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I'd argue against Wisconsin as number 1. Wisconsin is strong on support of the Hiawatha and got the second station for the Milwaukee airport. The current governor is a big rail supporter, and his party is in control of the state legislature. Some of the Republicans are opposed to further...

Someone asked who built the Viewliners. It was Morrison-Knudsen (I probably spelled that wrong), which went out of business while building them, and a company called Amerail finished the building. Amerail is now out of business. It would need to be a new company, although Alstom moved into a...

Don't panic. No checked baggage just means it won't go in the baggage car. You can take luggage on board with you. There are overhead luggage racks on coach cars, and I know on the sleeper cars you can put some in your room. There are luggage storage areas on the lower level of both coach...

Trainrider, I recall going past Erie on the way eastward, but don't recall much about what the station looked like. I don't recall it at all heading back west, but I know I was asleep by then. Interestingly, the people who were sitting across from me in the diner the next morning had gotten on...

I took the Texas Eagle last spring going from Chicago to Houston and back. Actually for Houston, you get off the train at Longview and take a bus to Houston. The train I was on had a sleeper at the back, three coach cars, lounge car, dining car, then dorm car. Going down I was in a lower level...

I took the Lakeshore from Chicago to Buffao and back last year just before Memorial Day. It left Chicago an hour late. I think the explanation was they were waiting for the crew to arrive from Toledo. I thought they crew would be based in Chicago, but I guess I was wrong. They didn't have a...

I noticed this topic mentioned the transition sleeper. I took the Texas Eagle in May, and on the way back to Chicago was in room 21 in the transition sleeper. I also spotted something the other day that indicated that the Texas Eagle and City of New Orleans shared train sets, so I suspect they...