A reporter for MaineToday.com took a ride on Amtrak's new service from Boston to Portland, Maine, and wrote this Dec. 31 article about the experience. If...
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Jan 1, 2002 9:39 pm
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Amtrak finally has posted details on its Web site of its new "2 for 1" discount offer -- the subject of previous informational postings here at ProRail Travel....
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Jan 3, 2002 5:57 am
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Amtrak has just announced a new "Discover America's Greatness" program -- "to help strengthen a travel rebound in America," according to Amtrak's Web site. ...
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Jan 3, 2002 6:05 am
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Amtrak's latest online Rail Sale is offering travel between Chicago and Detroit, on trains 350 and 355, for $4.30 coach one way. The offer is good through...
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Jan 3, 2002 6:13 am
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Amtrak has just updated its Web site to announce details of its new “On Track to Win” promotion. You now also can register on line quickly for the ...
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Jan 4, 2002 7:36 am
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Amtrak has put up on its website the new 2002 Wall Calendar, which features
a shot of the Acela Express train. The site can be accessed at:...
Not to turn this into a "how to fix Amtrak" forum, I do have some questions about train speed. It appears most of Amtrak trains, not withstanding the NEC, top ...
Perhaps someone else who is more expert than I can answer your question, but my understanding is that, bottom line, that speed limits are set by the Federal...
Here are a few points of clarification. The FRA limits passenger trains to
79 MPH unless there exists a special type of system on the train such as
Automatic...
Amtrak now is offering free Internet access on some of its Milwaukee-to-Chicago trains in an experiment for up to six months, Amtrak announced Tuesday. One car...
Amtrak and Continental Airlines announced Jan. 17 they have agreed to create the country’s first domestic air/rail code share, with kickoff scheduled for ...
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Jan 23, 2002 6:46 pm
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Kramer FunTours is sponsoring an open house Feb. 2 at 1:00 pm in Portage at the United Methodist Church fellowship hall, northside of tracks in Portage on New...
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Jan 31, 2002 8:14 pm
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Here's a news story on Amtrak's announcement today that it may eliminate a number of routes by October. This is expected to be a constantly-evolving story in...
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Feb 1, 2002 7:26 pm
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Traveling through Europe this spring with friends? According to USA Today in Friday's editions, Rail Europe is offering a discounted five-day Eurail ...
The Amtrak station in Columbus, Wis., now is closed on Saturdays and Sundays as part of Amtrak’s nationwide cost-cutting measures. This means no ticket ...
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Mar 5, 2002 6:44 pm
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Here's the text of an Amtrak news release: FLAGSTAFF THRUWAY BUS SERVICE TO GRAND CANYON AND PHOENIX AGAIN AVAILABLE VIA AMTRAK CHICAGO (March 4) – Ticketing...
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Mar 7, 2002 7:56 am
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I assume everyone knows that Warrington resigned. Any opinions as to the effect on Amtrak? Any idea who will take his place? Ed Kramer WPDR-WDDC N6912 Hiway...
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Mar 7, 2002 9:24 pm
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Besides coverage in the news media, the most discussion I've found on this topic, with plenty of speculation about the future, is at a similar Yahoo group, at...
If you're using the Amtrak station at Columbus, be aware that neither checked baggage service nor Amtrak Express shipping is available there any longer, no...
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Mar 11, 2002 7:07 pm
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Amtrak's City of New Orleans train gets high marks from a traveler sharing about a favorite family trip, in the Sunday Wisconsin State Journal Travel section. ...
A very popular summer tradition is the University Summer Forums. Open free to the public and for credit to enrolled students, forums are held for 4-weeks each...
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Mar 25, 2002 3:30 am
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Summer Forums Two, four-week lecture series available to enrolled students for one or more credits, and to the general public at no cost. These popular...
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Mar 25, 2002 3:39 am
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If you are booking an Amtrak Thruway bus from Madison to Chicago, to connect with a departing Amtrak train, by calling the 800-USA RAIL operator, be aware you...
I ran into this earlier, about a month ago....except that it indicated a bus about 9 or 10 am for a late evening train. Anyway, to get around that, either pay...
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Mar 29, 2002 8:03 pm
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This has been a problem for years, but when I brought it up no one listened to me. Van Galder used to let you use an Amtrak ticket in either direction ...
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Apr 1, 2002 6:02 am
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Apr 1, 2002 7:56 pm
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An item in a recent NARP (National Association of Railroad Passengers) Hotline mentions ClubAcela lounges have replaced Metropolitan Lounges in train stations...
Just a name change. Kramer FunTours Ed Kramer N6912 Hwy 51 P O Box 300 Portage WI 53901 608-742-8833 Fax 608-742-1688 email: kramerfuntours@... ...
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Apr 10, 2002 1:10 pm
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It's just a name change. My brother and I arrived on a sleeper on the Twilight Shoreliner to Boston South Station in the morning and enjoyed using ClubAcela....
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