 hrs in advance." Any other saving tips would be MUCH welcomed! :D

We alighted from the TexEagle in Dallas today after an adventure-filled ride from Chicago. Most excellent, and a he'll of a lot more fun than flying.

Will be taking the Texas Eagle for the first time next June from STL to SAS. Looking forward to it!

Its been Amtraks phase V logo since 2006. So its relatively new.

depends on when you want to go. visit www.amtrak.com to check it out.

A view of Pacific Coast Highway from Amtrak's Coast Starlight.

Sweet!

That's a Goldwing.

This would be really great.

If your web site managers could provide an API (they know what that is) for train status and schedules, third parties could easily write applications for iPhone, Droid, iPod Touch, etc.

This would save you the time and expense of doing it yourselves, and you might even pick up a few bucks in royalties.

Several major transit systems have done it this way, and within weeks there were many different apps for even arcane mobile platforms. London Transport and Washington Metro are terrific examples.... Read More

Your new third-party mobile web site is OK, but (you'll pardon the pun) it contains too much slower web baggage and no fast stand-alone application features such as schedules. And if I can't get an Internet connection, your mobile web site doesn't work at all.

Please remember that your passengers are, by definition, mobile users! An Internet connection should not be a prerequisite for seeing non-volatile databases such as schedules, maps and basic station information.

I'm for the daily service on the Sunset Limited. Living in Tucson and planning travel requires daily service. Because of the lack there of, many just drive.

Oh cool

It used to be another sister of the Silver Meteor and Star. But they had to cut back its sleeping, diner, and checked baggage service. So it couldnt stay with the Silver Service trains. Then they cut back its routes also.

A woman accused a male passenger of groping her; apparently this isn't the first time she's done this on the Texas Eagle. The cops in Summit, Ill., investigated and I think they put her off the train. No arrests.

In any case, we got going again and then had to stop for 30 minutes because of a mechanical breakdown, repaired by liberal applications of duct tape. Then we had to stop for nearly an hour because a car was on fire on the tracks (we didn't touch it -- honest).

If it isn't one thing it's another.... Read More

We were 2 hours behind before we left Illinois, but we're approaching Dallas in a few hours and should be on time. The wonders of schedule padding!

Wow! Sounds like a fun time! Haha...i havent had my first ride on amtrak yet, but i cant wait! Possibly going from omaha to chicago on the cali zephyer...i hope its fun! Anybody had this experience yet?