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I checked the Amtrak website to see when the Sunset Limited #1 Westbound would arrive in El Paso,TX which was highly unlikely to arrive on-time. the sunset would always be late and arrival times spanning from 6:00pm to 11:00 at night and sometimes later! but thank god the train would be comeing in at 5:22pm so we get down to the station at 3:15pm and try to check our baggage. They won't let us because Sunset #2 eastbound would arrive on time in 15 minutes.So we go back home to watch TV until the train comes

At about 5:15 we go down to the station and wait. It turns out that Sunset #2 is running late as well and would be arriving in half an hour. So we wait and wait and wait and wait and finnaly #2 shows up at 6:55pm so we wait 5 minutes while the eastbound finishes at the station and departs. 3 minutes later the annonce that #1 would be in in 3 minutes so we go to the platform and wait. Then a freight train comes by when #1 was to arrive so they tell us that its behind that so we go back out and wait.

15 miutes later at 7:10pm the westbound finnaly arrives at we board the last car a superliner sleeper#3156 on train #421.(421 is the texas eagle connection to Los Angeles from San Antonio)so we find out were in compartment C so we go put our things up and go to Dinner we get a reservation for last call so we wait and in the lounge car until 9:00pm5 minutes before they call over the intercome that the diner was closed due not having any water to wash dishes with so we go back to our car and get some sleep.

When we woke up we had just left Maricopa,AZ and was speeding towrds Yuma,AZ we arrive 8:32 7and a half hours late.So we kick back relax and wait for the next fresh air stop in Palm Springs,CA so we arrive and people transferring to the Coast Starlight got into buses because we're running so late we alrady missed our connection with Pacific Surliner #768 and they say they would put us on a later train.We finnaly make it to LA 8 hours late so we walk over to Pacific Surliner #780 and that runs on tim all the way to San Diego
 
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