Recent content by Rasputin

Glad to hear that you are going to Glacier Park. It is a great place. It sounds like you have done a lot of homework and I assume you have checked out the Park website as well. As you have discovered, visiting Glacier without a car is not easy. If you decide to rent a car, you will need to...

And don't forget, in order to re-create the genuine nostalgic Amtrak Amstew, your Dinty Moore beef stew at home must be served over a bed of rice.

I have some Dinty Moore beef stew 3 or 4 times a year, usually when my wife is away. It is quick and easy. So when I have it on Amtrak, it is like Old Home Week.

I see that 5(15) was delayed leaving Chicago and left 3 hours 42 minutes late. Mechanical issues I guess.

It appears that the earliest date that No. 21 will stop at Texarkana is April 30. The earliest date that No. 22 will stop there is May 1.

I think your plan should work just fine and a call to an Amtrak agent should confirm that. I assume that the roomette is occupied until CIC and that if you book the roomette from CIC, the attendant will clean the roomette and set it up for you after it is vacated at CIC. There might be a...

I see on another list a post indicating that the Texas Eagle is currently not stopping at Texarkana and that ,according to the poster, you cannot buy a ticket to or from there. I don't know if that is true or not and I didn't see anything in Amtrak's service alerts but those are hardly...

It is too bad when these things happen. The Northeast Corridor and the California corridors seem to be well run but when there is a disruption in the long distance service, things can go downhill fast and it becomes clear that Amtrak does not have your back. I have been involved in several...

The post on another list was made when the train had reached San Marcos and I read it as stating that the busing was done at San Marcos but corrections would certainly be welcome.

I believe passengers are expected to depart from the train immediately upon arrival. I have not heard of passengers being allowed to remain on the train in Seattle for any extended period. Someone with current experience could confirm this or provide further information.

Thanks for posting the menu. On these Northern Quebec trains is there a table section to eat at or is it solely eating at your seat? I understand that there is no lounge car. Thanks.

I see that No. 1 departed San Antonio this afternoon 11 hours and 55 minutes late (we can round it up to 12 hours late). According to a post on another list, passengers on no. 421 going west of San Antonio were bused from 21 at San Marcos to San Antonio. I haven't heard if 1 waited for 21 to...

It looks like the westbound Sunset which was due out of San Antonio this morning at 2:45 a.m. is still being held for 21. The Sunset will likely depart San Antonio about 8 to 10 hours late. This is in contrast to a recent issue with the northbound coast starlight at LA where another train...

From what I have read on other sites, it sounds like a real fiasco when the single locomotive on 21 had problems and failed and then a series of replacement crews ran out of time.

It is amazing how often people will come up with a rational-sounding excuse for not providing a service. It is right there in the Big Book of Amtrak Excuses - Page 313.