For only the second time in my life (though I have ridden the SWC dozens of times) I will detrain in Lamy and take the shuttle into Santa Fe. Now that there is a Chili Line Brewing Tap Room inside the Lamy Station, and assuming my train will be reasonably on-time, is there enough time to have a...
Forgive me if this has been asked before. Is there really a First Class Lounge at the Gateway Station in St. Louis? For the many, many times that I have had a layover in St. Louis I have never known for there to be such a room as this, although I have not been in and out of Gateway for about a...
I am curious as to whether or not anyone has taken the Southwest Chief to Santa Fe (Lamy) and then (after being shuttled) connected with the regional bus that travels from near the Santa Fe Plaza to Taos. From all that I can see, the Blue Bus (Santa Fe to Espanola to Taos) is FREE and will...
Next summer I am traveling all-coach, from Kansas City to Tampa. I am planning on taking the Southwest Chief to the Capitol Limited to the Silver Star. My question is this: "if the #30 to #91 becomes a missed connection, will I be placed onto the #97 Silver Meteor later that day (if there is...
I have a reservation for a return home (LAX to KCY) on the Southwest Chief in early January, 2019. This reservation is my 30th on a LDT, but it will be my first-ever roomette - or will it be?! I too, ask: Should I cancel my reservation? Should I try to find another way around? Sunset...
So let me clarify this...If I purchase the #3 KCY to FUL (scheduled to arrive in Fullerton at 6:44 AM).........and if I purchase the #564 FUL to SAN (departs Fullerton at 7:56 AM)..........but I miss the connection due to a late arrival into Fullerton, I can simply board the NEXT Pacific...
In a little less than a year I will be attending a conference in San Diego, departing from Kansas City. Having ridden the Southwest Chief many, many times (but never the Pacific Surfliner)...why would I want to go all the way into Los Angeles if the same train I would desire to take into San...
Has there been a public announcement, from Amtrak, of the addition of thruway service Newton - (Wichita) - Oklahoma City, connecting the Southwest Chief and Heartland Flyer? I know that you can book that connection...but the Amtrak National Map does not show it...pdf timetables don't show...
Just stumbled across this new service. Kansas City to San Antonio and back, in a more direct way (than thru STL) is great! Does anyone know if Wichita is the only shuttle stop between Newton, KS and Oklahoma City, OK...and if so, where IS that stop in Wichita?
As I am traveling the #4 from KCY to CHI in the middle of the summer, connecting to the #59 that same day, I was wondering if anyone knows how long track maintenance (somewhere between Garden City and Trinidad?) is scheduled to take?
While I am confident that I'll have no trouble making this...
Never having arrived at San Diego via Amtrak...are there car rental opportunities at or near the station? Are cabs standing/waiting for pick-ups from the SD station?