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I just have to say I was very lucky to have 1st taken Amtrak in the 80s. I got to check out the Heritage cars, the Slumber coaches and early lounge/dinettes/diners while they were still run. That first train to Florida still had a Diner/buffet car on it!!! I got to try the domes on the LSL and the C...

Been awhile since I posted. I am now out of NJ but still come up to visit fam and friends. I have not been through Secaucus Transfer in a while. I did remember years ago there was talk about Amtrak stopping there since there is so much unused space and wondered if anything moved forward from that. L...

Thanks for the welcome back Gilbert! I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted a question. lol I knew there had to be more and your answer says it all. But I do remember all my trips out west and enjoyed every minute of the awesome transfer times in Chicago. Different place we live in now....

Been a million years since I posted. Decided to check out a few things since the service changes. My biggest one is why the super early arrival into LA? I mean the TE/SL arrives at 5:35 am. That is crazy! The SWC gets in at 8:00 am which is better but still too early. Why are they leaving Chicago so...

I know that Wildwood Junction is a popular topic most of the time, but what about the others? I believe many spurred of the Reading and PRR long ago to many shore communities. Is there anything worth checking out if anything even remains? Like for instance, Sea Isle City. You could see where it came...

I have always been interested in this. I know there is a middle township bike path and it intersects with the old Reading line. Was this a diamond back in the day or a bridge crossing of one over the other?

Very sorry news. He answered many of my questions over the years on numerous topics. A wealth of “old school” knowledge. He will be missed, RIP and Thank You!

Question about this situation. What does or did the engineer do this whole time? I know his cab is kind of roomy but did he actually spend the entire time there? I assume he can't leave or was he able to leave the engine unattended? This topic came up in discussion and nobody quite knew. Conditions ...

After numerous google searches and discussion with some other railfans, we can’t seem to find any books or picture books on 30th street staion in Philly. Does anyone know of any? There is a lot of history there regarding the construction and everything else. There are definitely books out there on o...

It just hit me to ask about the routing and equipment I had taken back in the day. Trip 1 was the Silver Star in January 1986. Taken from Newark NJ to Ocala FL. I remember the buffet car where we picked out our food, paid for it and then someone would take it to the table for us. Would this be somet...

Is it back? I can somewhat remember reading it was done. I caught the last three cars going over the Susquehanna from Havre De Grace into Perryville the other day.

Coming home tonight, I noticed a long work train with tons of rails on open cars idling on the Port Deposit line along the river. Loud, noisey as hell. What exactly are they doing? I have never seen a train with all that rail ever. A couple workers are actually sitting atop of this train.This is goi...

I was tracing some old B&O ROWs via Google maps and saw in 1941, a route headed west diverged just before the Cumberland MD station. (Forgive me for not remembering which, but this diverging ROW is still there). My question is would a train from DC enter Cumberland MD and not stop at the station...

Any reasons why Palmetto is late coming into Baltimore going Southbound? Silver Meteor is running more than an hour Northbound also.

At approx. 5:45 this morning I caught a early morning train on the Port Road going through Perryville on its way to the NEC. It had a NS loco leading, a cool looking Erie painted loco (silver, blue, yellow) was second, and then another NS loco. It had very few cars. Usually these trains have a 100+ ...