Post your Amtrak trips for March (and any earlier trips) as replies in this topic.

Asleep at the switch again. Sorry for the delay!

Welcome to March, everyone!

Sir: Please record the following tally for me, chuljin (whom, I keep forgetting to mention, you're welcome to call 'Chris'), for February 2009:

February 2009
--Detail for one-off segments (less than five in the same direction between city pairs)
----2/1/09 - #768 - LAX-IRV - 46 miles
----2/1/09 - #769 - IRV-SNA - 10 miles
----2/1/09 - #571 - SNA-LAX - 36 miles
----2/2/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----2/2/09 - #798 - BUR-GDL - 7 miles
----2/3/09 - #798 - GDL-LAX - 6 miles
----2/4/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----2/4/09 - #798 - BUR-GDL - 7 miles
----2/7/09 - #763 - LAX-VEC - 77 miles
----2/7/09 - #784 - VEC-FUL - 103 miles
----2/7/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
----2/14/09 - #769 - LAX-MPK - 47 miles
----2/14/09 - #784 - MPK-FUL - 73 miles
----2/14/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
----2/15/09 - #784 - BUR-FUL - 39 miles
----2/15/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
----2/16/09 - #799 - GDL-VNC - 13 miles
----2/16/09 - #768 - VNC-LAX - 19 miles
----2/18/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----2/18/09 - #798 - BUR-GDL - 7 miles
----2/20/09 - #784 - LAX-FUL - 26 miles
----2/28/09 - #774 - GDL-LAX - 6 miles
----2/28/09 - #769 - LAX-OXN - 67 miles
----2/28/09 - #784 - OXN-FUL - 93 miles *1
----2/28/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
--Summary data for repeated segments (five or more in the same direction between city pairs...detail in the CSV below)
----13 segments - LAX-GDL - 78 miles (6 each)
----6 segments - GDL-BUR - 42 miles (7 each) *2
February 2009 Totals: 44 segments, 969 miles
CSV for this submission is here.

*1: 85 miles into this segment (18 from LAX, 8 from FUL), I'd gone 10,000 lifetime miles on Amtrak. Unimpressive unless you consider it's 6 miles at a time, and only over about 15 months
*2: the sixth/last of which was the Select-Plus-requalifying segment. One more year, yay!

Even more:

2/22, #501 Amtrak Cascades- Seattle(SEA) to Vancouver, WA(VAN) 177 miles
2/22, #28 Empire Builder- Portland to Wisconsin Dells, 2062 miles
2/26, #8 Empire Builder- Wisconsin Dells to Chicago, 195 miles
2/26, #50 Cardinal- Chicago to Charlottesville, 807 miles
2/27, #4050 Bus- Charlottesville to Richmond Staples Mill, 69 miles
2/27, #97 Silver Meteor- Richmond Staples Mill to Miami, 1055 miles
3/2, #98 Silver Meteor- Miami to Washington DC, 1164 miles

Chris it is, as long as you call me Bill.


Select Plus by commuting to work. It's a beautiful thing.

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

Feb-09 13 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Glendale, CA ; 78 miles
Feb-09 6 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 42 miles
1-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 768 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Irvine, CA ; 46 miles
1-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 769 Pacific Surfliner; from Irvine, CA to Santa Ana, CA ; 10 miles
1-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 571 Pacific Surfliner; from Santa Ana, CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 36 miles
2-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
2-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 798 Pacific Surfliner; from Burbank - Airport, CA to Glendale, CA ; 7 miles
3-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 798 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 6 miles
4-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
4-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 798 Pacific Surfliner; from Burbank - Airport, CA to Glendale, CA ; 7 miles
7-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 763 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Ventura, CA ; 77 miles
7-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Ventura, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 103 miles
7-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles
14-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 769 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Moorpark, CA ; 47 miles
14-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Moorpark, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 73 miles
14-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles
15-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Burbank - Airport, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 39 miles
15-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles
16-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 799 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Van Nuys (Metrolink), CA ; 13 miles
16-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 768 Pacific Surfliner; from Van Nuys (Metrolink), CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 19 miles
18-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
18-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 798 Pacific Surfliner; from Burbank - Airport, CA to Glendale, CA ; 7 miles
20-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 26 miles
28-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 774 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 6 miles
28-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 769 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Oxnard, CA ; 67 miles
28-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Oxnard, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 93 miles
28-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles

This submission added 44 segments and 969 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 120 segments and 2,085 miles. Your 2008 totals were 319 segments and 7,526 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 6.8% of 30,701 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 5 out of 18 participants.


