Amtrak 313 STL-KCY Thursday June 3rd, 2010

[kaseymoe]

I had a truck delivery in Maryland Heights - a west side suburb of
St.Louis this
past Thursday, 6-3-2010, and timed the drop so I could return on
Amtrak 313. The
schedule times are jumping around and currently the afternoon train
departs
Gateway Station, STL at 5 15 pm. The published sked will say 4 pm but
the
morning westbound leaves early and the afternoon leaves late - so
don't assume
anything from past trips or the printed sked. Check online or call
Julie.

My fare - senior - was great, $22.10 one way. Cheaper than Greyhound
or Megabus.
Good group of pax - about as many boarded at Kirkwood as at the
origination
point and quite a few got off at Lees Summit so on both ends of the
run the
suburban stops are popular.

Best way to get across the state. If you haven't done it lately this
is a good
time since the afternoon westbound leaves at 5 15 and would give you a
few hours
in STL if you wanted to go over for lunch at Landry's Seafood
Restaurant in
Union Station - a reasonable walk west from Gateway Station.

Two YouTube videos from the trip:

Amtrak 313 departing Jefferson City:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7q2wcbak5U

Amtrak 313 with river views just west of Jeff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w95KY7iNuDo

Dick Williams
Kansas City

[RedFusee]

The new schedules were in effect April 25th and will end on June 16th.
Allows you a five-hour layover (12:05 to 5:15pm) on a turn to St Louis,
gives you time to ride all three legs of the Metrolink and grab a bite to
eat. Also don't forget to use the ''revised'' State of Missouri Amtrak
discount fare for a break on your ticket. This year the discount changed
from a half-price compnaion fare to a 20-percent off individual fare. Using
the discount the round trip adult fare is only $41.60 - I doubt anyone could
drive to St Louis and back for that price. Following is the State of
Missouri webside where you can read about the new schedules and the new
discount code (which is ''V328''). Remember you have to buy your ticket at
least THREE days in advance to take the discount.

If you have never ridden or it's been awhile, here's a great opportunity.
Amtrak doesn't have a problem with ''picnic baskets'' so save some money and
take your own snacks.

http://www.modot.mo.gov/othertransportation/rail/passenger.htm

Hiball, Karl

--
K Sollmann
Muncie KS USA
"Remember the Rock"

[John F. Morse]

kaseymoe wrote:

> Amtrak 313 with river views just west of Jeff:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w95KY7iNuDo
>
> Dick Williams
> Kansas City

Nice videos, Dick. Thanks for taking them and posting the link.

Did you notice the speed seems faster when the camera is pointed toward the
rear, and slower when pointed toward the front?

I wonder if that is some kind of luminescence Doppler shift? ;-)

Or perhaps my brain has become unbalanced?

--
John
Overland Park, Kansas

When a person has -- whether they knew it or not -- already rejected the
Truth, by what means do they discern a lie?