SCEflyer

How about the Auto Train? Admittedly it is the same route as the Silver Star.

CMK10

Oh wow i forgot about that one, I haven't done it, how embarrassing

Orwaid

Hi -

Have you done the length of all the sleepers, or just a segment?

SCEflyer

Did anyone ever ride this train? I can't recall its name.

It ran through the late 70's or so, departing both end points in the AM. I used to see it in GCT when I was commuting to NYC, but never had a chance to ride it, although I often thought of calling in sick and then buying a ticket. It was all coach, but carried a full diner, and the crew was getting ready to serve breakfast upon its imminent departure from GCT.

CMK10

Depends: I have the California Zephyr, City of New Orleans, Empire Builder (Seattle to Chicago), Lakeshore Limited and Southwest Chief Terminus to Terminus. The other Sleeper trains I only took portions of,

SCEflyer

Two gaps, of several in my travels, have been Spokane to Portland and Albany to Boston. Have you ever ridden these segments?

I will be posting my AMTK travels shortly, I just want to make sure that I have
captured most if not all, in order to avoid multiple edits.

CMK10

I haven't done either of those, no. I did the LSL CHI-NYP and the EB SEA-CHI.

Seat 2A

I have travelled over every Amtrak route except:

AutoTrain
Galesburg, IL to Quincy, IL
Portland, ME to Brunswick, ME
Richmond, VA to Newport News, VA
Buffalo, NY to Toronto, ON

I've also travelled over a lot of Amtrak routes that no longer exist:

Salt Lake City to Los Angeles (Desert Wind)
Salt Lake City to Portland (The Pioneer)
Denver to Salt Lake City via southern Wyoming (The City of San Francisco)
Miami to New Orleans (The Sunset Limited)
Spokane to Seattle via the southern route through Yakima and Ellensberg
Rutland, VT to Montreal (The Montrealer)
Memphis to Jackson (Over the old IC mainline)

I spent 18 nights and 19500 miles on U.S. rails in 2015 - small potatoes compared to most of you but definitely a lot of fun. I'm heading out next week for another 9500 mile, nine night jaunt around the west. It's a great way to use up some of my Amtrak points before the coming devaluation.

CMK10

Acela
Adirondak (Terminus to Terminus)
California Zephyr (Terminus to Terminus)
Capitol Corridor
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans (Terminus to Terminus)
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder (Terminus to Terminus)
Empire Service
Hartford to Springfield Shuttle
Hiawatha Service
Lakeshore Limited
Northeast Regional
Keystone
Pacific Surfliner
Piedmont
San Joaquin
Silver Star
Silver Meteor
Southwest Chief (Terminus to Terminus)
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Wolverine

Total: 25

I need to start focusing on some of the smaller ones. I'll be doing the Downeaster in February.

Viajero Joven

My full list, including future ticketed AGR travel, East to west:

Silver Meteor MIA-NYP
Capital Limited WAS-Rockville
NEC BOS-PVD
Lake Shore Limited NYP-CLE
Crescent ATL-BHM
Wolverine ARB-CHI
City of New Orleans NOL-CHI
Empire Builder CHI-MSP and MSP-PDX
California Zephyr CHI-Osceola IA and Denver to Sacramento
Texas Eagle CHI-TUS-LAX
Anne Rutledge CHI-STL-Kansas City
Southwest Chief CHI-ABQ and Flagstaff-LAX
Coast Starlight PDX-LAX
San Joaquin EMY-BFL
Pacific Surfliner LAX-SAN

Local trains on covered track (i.e. Capitols, Hiawatha, Illini, Empire Service) not listed.

jackal

FWIW, I go by track, not by named route (i.e. having ridden both Acela and Regional between NYP and WAS, I don't feel the need to ride every NYP-based long-distance train on the segment between NYP and WAS, nor do I feel compelled to ride the full length of every state-supported train that duplicates a long-distance route [I'm looking at you, Illinois]).

So, keeping that in mind, it's actually now (finally!) easier to list what track I have not covered in Amtrak's system. Here is my ever-shrinking list of stuff I still need to do (excluding currently ticketed trips):

Charlotte-Birmingham (Crescent)
Selma-Savannah (Silver Star)
Selma (or Cary*)-Greensboro (Carolinian, Piedmont)
Petersburg, VA-Norfolk (Regional)
Richmond (RVR)-Newport News (Regional)
New Haven-St. Albans (Vermonter)
Plattsburgh-Montreal (Adirondack)
Albany-Boston South (Lake Shore Limited, Boston section)
Whitehall, NY-Rutland (Ethan Allen Express)
Gary-Grand Rapids (Pere Marquette)
Gary-Port Huron (Blue Water)
Gary (or Battle Creek*)-Pontiac (Wolverine)
Galesburg-Quincy (Carl Sandburgh/Illinois Zephyr)
Galesburg-Kansas City (Southwest Chief)
Fort Worth-Oklahoma City (Heartland Flyer)
San Antonio-New Orleans (Sunset Limited)

*Duplicated by another route I haven't done

CMK10

Acela
Adirondak (Terminus to Terminus)
California Zephyr (Terminus to Terminus)
Capitol Corridor
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans (Terminus to Terminus)
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder (Terminus to Terminus)
Empire Service
Hartford to Springfield Shuttle
Heartland Flyer
Hiawatha Service
Lakeshore Limited
Northeast Regional
Keystone
Pacific Surfliner
Piedmont
San Joaquin
Silver Star
Silver Meteor
Southwest Chief (Terminus to Terminus)
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Wolverine

Total: 26

dhammer53

I did the California Zephyr/Pacific SurfLiner DEN/PDX last June in a Roomette.

In May, I'll do the Capitol Limited / Northeast Regional CHI/NRO. It was the same price to train it to NRO as NYP, and it's much closer to home. Slumming in coach.

You guys are a bad influence.

dh

seat38a

When is the next train trip with your dad?

CMK10

Good question. Hopefully later this year, I need to finish the Texas Eagle at some point.

Also, I added another one last week:

Acela
Adirondak (Terminus to Terminus)
California Zephyr (Terminus to Terminus)
Capitol Corridor
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans (Terminus to Terminus)
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder (Terminus to Terminus)
Empire Service
Hartford to Springfield Shuttle
Heartland Flyer
Hiawatha Service
Lakeshore Limited
Northeast Regional
Keystone
Pacific Surfliner
Piedmont
San Joaquin
Silver Star
Silver Meteor
Southwest Chief (Terminus to Terminus)
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
Wolverine

Total: 27