And, now for our transcon, east-west, north-south vagabond on the rails. What a great trip!

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

22-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 501 Cascades; from Seattle, WA to Vancouver, WA ; 177 miles
22-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 28 Empire Builder; from Portland, OR to Wisconsin Dells, WI ; 2062 miles
26-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 8 Empire Builder; from Wisconsin Dells, WI to Chicago, IL ; 195 miles
26-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 50 Cardinal; from Chicago, IL to Charlottesville, VA ; 807 miles
27-Feb-09 : Amtrak Connection 4050 Thruway Bus; from Charlottesville, VA to Richmond, VA ; 69 miles
27-Feb-09 : Amtrak Train 97 Silver Meteor; from Richmond, VA to Miami, FL ; 1055 miles
2-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 98 Silver Meteor; from Miami, FL to Washington, DC ; 1164 miles

This submission added 7 segments and 5,529 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 16 segments and 12,227 miles. Your 2008 totals were 43 segments and 11,662 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 39.8% of 30,701 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 1 out of 18 participants.

Can I call you Bill too?

First non-Fest Amtrak mileage of the year for me... and I finally used the PHL-DOW r/t tickets that the Phillies fans wouldn't let me use in October.

3/6/09 Train #647 Keystone TRE-PHL 33 miles
3/6/09 Train #649 Keystone PHL-DOW 32 miles
3/6/09 Train #654 Keystone DOW-PHL 32 miles
3/6/09 Train #136 NE Regional PHL-TRE 33 miles

Total: 130 miles. Thanks....

....continued

3/3, #174 NE Regional, WAS to BOS, 456 miles
3/5, #683 Downeaster, BON to POR, 116 miles
3/5, #686 Downeaster, POR to BON, 116 miles
3/6, #449 Lake Shore Ltd, BOS to ALB, 199 miles
3/6, #49 Lake Shore Ltd, ALB to CHI, 818 miles

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

6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 647 Keystone; from Trenton, NJ to Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA ; 33 miles
6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 649 Keystone; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to Downingtown, PA ; 32 miles
6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 654 Keystone; from Downingtown, PA to Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA ; 32 miles
6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 136 Northeast Regional; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to Trenton, NJ ; 33 miles

This submission added 4 segments and 130 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 5 segments and 204 miles. Your 2008 totals were 37 segments and 6,797 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 0.6% of 32,537 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 9 out of 18 participants.


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

3-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 174 Northeast Regional; from Washington, DC to Boston (South Station), MA ; 457 miles
5-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 683 Downeaster; from Boston (North Station), MA to Portland, ME ; 116 miles
5-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 686 Downeaster; from Portland, ME to Boston (North Station), MA ; 116 miles
6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 449 Lake Shore Limited; from Boston (South Station), MA to Albany-Rensselaer, NY ; 199 miles
6-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 49 Lake Shore Limited; from Albany-Rensselaer, NY to Chicago, IL ; 818 miles

This submission added 5 segments and 1,706 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 21 segments and 13,933 miles. Your 2008 totals were 43 segments and 11,662 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 42.8% of 32,537 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 1 out of 18 participants.

Not finished yet!

3/7, #5, California Zephyr, Chicago to Martinez, 2411 miles
3/10, #527, Capitols, Martinez to Oakland Jack London, 32 miles
3/10, #544, Capitols, San Jose to Martinez, 75 miles
3/14, #712, San Joaquin, Fresno to Hanford, 30 miles
3/14, #4912, Bus, Hanford to San Luis Obispo, miles not listed. So not sure what to put for that.

For your bus ride Hanford to San Luis Obispo, I did a Google Map routing from Amtrak Hanford to Amtrak Paso Robles and then on to Amtrak SLO. That came up with 117 miles. That should be pretty close. You picked up two extra miles on your Capitol Corridor trips due to my database using timetable mileages in one direction, and the mileage in the other direction being one less.

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

7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 5 California Zephyr; from Chicago, IL to Martinez, CA ; 2411 miles
10-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 527 Capitol; from Martinez, CA to Oakland (Jack London Sq.), CA ; 33 miles
10-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 544 Capitol; from San Jose, CA to Martinez, CA ; 76 miles
14-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 712 San Joaquin; from Fresno, CA to Hanford, CA ; 30 miles
14-Mar-09 : Amtrak Connection 4912 Thruway Bus; from Hanford, CA to San Luis Obispo, CA ; 117 miles

This submission added 5 segments and 2,667 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 26 segments and 16,600 miles. Your 2008 totals were 43 segments and 11,662 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 47.2% of 35,204 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 1 out of 18 participants.

