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I rode the National LImited from Washington to Jefferson City in July of 1971. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip along the Susquehannah from Perryville to Harrisburg. At that time, cars were interchanged with the Broadway in Harrisburg--Washington-Chicago cars were taken off and New York-Kansas City car...

Notes on diner service and Routing between Chattanooga and Memphis. Yes, Nellie, for many years, until the late sixties, the Birmingham Special carried no diner, but in 1968 the Southern began one of its scheduling that could cause head-scratching (diners piling up south of Monroe?). At first, the d...

As to the operation, under court order, of a passenger train, I rode from West Palm Beach to Jacksonville in October of 1967. At the most, I remember two or three other passengers. I do not remember just what year the FEC was allowed to drop the service. When the train out of North Mimia and the tra...

You can get fare and space information from the Amtrak website, which is found at Amtrak.com. The home page gives you ticket information--just plug your particulars in, and it will spit the basic answers back at you, and you can go on to get sleeper information from that second page.

Norfolk & Western #41 The Pelican July 19, 1965; consist recorded at Roanoke after riding NY-Roanoke: SRY FP-7 6137 E-8 2908 ACL Express 553 SRY RPO 30 NH Bagg 5162 PRR Box Express 5271 Bagg Express 6146 REX Reefer Exp 7563 SRY Bagg Express 545 Bagg 425 H/W Coach 1071 N&W L/W Coach 1729 172...

It’s the employees that set VIA apart from Amtrak and your experiences on VIA are pretty well the same as mine…….nearly always friendly and helpful. The rare rude person you might run into is probably just having a bad day. And you mention the Northern Quebec services…….a great trip and as you say…...

Quoting Ocala Mike: "Tavern Lounge, Richmond to Jacksonville Dining Car, Richmond to Jacksonville 10/2/1 Sleeper, Washington to Orlando 8/5 Sleeper, New York to Miami 10/6 Sleeper, New York to Tampa (last trip 12/7) 6/6 Sleeper, New York to Tampa (first trip 12/8) 21 Roomette Sleeper, New York ...

[quote][/quote]I can add to Bill Haithcoat’s information concerning the Tennessean that he posted 4-28-05. In 1942, there was a 10 section, 3 double bedroom car running between Washington and Memphis. Apparently, the demand for first class service moved the Southern to put this car on. Heavy weight ...

As jp1822 remarked, on 19 August, it’s too bad that there is no sit-down dining service on the morning train up to Vancouver or on the evening train back to Seattle. On our first trip up (in 1997), we had a lovely breakfast on the all-coach train, and on our first trip south, traveling business clas...

As to frustration with a red cap, my wife and I had that experience last year. We came in from Rensselaer and were leaving on the next train for Washington. A red cap started to help us up to the waiting room (my wife was in a wheelchair, which she could not move by herself, and I had two suitcases)...

In February of 1972, some stations, at least, (such as the L&N station Birmingham, Ala.)were still using strip tickets (Southern had abandoned them in the fifties). I bought a RT ticket from Birmingham to San Francisco (and did not go through San Francisco) which gave me a circle tour west of Ch...

As to the Georgia Pacific, it apparently began in either Austell or Atlanta (Austell is where the ETV&G and the GP are joined). The June, 1893, issue of The Railway Guide shows the line from Atlanta to Arkansas City as the Georgia Pacific Division of the Richmond and Danville (this was a road th...

Quoting Soo Line Rob: "Generally, in the era you're interested in, crew runs were in the 100-150 mile range. In large cities where there were numerous yards (congestion), these runs may have been shorter; possibly only 80 miles. Once "out in the country", the runs were able to increas...