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Boarded #20 Saturday 11 April, 2009. Reminder, the only bad thing about sleeper is that it is a long walk from the gate past the 4 coaches, lounge, and diner to get to the sleeper, and we were in the 1st one. Left NOL on time. This trip, I brought my scanner !!! Our SA Shana, came to tell...

On a last minute change of heart, we decided to upgrade our reservation on the Crescent from roomette to bedroom. The website showed one available northbound, but when we called, it had already been sold. The lady asked if we wanted to be put on the "waiting list". We agreed, since we already...

This falls into the can't remember category..... We have reservations on the Crescent in April, we are in 2011 northbound and 1910 southbound. Is that the second sleeper behind the motive power northbound and the first sleeper southbound ??? This is not our first trip, but..... all the grey...

Thursday's City of New Orleans was delayed by an alligator on the tracks !!! The incident was just out of New Orleans near Frenier. Report was that the gator got caught up under the cars and set off the detector causing the train to stop. Then they had air brake problems getting started...

Our vacation plans had changed many times, and we had real tickets in hand on three occasions, having to make changes becasue of problems at work. Finally we reached a point where we said, NO !!! This is it. With each change, the people at reservations were great, laughing with us as we had...

We are taking the CNO from NOL to CHI, leaving Fri 20 June, and returning Mon 23 June, going by Superliner bedroom. We understand that northbound lunch leaving NOL is at our expense, but in talking to Amtrak, one tells us that lunch is paid for, another tells us that it is at our expense. We...

On our trip on the CONO nest week we are scheduled sleeper 5800 northbound and 5900 southbound. From previous trips, we know that that is the first coach behind the engine. This is also the dorm. Is there any difference between 5800 - 5801 / 5900 - 5901 ??? Is there any differnece in...

WE HAVE SCHEDULED A NOL - CHI TRIP NEXT MONTH (JUNE) AND ARE WONDERING ABOUT THE DELAYS WE WILL ENCOUNTER. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE SINKHOLE IN MEMPHIS IS CAUSING AMTRAK A BIG HEADACHE, DELAYING THE TRAIN BY STOPPING ON CSX TRACK AND BUSSING PASSENGERS TO AND FROM THESTATION. NOW WE HEARD FROM...