I gingerly set foot into the mileage tally count this year with the following:

3/7/09 NYP - SDY 63 Maple Leaf 159 miles
3/7/09 SDY - NYP 68 Adirondack 159 miles

The ESPA/NARP New York Annual Meeting trip and an opportunity to argue with George Hailkalis all the way back

Hopefully I won't be the last in the list.

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

7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 63 Maple Leaf; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Schenectady, NY ; 159 miles
7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 68 Adirondack; from Schenectady, NY to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 159 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 318 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 2 segments and 318 miles. Your 2008 totals were 44 segments and 17,955 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 0.9% of 35,522 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 9 out of 19 participants.

Bill,

I made an AGR run from Chicago to Milwuakee yesterday. I went to Milwaukee on 339 and came back on 342.
It was 89 miles each way.

Thanks

Steve

Steve: looks like MKE is three miles closer to Chicago than you thought. It's 86 each way, but still a nice AGR run.

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

16-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 339 Hiawatha Service; from Chicago, IL to Milwaukee, WI ; 86 miles
16-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 342 Hiawatha Service; from Milwaukee, WI to Chicago, IL ; 86 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 172 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 6 segments and 2,239 miles. Your 2008 totals were 26 segments and 440 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 6.3% of 35,694 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 5 out of 19 participants.

Oops, Sorry about that. I should have looked at the schedule.

And a trip for me:

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

21-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2250 Acela Express; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to Providence, RI ; 279 miles

This submission added 1 segment and 279 miles to my totals.
My 2009 totals are 8 segments and 1,290 miles. My 2008 totals were 11 segments and 3,639 miles
My 2009 mileage is 3.6% of 35,973 miles submitted by all participants to date.
I am presently ranked 7 out of 19 participants.

Bill,

17 March 09, #66 Amtrak Regional PVD-BOS 43 miles
17 March 09, #137 Amtrak Regional BOS-PVD 43 miles
17 March 09, #190 Amtrak Regional PVD-BOS 43 miles
17 March 09, #171 Amtrak Regional BOS-PVD 43 miles

Looks like a classic "points run".

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

17-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 66 Northeast Regional; from Providence, RI to Boston (South Station), MA ; 43 miles
17-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 137 Northeast Regional; from Boston (South Station), MA to Providence, RI ; 43 miles
17-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 190 Northeast Regional; from Providence, RI to Boston (South Station), MA ; 43 miles
17-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 171 Northeast Regional; from Boston (South Station), MA to Providence, RI ; 43 miles

This submission added 4 segments and 172 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 17 segments and 2,554 miles. Your 2008 totals were 28 segments and 15,187 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 7.1% of 36,145 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 4 out of 19 participants.

Please add to my totals (before I forget):

March 14, Empire builder, Train 28, Saint Cloud MN - Columbus, Wisconsin, 332 miles
March 16, ditto, Train 27, Columbus Wisconsin - Saint Cloud MN, 332 miles
(Note: attended "Canoecopia.")
Total this trip: 664 miles

March 20, Train 8, Empire Builder, Saint Cloud MN -- Chicago IL, 482 miles.
March 22, train 7, Empire Builder, Chicago IL - Saint Cloud, MN, 482 miles. Total this trip: 964 miles.
(Note: attended the MWHSRA meeting, where the new budget plans were discussed. it was good news to learn the WI Gov. Doyle was applying for the "whole enchilada," and finally getting going on getting Amtrak to Madison. Gotta upgrade the tracks on both the Watertown and Portage subdivisions, though.

664 + 964 = 1,628 miles so far for March 2009.

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

14-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 8 Empire Builder; from St. Cloud, MN to Columbus, WI ; 332 miles
16-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 27 Empire Builder; from Columbus, WI to St. Cloud, MN ; 332 miles
20-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 8 Empire Builder; from St. Cloud, MN to Chicago, IL ; 482 miles
22-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 7 Empire Builder; from Chicago, IL to St. Cloud, MN ; 482 miles

This submission added 4 segments and 1,628 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 9 segments and 4,764 miles. Your 2008 totals were 13 segments and 440 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 12.6% of 37,773 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 3 out of 19 participants.

