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	News from Amtrak
		Amtrak is proud to announce the "first-ever" two-millionth passenger to ride Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner during the past year.
		The California Corridors, operated under the partnership banner, Amtrak California, are the busiest in the nation behind the Washington - Boston Northeast corridor and the Empire corridor serving Albany - New York City.
		Amtrak operates the Chicago-St. Louis State House, the Chicago-Carbondale Illini and the Chicago-Quincy Illinois Zephyr under a contract with the Illinois Department of Transportation.
	www.gallagherstravels.com /newsflash/amtrak (1918 words)

	Amtrak in Utah
		Amtrak was also to arrange to have the depot building open prior to, and after, train time.
		Amtrak has asked for bids on switching the various trains as UP and Rio Grande apparently are disinterested in providing the service.
		Amtrak is encouraging passengers to tour the nearby downtown area, or even have dinner in town while waiting for the connection to the California Zephyr.
	utahrails.net /utahrails/amtrak-in-ut.php (3449 words)

	Amtrak California Cars
		Amtrak should just admit that there is almost always a line at the Snack Bar and should design this area in a way that accommodates that line and keeps the line from blocking passage of people trying to make their way down the aisle.
		I think Amtrak really has to rethink the way the food service really gets used and redesign the layout of the car to accommodate the way that people are going to use it.
		A frequent practice on the "Amtrak San Diegans" is to sandwich a Superliner Sightseer Lounge Car between two regular Amtrak Superliner Coach Cars in the same consist with California Cars.
	www.trainweb.com /accommod/californiacars.html (2936 words)

	Amtrak and Via Rail Canada: Travelling Tips and Savings - Scenic Routes
		Amtrak's California Zephyr gets scenic even before you leave the Chicago area—you pass near luxury homes and gardens in several of the richest suburbs in the United States.
		As an alternative to Amtrak, on summer and autumn weekends, NY Waterway offers cruises from New York City up the Hudson River as far as the Bear Mountain area.
		Not as scenic as the California Zephyr, but nevertheless one of Dr. Voyageur's favourite trains is the Southwest Limited between Los Angeles and Chicago.
	www.drvoyageur.com /amtrak.html (2763 words)

	California Zephyr through Wyoming
		Amtrak will also notify all passengers ticketed between Denver and Salt Lake City during the 32 days of the detour and/or the alternate transportation from Denver to and from Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction.
		While the scenery is less mountainous than the California Zephyr’s regular routing, it offers broad vistas of the high plains and an opportunity to see pronghorn antelope and other wildlife.
		The problem had been a broken toilet in the handicapped room, so they had moved the occupant(s) to the handicapped room in the crew car, since it was not a transition car, but rather a regular sleeper they were using as a crew car.
	www.trainweb.org /carl/CaliforniaZephyr2004/Pt1.html (2376 words)

	UTU: News
		Thanks to state aid, California routes do not rely on federal subsidies as heavily as other regions and are more prepared to weather a financial storm.
		Amtrak's $1.1 billion operating loss in 2001 is the largest in its history.
		The Amtrak Reform Council, an 11-member bipartisan monitoring commission formed under the 1997 law, will present a proposal to Congress on Feb. 7 that Amtrak be restructured into three government entities.
	www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=361 (396 words)

	Amtrak Unlimited - www.amtraktrains.com
		California Cars is the name for the equipment operated by Amtrak California (a partnership between Amtrak and the California Department of Transportation) on its California Corridor routes of the Capitols, the San Joaquins, and the San Diegans (although many San Diegan trains are Amfleet I and Horizon Fleet consists).
		California Car coaches are hanicapped accessible, with a lower level floor that is not high above the platform and a wheelchair lift in the lounge for wheelchair-bound passengers wishing to come upstairs.
		On every California Car train is a lounge car serving informal, dinette-style items and, on the San Joaquins, sit-down formal dining.
	www.amtraktrains.com /page.php?x=amencali (282 words)

	Amtrak finds California golden / Passenger line may be ailing elsewhere, but it's on track here
		Even as Congress debates the future of Amtrak, and California ponders whether it should pour tens of billions into high-speed rail, the Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin and Pacific Surfliner have become among the national passenger railroad's best-ridden trains.
		And they've become models for the future of financially and politically struggling Amtrak, which is eyeing shorter-distance corridor routes and state cost-sharing as keys to preserving and expanding passenger rail service.
		California's biggest success on the rails is, surprisingly, in Southern California, where the car is still king but traffic congestion is driving more people to try the train.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/10/BA129334.DTL (1391 words)

	U (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Amtrak operates three routes for the State: the Pacific Surfliner, San Joaquin, and Capitol Routes.
		In California, we have not yet been impacted by the removal of Amtrak’s monopoly over rail passenger service.
		California is just beginning a cost/benefit feasibility study on competitively bidding intercity rail, in order to determine if there are methods whereby competitive bidding could benefit California under current law.
	www.house.gov /transportation/rail/03-06-02/morales.html (2616 words)

