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In this section of ON TRACK ON LINE, we present reports of trips on the rails. We hope you will enjoy reading about the adventures of others, and that they will tempt you to experience passenger rail travel too.

Three new trip reports have been posted recently.

In June 2009, Bruce Jones took a trip on the Carolinian. Bruce shares his experiences on the Carolinian here.

• In May 2009, OTOL member Lew Bevier made a round trip from the Baltimore area to Chicago with his wife. Their travels saw them on an Acela Express, the Lake Shore Limited, the Cardinal, and a Northeast Regional train. You can read about their adventures here.

In May 2009, Darrell Walker took his family on a ride on the Texas Eagle from Temple, Texas to Chicago. You can read about their first trip as a family here.

About 300 other trip reports are available also.

Amtrak trains use the radio frequencies of the Host Railroads over which Amtrak trains run. Our Amtrak Frequencies section lists the AAR channels and frequencies Amtrak uses on each of its routes, with specific data about each route segment.

Operation Lifesaver is a national, non-profit public education program dedicated to ending collisions, deaths and injuries at highway-rail grade crossings and along railroad rights-of-way. We encourage you to visit Operation Lifesaver's Web Site.

Our Danny Boehr/Al Tuner - The Muse From Here Archive section contains a comprehensive collection of Al Tuner's "Muse From Here" essays on railroading distributed by e-mail beginning in 1994

The family of the late Danny Boehr dedicated a bench to him at Horseshoe Curve in August, 2003. Danny was a dear friend and a significant influence in railfanning using the internet. The Danny Boehr/Al Tuner Dedication Page includes the text of speeches and photos of the ceremony.

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