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Thanks again for all the informative replies. I think we'll stick with sneakers just to be safe, and probably some comfy jeans or sweatpants for traveling. I appreciate all the advice I've received from everyone on here. We leave this week, so hopefully this will be the last post you see from...

After 6 months of planning and waiting, we leave in less than a week! Finally! Thanks to this board I feel very well prepared as well as excited. But, we are starting to pack now and I had another packing question. Actually, it's more of a what to wear question. Since we are going to be sitting...

Okay, that's sort of what I thought. Just wanted to make sure. And, you are right, unfortunately common courtesy can sometimes be hard to find these days!

Wow, thank you so much rusty spike, George Harris, printman 2000, and especially zephyr17 for the wonderful and speedy replies! I am so grateful for this forum. It's helped so much with those random questions I just can't find answers to through online searches. And hopefully any one else new...

Hello to anyone still reading this! I am down to 20 days until our big train trip. And, of course, I am thinking of new questions that I hope someone will be kind enough to answer. :) First question. We board the train in Kingman, AZ after taking a bus to from Las Vegas. It will be around 1:30...

Thank you for your thoughts. We are moving ahead with plans for our trip. The train tickets arrived last week in the mail, and we have about 4 and a half weeks to go. I've made notes of all the excellent suggestions and information received on these forums, and we are all very excited. For the...

Thanks for posting the links to your photos! I was eager to see them, but unfortunately when I clicked on the link this is the message the was displayed: "The page you requested cannot be displayed at the moment. It may be temporarily unavailable, the link you clicked on may have expired, or...

I just wanted to share an experience I just had with Amtrak. Per a suggestion on this thread, I called Amtrak Customer Service to request if my family and I could be seated near each other. I was on hold for a few minutes, nothing unusual. When a lady came on the line to speak with me, I was...

Thanks for the link. Good to know that it's mostly on time. Those home health care wipes are pretty expensive. I just thought they'd work better. Glad to know that regular old baby wipes work just as well if not better. And I'll have to check out the Suave dry shampoo. That sounds like it would...

OKay, so I lied. Sorry, I said I had one more question but I thought of something else. I did some reading elsewhere and was informed that the trains can sometimes be late, very late, as in several hours late. We are meeting family when we arrive in Chicago at Union Station. I'm pretty sure no...

Thank-you for the new suggestions everyone! I've been eagerly reading every post and I appreciate all the help. Even if some of it doesn't pertain to us, for example we don't drink alcohol so bringing some on board isn't really an issue, it's all good to know and interesting to read. And who...

Thank-you so much everyone for taking the time to reply and offer your advice as well as share your experiences and tips. I really do appreciate it! :) It's nice to hear motion sickness shouldn't be much of an issue (knock on wood) and that there is plenty of luggage space. And of course it's...

Hello everyone. :) This is my first post on this board, and it's regarding plans for my first train trip ever. My family and I (husband, and four kids, ages 12, 12, 15 and 17) are booked on the Southwest Chief this summer. We are traveling by bus from Las Vegas to Kingman, AZ. From there we...