Recent content by LILRACER

I rode that Texas Eagle NB on Monday during the storm, getting off in Bloomington/Normal. I applaud the train crew for sitting down in the café car with everyone by connecting Train, since we were SOOOO late, we all knew that we had missed our connections. My problem was AFTER getting off at...

Returning to IOWA from Maricopa on the 4th of January, and after waking up here in Southern Iowa this morning to MINUS 17 degrees air temperature, MAYBE I will MISS my train! I will be in Mesa by the 28th of December, and don't want to come back to THIS very bad at all! MERRY CHRISTMAS to...

I will be taking it on Jan. 4th, out of Maricopa, Arizona.

Hey THANKS! Took this train last January and liked it SO MUCH, I am doing the same exact trip again this January! Only this time I booked a roomette. Question #2: I booked my roomette in October. Are they assigned in a certain way? Are they assigned like, upper first, THEN lower? I checked my...

What EXACTLY is the DIFFERENCE between the TE and the SL? They BOTH leave Maricopa Arizona at the same time on the schedule. I realize there is just one train, but do they operate on different days per week, OR, are their routes different?

Williams Junction. When I rode back on the SWC, we dropped someone off at one of those silver power boxes on the side of the tracks, with the sign "Williams Junction" bolted TO IT. Didn't even SEE a station.

I use the name "Lil Racer" as it represents a public charity which I founded in 2005. I run an organization that entertains young racing fans in Eastern Iowa. I am a HUGE railroad fan who grew up along a small shortline railroad called the "Charles City Western Railroad".

How many of you have had to deal with rude and/or unruly fellow passengers in your travels? Last January I rode the Texas Eagle from Arizona to Illinois. In LA, a woman got onboard in coach and when she found out that her seat companion was going to be of a race not her own, she REFUSED to let...

I really ENJOY riding the train, but WISH we had closer stations here in IOWA. mine is 40 miles away, and usually always behind schedule.... BUT, I don't care! I like the fact that you can get up and move around, meet people from all walks of life, eat and drink WHENEVER you like, and ENJOY...

Taking the TE from Maricopa AZ to Bloomington-Normal Illinois in early January. THIS TIME, I purchased a Roomette. last January I took this same exact trip in coach. 51+ hours was a bit too long in Coach. Even though I am 6'5" and 320, a Roomette is still comfortable, plus my CPAP machine wont...