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Our EB adventure on the 28th consisted of a nine-hour bus ride to Chicago. There was no food voucher for lunch or even a bottle of water. Even the bus was late getting into Chicago, but we managed to make our Wolverine connection. We continue to promote Amtrak, but the first time travelers we...

Detroit has six trains to and from Chicago each day. I cannot understand why there cannot be that many between MSP and Chicago. Yesterday the EB was eight hours late and my wife and I had to endure an nine hour bus ride to Chicago.

My wife always assume traveling by Amtrak is an adventure. I would not mind getting into Chicalo late and take the next day's Wolverine to Jackson, Michigan--IF-- Amtrak paid for a night's lodging. After taking the Queen Mary II home from the previously mention European rail trip we took the...

My wife and I decided to give the EB another chance for our regular trips to Minneapolis. The trip from WB from Chicago on the 23rd was excellent. We arrived in St. Paul a few minutes ahead of schedule. We are returning to Michican tomorrow (28th) and I see that 28/8 is over five hours late...

Good discussion, thanks.

Sarah, Sorry for confusing you. The car was a regular Business Class/Cafe Car. What was confusing to me was that our BC tickets were cancelled, and then when we got on the train there WAS a DC/Cafe car!

We have been in Superline bedrooms, but not Viewliner bedrooms. What are the differences? We will be taking the Lake Shore Limited (westbound) in June.

Here is a long overdue update: My wife and I boarded the Wolverine (355) in Troy. We explained to the conductor that we had three grandchildren (under age 14) getting on at Jackson. He said that he could not do anything for us as the train was sold out. We were left up to our own to save the...

Sarah K, I know that the Wolverine conductors are willing to work with families, and, yes, we will be one of the first passengers on the "Kalamazoo" coach. Paying extra for Buisness Class makes the trip more enjoyable when it is just my wife and me. I am sure the kids and their parents can deal...

I was informed today by an AMTRAK agent that my Business Class tickets (party of five) for a round trip to and from Kalamazoo, Michigan (Wolverine 355 and 352) over the weekend of 13-15 February 2015 are canceled and downgraded to coach. The initial story was equipment maintenance issues. The...

My wife and I will be traveling from St. Paul to Chicago on 23 Septmber 2014 and we hope to make it in time to catch the Wolverine to Dearborn. I made two separate reservations (roundtrip to and from Dearborn, and to and from Chicago and St. Paul). Given our past experience with the eastbound...

Thanks for the suggestions and advice. I will look into all of them and keep you posted.

Tonight I tried to make reservations using the AMTRAK web site and by speaking human being (ticket agent) for a trip from Dearborn, Michigan to St. Paul, Minnesota (change trains in Chicago) and a return trip five days later. The reservation was not possible due to the chance of a late Empire...

Here is a view of the crossing: My daughter live a few miles from the site. The crossing approach grade is steeper than it appears on the map...

On the 28th we ended up taking a bus from St. Paul to Chicago because the Eastbound EB was hours late. My only complaint is that the seating is too cramped. They should remove two rows of seats and give every remaining row more room. Even my wife who is five foot, seven inches found it cramped...

I'll let you know in on Tuesday. I'v just been informed tat my wife and I will be taking a bus instead of the eastbound EB to Chicago tomorrow morning due to freight train mishaps and such. IT seems to happen every time we take the EB during holidays. Eight hours on the EB or a bus? Not looking...

We are boarding the eastbound EB in St. Paul tomorrow (Monday) morning. We've just been notified by AMTRAK that we will need to take the bus to Chicago to meet our connection on the evening Wolverine tomorrow. We are disappointed as this is our third EB trip that required bus service. The trip...

We'll be taking the Wolverine to Chicago on Tuesday morning (22NO) and then on to St. Paul on the EB. Have the speed restrictions east of Kalamazoo been lifted? Looking forward to a steak dinner on the EB Tuesday night.

This was not the flat iron, but the "Butcher's Cut Special."

The eastbound EB was two hours late getting into St. Paul last Monday (30 November). We heard rumors of some sort of water problem in Portland. Does anyone know about this? We always bring our own bottled water and the restrooms seemed to be working okay. We were bummed that this was our second...