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• Amtrak Schedule Update
• Northwest Georgia and South Carolina
• Empire Services Routes Guide Coming Soon

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Amtrak Schedule Update

Amtrak has published new schedules effective October 27, 2008. The new schedules are posted under the Schedule Tab on the Amtrak site.

Northwest Georgia and South Carolina

Travel along with Ray on a rail journey between Colorado and Georgia including a weeklong auto tour of the Crescent route between Gainesville, GA and Charlotte, NC.

Denver, CO to Athens, GA Departed: September 16, 2008 Returned: October 2, 2008 11.5 MB pdf file

16 calendar days 4700+ rail travel miles 100+ rail travel hours 650 auto miles

Stops along the way include:

Denver, CO; Chicago, IL: Charlottesville, VA; Gainesville, GA; Athens, GA; Toccoa, GA; Toccoa Falls, GA: Clemson, SC; Greenville, SC; Spartanburg, SC; Gastonia, NC; Charlotte, NC; Chester, SC; Greenwood, SC, Richard B. Russell Dam and Lake, SC; Washington, DC: and Martinsburg, WV.

Empire Services Route Guide Coming Soon

Our current project is the preparation and publication of the Empire Service Route Guide covering the cities and towns served by the daily Amtrak trains that traverse New York State from NYC to the North and West. Keep an eye out for this new Guide in November.

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Happy Rails to You!
Ray York
Rail Passenger USA