Hey -- awesome that you will be utilizing the streetcar in CIN. There was a lot of drama associated with getting that completed.
When you arrive in Cincy, I suggest you have someone pick you up. The earliest #1 bus comes at 6am to Museum Center so unless 50 is running late you would be waiting...
In December I traveled on a sold out Wolverine from Royal Oak to Kalamazoo. Once we left Ann Arbor I decided to get some lunch. I got the last pizza and there was only 1 other sandwich/burger option. I wasn't the last person in that line either. It was so long it went into the next car. I was...
My friends actually travel from Chicago quite a bit on the Pere Marquette, particularly for Founders new releases because then they can do a brewery "cruise" along the way. If you stop in St Joe you can get to Greenbush, Transient and Cultivate to name a few. Then in Holland you can go to New...
What about increased frequency of Pere Marquette? Has anyone mentioned that. The other Michigan services have multiple options but Pere Marquette is once daily each way. Especially since it stops in so many popular summer vacation towns for Chicago tourists.
Also The Cincinnatian (Detroit to...
Some of the Wolverine trains have Amfleets and they have the cafe car/BC car that is rounded with fluted sides. Most of them are Horizons though.
And yes -- the snow is terrible between the cars/in the doorways lately. When I took 355 westbound a few weeks ago they could barely get the steps...
Amtrak's website now shows that the Pere Marquette will have a schedule change effective 2/19/18. This is due to an increase in speeds. Anybody know if there are any improvements in time?