Amtrak will be offering $100 in free alcohol to customers of its new deal with GrandLuxe that will give those willing to pay the higher fares a luxury train...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 2, 2007 5:07 pm
1035
We took a trip this year on the Grandluxe Rail for their National Parks of the West. It was nothing like they show on their website. It is very expensive and...
Linda
annarudow@...
Aug 4, 2007 2:11 am
1036
The Albuquerque Tribune Monday published a feature on the work of Amtrak conductors and it may offer some insights into the satisfactions felt and frustrations...
ProRail OnLine
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Aug 7, 2007 8:07 am
1037
Here information about a Saturday event in Madison that may be of interest. ProRail is among the sponsors. "ProRail sees this large public event, complete with...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 9, 2007 5:09 pm
1038
Here's an update on service disruptions for the Empire Builder and the Cascades route, from the Kalispell, MT, Flathead Beacon. ProRail ****** Amtrak Service...
ProRail OnLine
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Aug 13, 2007 4:57 pm
1039
The fourth edition of "New York by Rail" now is available for either downloading or ordering through the mail via http://www.escapemaker.com/nybyrail.html ...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 15, 2007 7:36 pm
1040
Here’s a report that explains how to use trains and other modes of transportation to see part of California without a car. This was published in the Aug. 17...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 17, 2007 7:16 pm
1041
An Illinois Amtrak station on the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief routes now is offering free Wi-Fi service to waiting passengers with laptops. ****** ...
ProRail OnLine
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Aug 17, 2007 7:38 pm
1042
Here's an update from today's Battle Creek, Mich., Enquirer about the planned transfer of ownership of track used by Amtrak for its Wolverine trains and how...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 18, 2007 6:56 pm
1043
Clevelanders enjoy boarding an Amtrak train in daylight Sunday, August 19, 2007 By Debbi Snook Plain Dealer Reporter Margie O'Connor of Concord had not been on...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 19, 2007 7:42 pm
1044
A writer for the Waterloo (Iowa) Courier recently took a trip on a private rail car attached to the rear of Amtrak's "City of New Orleans," and reports on the...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 20, 2007 6:52 am
1045
A blogger has started a five-part series on his recent "great American cities" tour, most of it on six Amtrak trains and with the goal to avoid flying and...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 20, 2007 6:18 pm
1046
We've received this word Tuesday night from another online group which is devoted exclusively to Amtrak's Empire Builder ...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 22, 2007 4:57 am
1047
(The following is from the Minneapolis StarTribune of Aug. 23, 2007.) Amtrak train service on the Empire Builder between Minneapolis and Chicago remained...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 23, 2007 7:46 pm
1048
The Portland, Ore., station used by Amtrak's Empire Builder, Coast Starlight and Cascades trains is being targeted for additional uses, according to this news...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 24, 2007 6:45 am
1049
The following information was posted Saturday night at the Minneapolis StarTribune Web site. ****** Amtrak returns to rails, skipping 2 stops Amtrak has...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 26, 2007 3:54 am
1050
The reconstruction of the downtown Milwaukiee Amtrak station remains on schedule for opening the day before Thanksgiving, according to this article in...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 26, 2007 4:38 am
1051
(ProRail Travel note: This message from earlier this week was caught up in a filter and just now has been found and approved for posting. Our apologies for...
Items in this report : 1. Amtrak adds luxury service to Washington D.C. train 2. Donovans continue to report on their trip around the U.S. by rail 3....
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 26, 2007 5:07 am
1053
Here's word of Amtrak problems this weekend with its ticketing system, toll-free number, and Web site. It should explain why you had problems if you tried to...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 26, 2007 9:04 pm
1054
Here's some additional information about the computer "meltdown" Amtrak experienced this weekend. These are the first reports we've seen quoting Amtrak as...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 27, 2007 2:37 am
1055
I understand from the local trainmaster here in Portage that the CP Rail tracks are open as of today and that the Empire Builder can now run on the normal CP...
Bev & Ed Kramer
trudee98@...
Aug 28, 2007 1:51 am
1056
Fodor’s online Travel Wire identifies four Amtrak routes as among “our favorites” in an article prompted by “ever-increasing delays, cancelled flights,...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 28, 2007 6:20 am
1057
The cause of Amtrak’s computer system shutdown this weekend was due to a power failure at the Virginia mainframe facility when one of three circuit breakers...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 28, 2007 6:13 pm
1058
A proposed new look for downtown Columbus, Wis., includes as a key ingredient the establishment of a boulevard to the Amtrak station there. The new “Dickason...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Aug 29, 2007 9:34 pm
1059
Here’s news about upcoming changes in 2008 with Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, as reported by another Web site. It’s dated Aug. 30. The author is identified...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Sep 1, 2007 5:55 am
1060
Here are two travel-related items. ****** #1 Anaheim Resort Transit Service from Anaheim Amtrak Station to Begin on October 1 Anaheim Resort Transit (ART)...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Sep 2, 2007 5:48 am
1061
Amtrak's long-awaited new St. Louis station, to be shared with Greyhound and with local public transportation very close, is on track to open in February or...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Sep 4, 2007 2:24 pm
1062
Milwaukee’s Fox 6 News toured the downtown Milwaukee Amtrak station construction site today then aired a 1 minute 21 second video on its newscasts showing...
ProRail OnLine
prorail@...
Sep 6, 2007 7:52 am
1063
Tickets now are on sale for a Madison-Spring Green round-trip by chartered train run by a group called Sustain Dane. It’s described as a “one-day, ...
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