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The Cardinal has had a service disruption, leaving Chicago 5 hr 20 min late and last reported at Connersville 6 hr 25 min late. Does anyone have an explanation? I would like to take the Cardinal from Cincinnati to Washington, DC in the near future, but service disruptions like this make me...

There definitely were passengers on the cars leaving from Chicago. Westbound, we were told at Indianapolis that there were "a hundred" people getting on the train from Indy to Chicago.

I was recently on the Cardinal, and at Indianapolis two coaches were added because of the many passengers boarding there. On the return trip leaving Chicago, there were two coaches behind the Viewliner sleeper, and I assumed that they were only for passengers disembarking between Chicago and...

Thanks for the information. You're right, the Southwest Chief is not usually very late into Chicago. I've made the trip from Cincinnati to Newton a couple of times, but it's been a while (November 2003).

I noticed that the Southwest Chief #4 arrived in Chicago nine hours late on May 14. Is there any way to find out what caused such an unusual delay? I'm considering making a trip from Cincinnati to Newton, KS this summer, and the eastbound connection in Chicago is relatively tight--"only" 2 and...

I’m somewhat late in posting this trip report, but I thought I would anyway. My wife and I took the Cardinal and Southwest Chief from Cincinnati to Newton, KS for Thanksgiving week to visit my parents. On the trip west (Nov 24), the trains were relatively on time, being only about 15 minutes...