Bill,please add the following segments:

23 MAR 09 #2153 RTE-NYP 220 miles
23 MAR 09 #2155 NYP-WAS 226 miles
24 MAR 09 #151 BAL-WAS 41 miles
24 MAR 09 #2158 WAS-NYP 226 miles (Replaced at NYP due to "electrical problems")(Across platform transfer )
24 MAR 09 #2160 NYP-RTE 220 miles

The last of my megatrip

3/15, #4784 Bus, SLO to SBA- 119 miles
3/15, #784, SBA to SAN- 231 miles
3/16, #763, SAN to LAX- 128 miles
3/16, #14, LAX to PDX- 1190 miles
3/17, #28, PDX to MSP- 1840 miles
3/22, #8, MSP to WDL- 222 miles
3/23, #8962, SMD (Madison Dutch Mill Park & Ride) to CHI- 134 miles
3/23, #21, CHI to CBR, 1050 miles

Whew what a trip!

Yeah, what stimulus package? I think based on the fares that Chris paid Amtrak alone in the past couple of months, they will live long and prosper. They probably should name a station after him as well!

Hehe you would think that. But about 75% of that trip was with the AGR points I've earned over the past 8 years. Never really have redeemed any. Plus Continental miles I had and all my Hilton points were transfered to help out. Now it will take another 8 years to build them up again.

I usually like to have some semi-clever quip for extraordinary submissions, but I'm quip-less.

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

15-Mar-09 : Amtrak Connection 4784 Thruway Bus; from San Luis Obispo, CA to Santa Barbara, CA ; 119 miles
15-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Santa Barbara, CA to San Diego, CA ; 231 miles
16-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 763 Pacific Surfliner; from San Diego, CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 128 miles
16-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 14 Coast Starlight; from Los Angeles, CA to Portland, OR ; 1190 miles
17-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 28 Empire Builder; from Portland, OR to St. Paul / Minneapolis, MN ; 1840 miles
22-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 8 Empire Builder; from St. Paul / Minneapolis, MN to Wisconsin Dells, WI ; 222 miles
23-Mar-09 : Amtrak Connection 8962 Thruway Bus; from Madison (South), WI to Chicago, IL ; 134 miles
23-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 21 Texas Eagle; from Chicago, IL to Cleburne, TX ; 1050 miles

This submission added 8 segments and 4,914 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 34 segments and 21,514 miles. Your 2008 totals were 43 segments and 11,662 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 50.4% of 42,687 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 1 out of 19 participants.

I missed Rick's submission in the glow of Chris's odyssey.

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

23-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2153 Acela Express; from Westwood - Route 128 Station, MA to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 220 miles
23-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2155 Acela Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Washington, DC ; 226 miles
24-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 151 Northeast Regional; from Baltimore (Penn Station), MD to Washington, DC ; 41 miles
24-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2158 Acela Express; from Washington, DC to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 226 miles
24-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2160 Acela Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Westwood - Route 128 Station, MA ; 220 miles

This submission added 5 segments and 933 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 22 segments and 3,487 miles. Your 2008 totals were 28 segments and 15,187 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 8.0% of 43,620 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 4 out of 19 participants.

3/21 MET - NLC 160 150 miles
3/21 NLC - MET 165 150 miles
3/22 MET - WAS 2213 202 miles
3/27 WAS - MET 2172 202 miles

NLC trip to NARP New England meeting.
WAS trip for a week long business conference.

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

21-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 160 Northeast Regional; from Metropark, NJ to New London, CT ; 150 miles
21-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 165 Northeast Regional; from New London, CT to Metropark, NJ ; 150 miles
22-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2203 Acela Express; from Metropark, NJ to Washington, DC ; 202 miles
27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2172 Acela Express; from Washington, DC to Metropark, NJ ; 202 miles

This submission added 4 segments and 704 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 6 segments and 1,022 miles. Your 2008 totals were 44 segments and 17,955 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 2.3% of 44,324 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 8 out of 19 participants.

No questionable Thuruway trips this time

28-Mar-09: Amtrak Train 291 Ethan Allen Express; from New York Penn Station, NY to Rhinecliff-Kingston, NY; 88 Miles

28-Mar-09 Amtrak train 48 Lake Shore Limited; from Rhinecliff-Kingston, NY to New York Penn Station, NY; 88 miles

Almost caught up to Saxman

3/27/09
PHL-NWK, Train 42, 81 miles
NWK-PHL, Train 177, 81 miles

Total 162 miles

And things suddenly looking up for more frequent submissions in future months.

