It's 99 steps up from Clinton to street level... don't ask me how I know that. Try doing that lugging an 8 year old.. and luggage. Next time I'm waiting for Metra, if I can find the ORD Metra station
First off, don't over plan, I used to do that and I found that I really enjoyed the rides much better when I stopped. Just relax and let them do the "work". That said, I always bring a power strip so I can charge my phone/ipod/laptop to use at night. I think the diaper clips are a good idea...
A friend of mine took the last CONO with a full diner on June 30, he's even got a menu autographed by the chef.
The Capitol Limited seems to have closed their downstairs cafe in the lounge car , though it still has a sightseer lounge, when i rode it last week they were using something that...
You don't have to look very far to see why Amtrak is losing oodles of money on long distance food service. $7 for a hot dog & chips (on the childs menu), $12.50 for a cheeseburger. 3 strips of bacon or 2 pork sausage patties $3.75. Calling ahead and ordering a pizza at the next service stop...
I was on the Pioneer out of Seattle once. There was a passenger who started having chest pains before we got to Denver. Amtrak called the paramedics but the guy refused to get off the train. After we hooked up to (a very late) #6 and were about half way to Fort Morgan we slowed to a stop at a...
Harry Shearer had room in the same sleeper as I did on the Coast Starlight once. He was a couple of rooms down, I thought it was really cool that nobody really bothered him. H e wen to the PPC car a couple of times and nobody said anything more than normal "train conversation" with him.