Recent content by Stellar1

Next month I'm heading from New York Penn to Chicago. I've got Business Class Reservations on a Northeast Regional from NYP to Washington, then later that same day I have a Sleeper (Bedroom) from Washington to Chicago. Will I be allowed in Club Acela in New York Penn? I am not leaving NYP on...

I am on a west bound EB (#27) that left Chicago on Sunday, May 25th, due in to Portland on Tuesday. May 27th. Left Chicago on time, half hour late into MSP, but departed on time. Departed Minot 35 minutes late, departed Williston almost 2 hours late, Havre departure also running 2 hours late...

I'm going to be in Chicago on Sunday, I've got a few hours between arriving on the LSL and departing on the EB. I've walked to Millenium Park before, but I'm going to be with someone that can't do a lot of walking and they wanted to see The Bean. I'm figuring a cab would be more expensive, so...

I've noticed a several hundred dollar difference in prices between the Amtrak website and the Amtrak iPhone App for a 2-person reservation. I have a reservation from NYP-CHI on the LSL, continuing on the EB #27 from CHI to PDX. My original reservation was made sometime in January. I...

You can have someone drop you off at the Lansdale Septa Station. I'm pretty sure they don't allow overnight parking there. Then you can take the SEPTA Train from Lansdale into Philadelphia 30th Street Station - it's about an hour ride in. Another alternative is that you can drive to...

I've been in both upper and lower level roomettes on the Superliners and I prefer the lower level. It's more quiet on the lower level (people wise), as you don't have the constant flow of traffic of people going from car to car and passing by your room. I like the fact that I'm close to the...

I too am interested in hotels in NOL as I'm heading there next month. I did end up finding your post. You probably didn't find it because your settings were only checking the postings for the last 30 days. What you need to do is to scroll down to the bottom of the page with all the topics on...

I was on the SWC into Chicago near the end of August (on a Tuesday). I was worried about the connection issue with the track construction also, as I didn't want to get bussed. Our train was late and they told us that we would be arriving into Chicago too late and would miss the CL. They said...

I just rented a car from Hertz at the Flagstaff Station. Came in on the westbound SWC on Sunday night and arrived around 10 PM. Hertz is closed on Sundays. I actually got a call from them earlier that day - actually it was the Hertz location at the Flagstaff Airport that called to confirm...

I just had a connection from the SWC to the CL. Took the SWC from Flagstaff on the morning of Aug 14th. The train was about an hour late into Flagstaff. We lost some more time and we were supposed to arrive in Chicago at 3:10 PM on Monday, August 14th. We were late and didn't arrive until...

I'm taking the westbound SWC to Flagstaff in about 2-1/2 weeks. We have reservations at The Highland Country Inn. Has anyone stayed there? Is it really within walking distance to the train station or is advisable to take a taxi at night? Thanks.

For Breakfast I always get the Railroad French Toast. Lunch is the Angus Burger For Dinner the Steak is my favorite, (although one time on the EB I had the Rainbow Trout and it was the best trout I've ever had).

My husband is on that train. He got on in Indianapolis. From what they told him in Indianapolis, the train left Chicago, but had some kind of problem with one of the coaches, so they went back to Chicago, everyone got off the train and they had to take the bad car off and put a new car on...

Two years ago, took my daughter (then 14) from Philadelphia to Seattle via the Cap Ltd and Empire Builder. She had a great time. During our between train time in Chicago, we went up the Sears Tower and walked to Millenium Park to see "The Bean". She enjoyed the walk through the city, seeing...

I'd have to say that my favorite Amtrak station is Philadelphia 30th Street Station. I just read the great article about it in the March issue of Trains Magazine. It will definitely be sad to see the old Solari board being replaced by an LED display.