John C.

Stephen: you're only 21,270 mile shy of reeling-in saxman66. Three trans-con round trips and you've got him! (well, almost)

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

28-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 291 Ethan Allen Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Rhinecliff, NY ; 88 miles
28-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 48 Lake Shore Limited; from Rhinecliff, NY to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 88 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 176 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 3 segments and 244 miles.
Your 2009 mileage is 0.5% of 44,662 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 11 out of 19 participants.


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

27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 42 Pennsylvanian; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to Newark, NJ ; 81 miles
27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 177 Northeast Regional; from Newark, NJ to Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA ; 81 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 162 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 5 segments and 321 miles. Your 2008 totals were 4 segments and 922 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 0.7% of 44,662 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 10 out of 19 participants.

Edit 3/30: Date corrected

3/29 160 NWK-NHV
3/29 165 NHV-NWK

Annual operator requalification at Shoreline Trolley Museum.

Looks like John also managed to do a little bit of time travel as train 42 managed to run him through a vortex back to the 17th of March

Wow. A tear in the space-time continuum! I'll have to investigate and see if I can bring things back into normal time context.

Another trip to a hockey game. This time the home team lost in a good effort; got beat by a goalie on fire and their own All-Star goalie tanking (4 goals on only 7 shots). We fell out of the playoffs for the moment. Looks like I might not be going to playoff games and my miles will go down.


27-MAR-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Irvine, CA to Anaheim, CA ; 15 miles

27-MAR-09 : Amtrak Train 796 Pacific Surfliner; from Anaheim, CA to Irvine, CA; 15 miles

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

27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Irvine, CA to Anaheim, CA ; 15 miles
27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 796 Pacific Surfliner; from Anaheim, CA to Irvine, CA ; 15 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 30 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 4 segments and 60 miles. Your 2008 totals were 20 segments and 480 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 0.1% of 44,692 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 19 out of 19 participants.

And, there's a stench of a points run in the air. $13 = 800 points. It had to be done.

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

30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 647 Keystone; from Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA to Paoli, PA ; 19 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 652 Keystone; from Paoli, PA to Philadelphia (30th Street Station), PA ; 19 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 38 miles to my totals.
My 2009 totals are 10 segments and 1,328 miles. My 2008 totals were 11 segments and 3,639 miles
My 2009 mileage is 3.0% of 44,730 miles submitted by all participants to date.
I am presently ranked 7 out of 19 participants.

If you're referring to my stench, the fare is now $7.50 each way; so I paid $13.50 with my discount.
In no way can I compare to chuljin and his points runs - he's got me beat by half
And, I think it's only 400 points; though my next game should be 600

Or, maybe you were referring to your own stench.

That's definitely Bill's stench, one I've created myself quite a few times in taking small points runs on the relatively cheap Keystone Corridor to Paoli or other nearby stations like Downington and Coatesville. The beauty with hourly service is that you can pay $7.50 (or I believe $6.50 at certain times), and split the trip, having a meal at the split point, all for the same fare. so effectively you've doubled the points even more.

I know this is the tally thread not the learn how to make AGR cringe for under $20 thread but how does one get 800 points for 13 dollars I know the spring promo u can be in triple points territory but thats only 300 each way and its not may 9th yet.

I signed-up for a targeted triple points offer that ran from January 1 to March 31. Then, I signed up for the Spring Promotion double points offer (triple points after four segments). Those two promotions both count. So, each PHL-PAO $6.50 segment earned the base 100 points, then my triple points offer added 200 bonus points, then the Spring double points offer added another 100 points. That's 400 points per segment: a total of 800 for the round trip. Had I been able to do a repeat ride today, I would have gotten quintuple points - triple and triple. Sadly, earning a living got in the way.

I was working at our downtown Philadelphia office yesterday, so the logistics were easy.

oh okay I wasn't targeted so thats y the math didn't make sense to me

... and the devil appears.
So I was going to burn off the extra nonsense tickets I'd bought during requalification time, and just do my 785 LAX-GDL every day (and my miscellaneous longer weekend trips), but then the Spring Promo appeared, so I march on, like the Sorcerer's Apprentice's mops.

Welcome to April, everyone!

