Note: Gene Poon is a well respected self-thinker and upstanding Passenger Rail advocate. Evan ... From: sheehans@... To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Thu,...
The below story speaks of the value of passenger trains to freight railroads. Note that the BNSF Railway (that also hosts the Heartland Flyer) is receiving a...
I attended the Oklahoma Railroad Museum Monthly meeting this evening where the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's Rails Division, John Dougherty spoke....
This is a response to the All_Aboard forum suggestion that PassengerRailOk.org and Northern Flyer Alliance membership are out of touch... ... There is...
As far as peer states go, Oklahoma should be contributing about as much as North Carolinia. I am glad to see that Texas has joined of course. Hopefully we...
A writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently took a trip on Amtrak's Southwest Chief, California Zephyr and Kansas City Mule and offers 10 good tips for...
Great article. I really enjoyed it. It really tells how it is. I was glad to hear that at least Congress is putting forth some bills to improve rail. ... ...
This is an interesting article summarizing how we are being duped by those elected to serve. When and if this stuff starts getting into the mainstream ...
Please make plans to attend the Norman Depot Open House on March 29th. The depot is located at 200 S. Jones street in downtown Norman. We will be at the...
_http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/03/could_trains_fi.html_ (http://blogs.usatoday.com/sky/2007/03/could_trains_fi.html) Amtrak: Soon to be an alternative to...
Thanks to NARP member Ed D’Amato of Berea, Ohio for his excellent summary of this bill! Please note that this is a summary of S. 1516, last years bill, and...
Someone suggested we arrive at the Fullerton station early and check our bags and then walk over to the Old Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner before boarding the...
Tom Schultz, the editor of the Watertown (Wis.) Daily Times who is a passionate train rider himself, devotes his latest column in that newspaper to a recent...
This is becoming a Like-Hate relationship with Kummant on my part. On the one hand, I truly believe that he wants to see passenger rail grow in this nation. On...
I hope you didn't think I was taking the stand of separating the Sunset. I am not. I want the Long Distance trains to survive and thrive. There are not...
I have been unable to find operating hours of the snack bar, lounge and breakfast and dinner service hours in the dining car. Can someone fill me in on F & B...
Hi Amy, I see that you haven't had your question answered as of yet. I also see that you have a few other questions about the food and beverage service upon...
<font color="#003636"> ... and ... fill ... Hi Amy, I don't know the exact hours, but generally the dinning car opens for breakfast way before I tend to get up...
... also see that you have a few other questions about the food and beverage service upon arriving early in CA. Although I cannot answer your questions with...
Since there is no MOKSRail organization anymore, who is fighting to keep these trains running? Why the change as just a few months ago, Missouri was ...
Amtrak has released its operating report for December 2006. As has been the case for several years now, the Empire Builder continues as Amtrak's single ...
Interesting report. I thought that the SW Chief was more ontime than this. Has the Empire Builder always been this way or is it just that it is the last ...
We see it every year on a national level... President <insert sitting president here> has cut Amtrak's funding request by <insert 50% level here>. I have seen...
Hi Amy, If you're going 1st Class your sleeping car attendant will come by your room and set a reservation time that is open and suits you. Everything is...