	Amtrak, Newton KS to Fullerton CA
		Amtrak still has the main center room but all the rest of the nice old station is leased out to lawyers, a college, some businesses.
		He was retiring completely after some 43 years with the California Div of Forestry, hired, as he said, 'right out of college' in northeastern Missouri.
		Amtrak could sell on board inexpensive 'tour guides' on different subjects, history and one on agriculture, the Southwest Chief's run being an education in cattle versus forage acreage.
	users.mo-net.com /nixit/AMTRAK.html (4835 words)

	Epinions.com - California Zephyr: Amtrak's Finest Route
		The California Zephyr travels from Chicago to San Francisco via the heart of the Rocky and Sierra Nevada Mountains.
		This route, unlike other Amtrak routes, was designed so that the most scenic areas are transversed during daylight hours.
		One of the Amtrak crew members told me that this train is typically filled to capacity.
	www.epinions.com /content_1925095556 (1979 words)

	Amtrak California Zephyr
		The first time reference tells you how far that point is from the next Amtrak station to the west, and the second time, how far it is to the next Amtrak stop to the east.
		Amtrak passengers begin and end their journey to San Francisco with a bus ride across San Francisco Bay to or from the Oakland train terminal.
		California grows over two million pounds of almonds annually, and 70% of these are processed on this 16-acre, $35 million plant.
	trainweb.com /routes/route_05/rg_5old.htm (6538 words)

	TIA - 2005 Odyssey Award Winner
		Amtrak California caters more to the leisure travelers and its Pacific Surfliner route between San Diego and San Luis Obispo does strong weekend and off-peak business involving longer trip lengths.
		Through the program, Metrolink monthly pass holders are able to ride any Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train or Amtrak California bus within the trip limits on their Metrolink pass at no additional charge.
		Amtrak's Carol Shannon and Brian Hart accept their 2005 Odyssey Award from TIA's President and CEO Roger Dow and National Chair Barbara Richardson.
	www.tia.org /about/odyssey_winner_Amtrak.html (576 words)

	Central California Rails - Amtrak Page 2
		Amtrak 194 leads train #5 the WB California Zephyr at Emigrant Gap.
		Amtrak 242 on a SB San Joaquin at the Stockton Tower.
		Amtrak California trains pass at Pinole, one is in push mode, the other is in pull mode.
	cencalrails.railfan.net /amtrak2.html (191 words)

	California State Railroad Museum Foundation - All Aboard Amtrak
		On a daily basis, Railroad Museum Docents can be found aboard the California Zephyr in either direction between Sacramento and Reno, providing narration about the route's history and communities found along the way, and pointing out some of the outstanding natural and geographical features.
		Their backgrounds are varied, with retired railroaders, health care professionals, geologists, attorneys, educators, law enforcement officers, and sales associates all currently participating in the Railroad Museum's Amtrak program.
		The Museum's On-Board Amtrak program is supported by the California State Railroad Museum Foundation, which provides overnight lodging for volunteers in the Reno area, and by Amtrak, which provides transportation at no cost to participants.
	www.csrmf.org /doc.asp?id=101 (476 words)

	Colorado to California Aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr
		Although Amtrak allows its First Class Sleeper passengers to bring aboard their own alcohol, I don’t believe this privilege is extended to this traveling in Coach.
		He was a carpenter out of Visalia, California and had come to Colorado to visit friends in Carbondale and get in a couple of days of skiing in Aspen.
		Amtrak supplies pillows for its Coach passengers but they’re the small airline style pillows and, while better than nothing, are nowhere near as nice as a real pillow.
	www.flyertalk.com /forum/showthread.php?t=298749 (5304 words)

	Amtrak California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Map of the three Amtrak California routes - the Capitol Corridor (red), Pacific Surfliner (green) and San Joaquins (blue) - and other Amtrak routes in California (fl)
		It hugs the California coast for most of the route, providing a stunning backdrop.
		Amtrak California: Capitol Corridor - Pacific Surfliner - San Joaquins
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amtrak_California (893 words)

	Amtrak's Rainbow of Colors
		With the coming of Amtrak and its necessary standardization, it appeared that railfans would never again experience the colorful variety of locomotive paint schemes that once polished LAUS rails during the pre-Amtrak era.
		In May 2000, Amtrak debuted the new "Pacific Surfliner" schemed-cars on the route newly-renamed from the old "San Diegan."Passenger cars are painted blue and silver with white striping.
		The Amtrak LAUS switchers are painted in the "Los Angeles Raiders" football team colors of silver and fl.
	www.rattenne.com /nrhs/Amtrak/amtrak.htm (731 words)

	Amtrak California Routes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The State of California funds operation of three Amtrak routes within the State, including both operating and capital grants for station and equipment improvement.
		Although Amtrak continues to operate the service and Caltrans continues to provide operating funds, Amtrak will be working with the CCJPB and BART, rather than with Caltrans, who initiated the service in 1996.
		Amtrak motor coaches connect the Capitols to Reno and Carson City, Nevada, Redding, Red Bluff and Medford, OR, the Central Coast as far south as Santa Barbara, and the Northwest California Coast including Eureka.
	www.dot.ca.gov /hq/rail/amcalroutes/rtes.htm (723 words)