Bill: Please record the following tally for me, Chris ('chuljin'), for March 2009:

March 2009
--Detail for one-off segments (less than five in the same direction between city pairs)
----3/3/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----3/7/09 - #768 - GDL-SNA - 42 miles
----3/7/09 - #769 - SNA-MPK - 83 miles
----3/7/09 - #784 - MPK-FUL - 73 miles
----3/7/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
----3/10/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----3/13/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----3/14/09 - #775 - GDL-OXN - 61 miles
----3/14/09 - #792 - OXN-GDL - 61 miles
----3/19/09 - #785 - LAX-BUR - 13 miles
----3/21/09 - #775 - GDL-OXN - 61 miles
----3/21/09 - #792 - OXN-GDL - 61 miles
----3/27/09 - #784 - LAX-FUL - 26 miles
----3/27/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
----3/29/09 - #769 - LAX-OXN - 67 miles
----3/29/09 - #784 - OXN-GDL - 61 miles
----3/30/09 - #799 - GDL-VNC - 13 miles
----3/30/09 - #768 - VNC-LAX - 19 miles
----3/30/09 - #784 - LAX-FUL - 26 miles
----3/30/09 - #785 - FUL-GDL - 32 miles
--Summary data for repeated segments (five or more in the same direction between city pairs...detail in the CSV below)
----5 segments - GDL-LAX - 30 miles (6 each)
----17 segments - LAX-GDL - 102 miles (6 each)
----5 segments - BUR-GDL - 35 miles (7 each)
----14 segments - GDL-BUR - 98 miles (7 each)
March 2009 Totals: 61 segments, 1067 miles
CSV for this submission is here.

Bill,
Please add these trips. ( triple+triple qualified)

30Mar09 Acela #2153 RTE- NYP 220 miles
30Mar09 Acela #2155 NYP-WAS 226 miles
31Mar09 Acela #2158 WAS-NYP 226 miles
31Mar09 Acela #2160 NYP- RTE 220 miles

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

Mar-09 5 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 30 miles
Mar-09 17 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Glendale, CA ; 102 miles
Mar-09 5 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Burbank - Airport, CA to Glendale, CA ; 35 miles
Mar-09 14 segments travelled on the Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 98 miles
3-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 768 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Santa Ana, CA ; 42 miles
7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 769 Pacific Surfliner; from Santa Ana, CA to Moorpark, CA ; 83 miles
7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Moorpark, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 73 miles
7-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles
10-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
13-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
14-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 775 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Oxnard, CA ; 61 miles
14-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 792 Pacific Surfliner; from Oxnard, CA to Glendale, CA ; 61 miles
19-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Burbank - Airport, CA ; 13 miles
21-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 775 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Oxnard, CA ; 61 miles
21-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 792 Pacific Surfliner; from Oxnard, CA to Glendale, CA ; 61 miles
27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 26 miles
27-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles
29-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 769 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Oxnard, CA ; 67 miles
29-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Oxnard, CA to Glendale, CA ; 61 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 799 Pacific Surfliner; from Glendale, CA to Van Nuys (Metrolink), CA ; 13 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 768 Pacific Surfliner; from Van Nuys (Metrolink), CA to Los Angeles, CA ; 19 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 784 Pacific Surfliner; from Los Angeles, CA to Fullerton, CA ; 26 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 785 Pacific Surfliner; from Fullerton, CA to Glendale, CA ; 32 miles

This submission added 61 segments and 1,067 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 181 segments and 3,152 miles. Your 2008 totals were 319 segments and 7,526 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 6.8% of 46,689 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 5 out of 19 participants.


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

30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2153 Acela Express; from Westwood - Route 128 Station, MA to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 220 miles
30-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2155 Acela Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Washington, DC ; 226 miles
31-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2158 Acela Express; from Washington, DC to New York (Penn Station), NY ; 226 miles
31-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 2160 Acela Express; from New York (Penn Station), NY to Westwood - Route 128 Station, MA ; 220 miles

This submission added 4 segments and 892 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 26 segments and 4,379 miles. Your 2008 totals were 28 segments and 15,187 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 9.4% of 46,689 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 4 out of 19 participants.

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

29-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 160 Northeast Regional; from Newark, NJ to New Haven, CT ; 85 miles
29-Mar-09 : Amtrak Train 165 Northeast Regional; from New Haven, CT to Newark, NJ ; 85 miles

This submission added 2 segments and 170 miles to your 2009 totals.
Your 2009 totals are 3 segments and 244 miles. Your 2008 totals were 12 segments and 4,218 miles
Your 2009 mileage is 0.5% of 46,859 miles submitted by all participants to date.
You are presently ranked 11 out of 19 participants.