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And if I comes to it, we have family in Seattle that could meet her. Does anyone know if they have the New Cascades route open again?

Thank you for all of the great information. It is nice only being about an hour away. If we leave when the train leaves CHI, we have time to stop for dinner/ snak on the way and still have time to hit the antique shops in Columbus. Either way, since she is going all the way to Seattle, a late...

My daughter is scheduled to leave out of CBS tomorrow. I notice EB #7 is over 4 hours overdue leaving CHI tonight and they are not even giving a time for tomorrow. I have been on hold for 30 minutes already and I am expecting a longer wait. Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

Depending on the train you take, the meal times can be different. On the Texas Eagle, Breakfast was only served from 6:30 to 8am. Lunch (mini menu) was Served from 10:30 to 11:30. The train did not get into Chicago until 2:00pm. It seems the On Board dinning crew kind of set their own hours.

Cool, I am not worried. Going to walk over to Polk Street Pub for a Bloody Mary and beer before the ride.

Thanks for the info, I hope that does not affect my ride home tomorrow.

Looks like they are 5 hours and 30 minutes late leaving CUS.

We are supposed to head home tomorrow (02/05) on EB #7 out of Chicago, anyone have any ideas as to why today's #7 is stuck at CUS?

A couple of years ago I found a list of frequencies for on board staff to use, and it turned out to be the same frequencies that are pre-programmed on the family walkie-talkies you can buy. I tried to find where I found them, but no luck. I used to hear more on them, but there has not been...

When I was there, only one table was being used by someone eating. The other three had people chatting. I think someone came in and needed a place to eat, that is why the counter lady made the announcement about the tables. I thought that was weird too, I was very surprised that there was no...

When we were passing through Chicago two things I noticed about the Metropolitan Lounge. First, they do allow food to be eaten in the lounge. You have to use the low tables in the entry area by the front desk. The problem with that is that people like to sit there and chat. The Lounge...

Cool, that sounds like a plan. It is only an overnight trip, so a roomette should be fine for us. The lounge on the Empire Builder is always pretty crowded. We will have to see how the Texas Eagle lounge situation is. Sitting in the new Metropolitan Lounge right now, pretty nice.

Sorry, I guess I should have said from roomette to bedroom, sorry for the confusion.

$400 for one leg, I think we will stay in the roomette. Thanks for the help.

I am thinking about checking on the price to upgrade to sleeper on today's ride and the return on Feb 4. Will this cause any issues with my ticket, or issues with boarding? Is there a way to check in the upgrade price online?

Yes, it must have been 22, not seeing it now. Checking Amtrak status maps now, everything is green. Tired eyes I guess. Thanks for the replies.

My wife and I are taking the TE the end of January so I have been keeping an eye on it. To night it looks like TE#21 is sitting in Dallas with no status. Anyone know what is going on. Thanks in advance.

I always check my baggage tag now. We went to Charleston, South Carolina (on the Palmetto) a couple of years ago, our bags went to Charleston West Virginia (on the Cardinal). Since the Cardinal does not run to Charleston every day, it took 3 days to get our bags back. Lesson learned. I will...

Thank you for the reply.

The end of January we will be adding another train to our list of Amtrak train we have traveled on. We are taking the EB from Columbus, WI (CBS) to CUS. There is no direct connection to Texas Eagle (TE) so we are spending the night at a nearby hotel. Will our checked bags be kept overnight? If...