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[BillMagee]

Post your 2008 Amtrak trips as replies to this topic. Any remaining 2007 trips can be posted in the December topic which will remain open until February 1.

[steve4031]

Ok, I will be the first lol. A points run up to Milwaukee and back Saturday, January 12. Chicago to Milwaukee on 333 84 miles Milwaukee to Chicago on 336 84 miles

[BillMagee]

Ok, I will be the first lol. A points run up to Milwaukee and back

Saturday, January 12.
Chicago to Milwaukee on 333 84 miles
Milwaukee to Chicago on 336 84 miles

You are number one! Your mileage will be tabulated when I return from vacation on January 15. Sorry for the delay.

[BillMagee]

Here are the first two submissions for 2008, including a little winter-wonderland trip by me.

Steve : your Amtrak Mileage Tally submission has been recorded as follows:

12-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 333 Hiawatha Service; from Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI ; 86 miles
12-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 336 Hiawatha Service; from Milwaukee, WI to Chicago, IL ; 86 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 172 miles to your 2008 totals.
Your 2008 totals are 2 segments and 172 miles.
Your 2008 mileage is 10.9% of 1,581 total miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 2 out of 2 participants.


Bill Magee : my Amtrak Mileage Tally submission has been recorded as follows:

11-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 5 California Zephyr; from Denver, CO to Emeryville, CA ; 1400 miles
12-Jan-08 : Thruway Bus 5005 Thruway Bus; from Emeryville, CA to San Francisco (Ferry Bldg.), CA ; 9 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 1,409 miles to my 2008 totals.
My 2008 totals are 2 segments and 1,409 miles.
My 2008 mileage is 89.1% of 1,581 total miles submitted by all participants to date.
I am presently ranked 1 out of 2 participants.

[WICT106]

My return trip to St. Cloud: january 13, train 92, FTL-WAS, 1275 miles January 14, WAS-CHI, train 29, 764 miles Jan 15, CHI-SCD, Train 27, 482 miles total this jaunt: 2521 miles Edited in light of Bill MaGee's information listed below. I tried using the mileage listed in the Amtrak Timetable, but the Timetable is unclear as to the difference in miles between the routes.

Edited by WICT106, 17 January 2008 - 08:39 AM.

[BillMagee]

Well, my position at the top of the OTOL heap (a heap of 2) was short-lived.

My calculations show the Silver Star route is 133 miles longer than the route of the Silver Meteor (42 miles added via Columbia SC and 91 miles added via Tampa). So, your trip on the Silver Star from FTL to WAS was the Meteor's mileage (1367-225=1142) plus the added miles for the Star (1142+133) = 1275 miles. So, with that out of the way....

WICT106 : your Amtrak Mileage Tally submission has been recorded as follows:

13-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 92 Silver Star; from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Washington, DC ; 1275 miles
14-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 29 Capitol Limited; from Washington, DC to Chicago, IL ; 764 miles
15-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 27 Empire Builder; from Chicago, IL to St. Cloud, MN ; 482 miles

This submission added 3 segments and 2,521 miles to your 2008 totals.
Your 2008 totals are 3 segments and 2,521 miles.
Your 2008 mileage is 61.5% of 4,102 total miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 1 out of 3 participants.

[BillMagee]

I BARF'd-up a few miles yesterday:

BillMagee : my Amtrak Mileage Tally submission has been recorded as follows:

19-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 162 Regional; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 91 miles
19-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 669 Keystone; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA ; 91 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 182 miles to my 2008 totals.
My 2008 totals are 4 segments and 1,591 miles.
My 2008 mileage is 37.1% of 4,284 total miles submitted by all participants to date.
I am presently ranked 2 out of 3 participants.

[Skip Howard]

Bill, I BARF'd up this: Jan 18 RTE - NYP #2163 - 220 miles Jan 20 NYP - RTE #2254 - 220 miles Thank you. I throughly enjoyed the weekend, it was great seeing you all. A big tip of the hat to Kevin for a great time. Skip Howard

[KevinKorell]

I BARF'd-up a few miles yesterday:

I BARF'd up this:

Sounds like I made some people sick.....

[BillMagee]

Maybe Amtrak needs BARF bags?

Skip : your Amtrak Mileage Tally submission has been recorded as follows:

18-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 2163 Acela Express; from Boston (Route-128), MA to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 220 miles
20-Jan-08 : Amtrak Train 2254 Acela Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Boston (Route-128), MA ; 220 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 440 miles to your 2008 totals.
Your 2008 totals are 2 segments and 440 miles.
Your 2008 mileage is 9.3% of 4,724 total miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 3 out of 4 participants.