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  1. Andy

    Advice Needed: Quick Trip from ATL to NOL or WAS?

    Thanks all! Just booked the trip to NOL.
  2. Andy

    Advice Needed: Quick Trip from ATL to NOL or WAS?

    And would I get a meal on the return on train 20? ATL arrival is 7:35pm.
  3. Andy

    Advice Needed: Quick Trip from ATL to NOL or WAS?

    Hmm... You all are focusing on the destination, though my main reason for this trip was to use points and enjoy the train... look out the window, read... Perhaps that answers my own question though that would mean a quick overnight in NOL.
  4. Andy

    Advice Needed: Quick Trip from ATL to NOL or WAS?

    I have basically a weekend and I'd like to go from ATL to either WAS or NOL, basically enough time to go there and then back on the next return train. My main desire is to enjoy the train. I'd be in a roommette. Option 1: Leave evening from ATL, get to WAS in the morning, spend a few hours...
  5. Andy

    Using Points During Peak Times

    Yes I read that. But is that dynamic based on current demand or capacity available? Or is there a set list of peak times.
  6. Andy

    Using Points During Peak Times

    For sleepers there are. Try ATL to NYP around 12/22.
  7. Andy

    Using Points During Peak Times

    Of course the only time I can travel by train to see family is around Christmas time. But Amtrak won't let me use points for sleeping accommodations. They say some peak times are blocked out. Frustrating. Is there an actual list of dates that are blocked out?
  8. Andy

    Empire Builder not showing as option for BOS to PDX

    It's oddly working now and returning the EB as a result. I can't believe they have to enter every route pair. That's 79,800 combinations.
  9. Andy

    Empire Builder not showing as option for BOS to PDX

    I've been searching BOS to PDX for several different dates and none of the options that come back show the Empire Builder as an option. Instead it has me taking the Zephyr to the Coast Starlight. But oddly when you enter BOS to SEA it returns a trip on the EB to PDX but then switching to the...
  10. Andy

    America by Rail-Escorted Rail Tour information request

    I haven't done such a package tour but perhaps you could include a leg on Pullman Rail Journeys (http://www.travelpullman.com/) between Chicago and New Orleans. You're attached to an Amtrak train but at least you're assured of better service, proper cocktails, and finer dining. It's something is...
  11. Andy

    East vs West Crews

    The Boston section had Chicago based crew today on the 448 and the NY section (48) including the diner is NY based. I'm realizing that the stereotypes of where the crew is based are not true. A lot depends on the personalities of who you get. And most crews seem to be out on various routes, not...
  12. Andy

    East vs West Crews

    Sharon is now a dining car attendant (server). So friendly! I told her that I've heard good things about me. She's no longer a SCA but she did say that she used to have cookies. Mike, who is our SCA is stellar. I watched him going back and forth between the dining car (7 cars away) and the...
  13. Andy

    East vs West Crews

    Curious about people's experiences with service on eastern versus western LD routes. Last year I took the LSL and had an absolutely wonderful sleeping car attendant but not too friendly or helpful in the dining car. On the EB my sleeping car attendant was awful and unhelpful but dining staff was...
  14. Andy

    THE NEW MENUS ARE HERE! THE NEW MENUS ARE HERE!

    It is quite funny that they even still give you menus. 3 out of the 5 dinner choices are "specials" and they were out of the half chicken tonight on the EB. Our server came to our table and asked what we wanted. I was like, "What's there to eat?" She didn't tell us the vague items. So you begin...
  15. Andy

    Empire Builder in Whitefish

    Now it moves!
  16. Andy

    Empire Builder in Whitefish

    Wow! This is ridiculous. I'm waiting to board the 8 at WFH and a freight train has been sitting at the platform for a while with no sign of moving. The EB is literally sitting behind it waiting to pull up. What's with BNSF?!
  17. Andy

    EB mess

    My brother and I have a trip on the EB from Whitefish to Chicago and then on the LSL to Framingham beginning on Saturday. Amtrak told me (reservation line) me that starting 6/5 the Empire Builder is planned to take its entire route all the way to Chicago. Since we purchased the trip with points...
  18. Andy

    No more "Enhanced Dining" on Empire Builder?

    The timetables still say "real china".
  19. Andy

    No more "Enhanced Dining" on Empire Builder?

    I was just comparing the current EB timetable with the new one (effective 4/15) and noticed that the new timetable's key no longer uses the language "Enhanced Dining Car Service"; it's now simply "Full meal service". Compare...
  20. Andy

    How difficult are the stairs on superliners

    Hi June, There is a rail on the stairs only on one side (the left I believe as you go up). They are a bit steep and narrow (maybe 2 feet wide), but I've seen overweight and elderly make it up and down slowly. I think you'll be fine if you take it slowly. You'd only have to go downstairs to use...
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