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This coming July we will be traveling on the Texas Eagle... boarding in St. Louis and departing for a convention in San Antonio. We will be returning about a week later. Both directions we will be enjoying a nice Roomette. How is the dining on the Texas Eagle? Anything new or anything lacking...

My sister called... (She is on the SWC #3 heading out of Chicago) and told me her train just left the station at 2 hours and 45 minutes late. She said they did not inform the passengers as to why, but the rumor was that the train waited for another connecting train. Anyone have any info on...

Last week I booked a rental car from Enterprise and then booked a Choice Hotel. Both places I used our new AGR MasterCard. My wife just sent me an email to see if we will be getting those points. For some reason I thought since I used the AGR MC it was automatic???? The AGR registration is...

After our long awaited for "Outwest" trip... and finding out we absolutely loved the train experience... we are now planning our next one! This time it will be a "Backeast" trip. We want to enjoy some winter travels... and have either upstate NY or Vermont ski areas as a destination, only to...

After taking a wonderful vacation and enjoying the 4 trains we traveled on (which was part of the vacation). We have come back home still with all the enthusiasm we had before we left. We can't wait to get back on the train and ride again! Every train we rode, announced as we boarded, that it...

The Amtrak employee by the name of Jensen, I think his first name was Bruce, at the Emeryville CA station was particularly helpful in announcing the CZ train and how to board etc. In his announcement he mentioned we all need to contact our Senators and Congressmen etc. to keep AMTRAK rolling...

We are embarking on an "Out West" trip in July of this year. This will be a 5 train excursion. Our first leg will start at Cincinnati OH on the Cardinal, heading to Chicago. The Cardinal departs Cincy at 1:23 AM and arrives in Chicago at 10:05 AM. Our next train will be the Southwest Chief...

Finally we are making reservations... at long last we are going WEST! Peggy is attending a convention in Anneheim Ca. during July 2014 and I get to tag along. During my time I plan to coordinate a ship's reunion, making good use of my time in the LA area. Here is what my research has...

It has been a while since we have been on the Cardinal... my daughter and her family will be riding it this July-August to visit us. I mentioned to her to pay good attention to the New River and the New River Bridge... but I also mentioned in that area in W. Virginia on the other side of the...

As you know, I just found this forum... and enjoy reading all the posts on here. (I am gonna have to get used to all the abbreviations) When I read somewhere that a person used a scanner and a GPS... the light bulb turned on! I know about scanners and have used them on trains scanning all...

Howdy folks... just found this forum! This is quite preliminary... This vacation may be mid summer 2011 or maybe some time in 2012. Our thoughts are to take a train West out of Chicago and make a very large loop and return to Chicago, twice! There are 4 main lines between Chicago and the...