Just got off the Lakeshore Limited yesterday. Took it from Chicago to NYC.
When we left Chicago, they first called for the handicapped people, then the seniors, then the people with children ten and under, then finally us. We got the last car with weak air conditioning and no outlets. The food was better going to NYC.
Coming back it was basically anyone who did not have a sleeper could get on. We got in a car (last one like last time) with outlets and air conditioning so that was better. They did run out of food very early on. Not sure why.
I should mention that we took coach both ways. Asked for sleeper availability but they never came back and told us.
We can understand why they switched engines going from Chicago to NYC but why did they switch engines in New York (Albany) when we had only been on the train for one hour?
Also in Erie Pennsylvannia the immigration people came on the train and questioned the people behind us. They were a young couple from Poland. Supposedly students. They didn't have their visas. Supposedly they said that where they go to school, it wasn't that important. Anyway, they took them off the train with their luggage. The big guy told them that they could get thirty days in jail, $5000 charge and/or sent back home. Now on the way back (different location) these guys came on again but basically just walked through the car. Has this happened to anyone else?
When we left Chicago, they first called for the handicapped people, then the seniors, then the people with children ten and under, then finally us. We got the last car with weak air conditioning and no outlets. The food was better going to NYC.
Coming back it was basically anyone who did not have a sleeper could get on. We got in a car (last one like last time) with outlets and air conditioning so that was better. They did run out of food very early on. Not sure why.
I should mention that we took coach both ways. Asked for sleeper availability but they never came back and told us.
We can understand why they switched engines going from Chicago to NYC but why did they switch engines in New York (Albany) when we had only been on the train for one hour?
Also in Erie Pennsylvannia the immigration people came on the train and questioned the people behind us. They were a young couple from Poland. Supposedly students. They didn't have their visas. Supposedly they said that where they go to school, it wasn't that important. Anyway, they took them off the train with their luggage. The big guy told them that they could get thirty days in jail, $5000 charge and/or sent back home. Now on the way back (different location) these guys came on again but basically just walked through the car. Has this happened to anyone else?