	California Zephyr - Travelogue
		The Zephyr was pulled by two Amtrak F40 locomotives followed by three material handling cars, a coach dorm, two sleepers, two coach/baggage cars, a Sightseer Lounge car and the dining car.
		Bobbi, like many of the Amtrak personnel we met, was a long time employee who approached her job with a fresh attitude each day.
		Randy had been with Amtrak for three years and was still on the 'extra' board.
	www.travel-library.com /north_america/usa/california/calzephyr.html (2193 words)

	OP-ED: Dan Zukowski: Amtrak's California Zephyr: The Way West
		Amtrak revived a Chicago to Oakland route, but it was not the route of the Zephyr nor did it carry the name.
		Despite the misinformed criticism emanating from many in Washington, Amtrak has had more than a few success stories in its 34-year history, and the California Zephyr is one of them.
		We have taken Amtrak 2 months after that and we are taking another trip from LNK to GSC (Glenwood Springs CO) on Labor Day.
	www.danzukowski.com /cybercampfire/2005/08/amtraks_califor.html (1645 words)

	CalTrans
		They carried Amtrak numbers 501-502 until 1994 when the units were repainted into the current CalTrans paint scheme and renumbered to 2051-2052.
		The F59PHI and B32-8WH units are currently under control by Amtrak and are used on a variety of California Amtrak trains.
		The units were painted into the Amtrak California silver and blue scheme in the summer of 1995.
	www5.pair.com /rattenne/caltrans/calt.htm (1205 words)

	CNN.com - California: Amtrak train cars derail - August 22, 2002
		HAYWARD, California (CNN) -- Part of an Amtrak train went off the tracks near San Francisco overnight, causing minor injuries to several passengers, according to an Amtrak spokeswoman.
		Graham said authorities were still assessing damage to the train and the tracks several hours after the derailment.
		The passengers were bused to Amtrak's nearby Oakland station, where they will board a northbound train for Seattle Thursday morning, Graham said.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/TRAVEL/NEWS/08/22/amtrak.derailment/index.html (192 words)

	California State Railroad Museum Foundation - Arriving Aboard Amtrak
		Sacramento's Amtrak train station is located immediately adjacent to Old Sacramento and the California State Railroad Museum.
		A striped walkway leads directly from the Amtrak passenger platforms, west under the highway bridge, through a parking lot, to Old Sacramento and the California State Railroad Museum.
		Trained volunteer Docents from the California State Railroad Museum provide narration aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr in both directions between Sacramento and Reno.
	www.csrmf.org /doc.asp?id=352 (290 words)

	United Vacations makes tracks in California with Amtrak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the southern region of California, United Vacations customers can now use Amtrak to travel to the popular attractions, Sea World, Disneyland, and Universal Studios, the beautiful coastal towns of Santa Monica, and Santa Barbara, as well as America's second-city, Los Angeles.
		The second option, the Northern or Southern California 5-in-7 Day Pass, is ideal for United Vacations' customers travelling to the West Coast who have a more limited timetable, or are wishing to focus on a specific region within the state.
		In Northern California, the pass covers travel on the Capitol Corridor, Yosemite National Park, and the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Sacramento.
	www.united.fr /press/pressroom/2000/uk_1114.html (389 words)

	CWRR.com - Amtrak - Routes
		Amtrak's Metropolitan Lounge® availablein Chicago for First Class Service passengers.
		These schedules are unofficial, but are authorized by Amtrak.
		While we try to keep this information correct and current, neither the authors, editor, and sysops, nor Amtrak can accept responsibility for errors and omissions in the on-line timetables.
	www.cwrr.com /Amtrak/w_zephyr.html (663 words)

	Amtrak
		Amtrak California operates a lot of buses to supplement and expand the rail system in California.
		This service is the most wide ranging of all the "public" systems in California with stops being located in the far north and far south of the state, and including a few stops outside of California.
		Other (Amtrak stops in states without enough for their own pages)
	www.the-bus-stops-here.org /amtrak.html (174 words)

	GoByTrain.us > Loco Guide > Amtrak > Notes
		Locomotives from the CA (Amtrak California) and PM (Piedmont) Pools are financed or part-financed by their respective States (California and North Carolina) and only leave their home States on very rare occasions.
		Fifteen former Amtrak F40PHR's were planned to be converted at Beech Grove to F40M-3F and leased by Amtrak to the CDAC (Canadain American RR).
		Both Amtrak's leasing business and the CDAC were acquired by Rail World Inc. in early 2002, although the ownership of the CDAC units remained with Amtrak.
	www.gobytrain.us /amtrak/notes (14232 words)

	Central California Rails - Amtrak
		Amtrak 2007 leads train #713 past BNSF 1097, while we are doing grade crossing enforcement.
		Amtrak California, San Joaquin Train #716 at the Stockton Station.
		Amtrak 50 leads the westbound California Zephyr at Reno.
	cencalrails.railfan.net /amtrak.html (459 words)

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