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  1. Old MM

    City of New Orleans, connecting from/to Wolverine, Feb. '24

    Part 1. There is something wrong with my copied and pasted format below, I can't figure out what to do with my pictures, but let's get this party started.
  2. Old MM

    Wolverine: Service Improvements, December 2023

    Quick observations from a recent Ann Arbor-Chicago roundtrip: The newer coaches are starting to grow on me. The trip to Chicago was one of the cars using those stiff-board seats, with the fabric covers, still not a favorite but getting used to them. Miss that gray leather-look vinyl, thought...
  3. Old MM

    Wolverine, Interrupted 8/27-8/28

    It's quite the cliche, and I've always laughed at it - and then, in the closing days of August after a 2 day power outage, I decided to take a "Mental Health Day." I was lying in bed, night of the 26th, having recently gotten power restored. The place was finally cooling but I couldn't sleep...
  4. Old MM

    May 2023 Train travels: From NC to Michigan

    We had a variety of train excursions in May, spread out among several states and family members. All in all, it was a good overall combined episode of travel. I'll try to recount our trips here and cover the highlights and lowlights with hopefully not too much detail! It was a sunny, clear and...
  5. Old MM

    Capitol Limited, Washington-Michigan stations

    So the last time I rode the Cap, it was Michigan-Washington. That train originates in Chicago and connects all the Michigan passengers in Toledo. And I'll have another similar upcoming trip next month. This time, the reverse: I had a train ticket leaving Washington at 4:05. Previous legs of...
  6. Old MM

    Michigan to North Carolina - September 2022, Capitol Ltd and the Carolinian

    Oh it was one of those perfect fall days. Leaves starting to show off their colors and the weather had turned to light jacket comfort. Met up with a couple of old friends at the Michigan game and had fun reminiscing about the good old days. Later in the evening, got dropped off at the Ann...
  7. Old MM

    Silver from NC to FL and back, end July/early August 2022

    After several years, back on the Silver service to south Florida for vacation. I talked the kids into it with the assurance that Amtrak would give us a better chance of getting there without delays and cancellations, given the current airline struggles. And we did arrive on the same evening we...
  8. Old MM

    Another Quick Chicago TR (March 2022)

    Two day trip from Ann Arbor and back. My daughter, who first rode Amtrak when she was a few months old, is now a premed student at Michigan, and this was during her Spring Break week. While this wasn't, admittedly, exactly a Spring Break type destination, we also didn't want that anyway, for a...
  9. Old MM

    New Year's Eve, Wolverine to Chicago and back

    We can debate the wisdom of even taking this trip in light of Omicron, or preferably not - the trip was taken. My son and daughter, who are cautious people by nature, really wanted to go, and with Covid cases exploding in Michigan, we didn't feel as if it would be any less safe in Chicago. So...
  10. Old MM

    NC Research Triangle bus service

    Travel this summer has been a mixed bag... a welcome discovery is the Go Triangle bus service. No charge to ride for the remainder of 2021, making it possible to get to and from the airport (in this case, RDU) for free... amazing. Regular fare is a couple of bucks when they start charging...
  11. Old MM

    Summer rental car rates

    Is anyone else noticing that car rental rates are unusually high this summer... whether it's a one way rental or returning to same location, I'm getting $100 a day for the smallest vehicle. :( Yes, there's not a train option to consider.
  12. Old MM

    MI-ChI-NYP-CHI and Home again in MI

    So we have been duly vaccinated, not gone anywhere for a year and a half, and rescheduled this New York trip several times as the pandemic unfolded. Thanks to Amtrak for making these multiple reschedules possible with no penalty. The more time went by with no traveling, the more our travel...
  13. Old MM

    Daytime Corridor Routes

    MODERATOR NOTE: many of the comments in this thread were split off from another thread "First NEC Sleeper Journey - A Huge Letdown" and were off topic. Thank you for keeping comments on topic. On the middle-of-the-night LSL boarding times in Ohio.. I have never understood the 9:30 pm...
  14. Old MM

    Amtrak vs. VIA, Border Crossing, and Other Trip Notes

    Working title was going to be "Trains, Planes and Automobiles" - it seemed unfair somehow, and certainly far from original. :) It was a great trip, and one which I would go about accomplishing the same way in the future. My daughter and I got last minute tickets on the Wolverine to Detroit...
  15. Old MM

    Uber Across the Border

    Help, does anyone have experience using Uber across the border from Detroit to Windsor? Lyft shows no availability in Windsor at this time. Uber does, and I found some vague blog statement somewhere to the effect that it's against company policy, but a driver might take the trip. I can...
  16. Old MM

    Fast Chicago TR, July 5/6 2019

    Fairly last minute, so not very well planned, but nevertheless successful quick trip on the Wolverine from Ann Arbor to Chicago. Being a holiday weekend I rather expected everything to be sold out/astronomical, as it turned out, there were coach seats to be had going to Chicago on Friday...
  17. Old MM

    Lake Shore Limited, New Meal Service Review

    After LSL round trip in sleeper car, I have to say the meal offerings are more than fine. Going eastbound, 9:30 departure so no meal service. Drinks available in dedicated lounge for sleeper cars. One adult beverage complimentary per ticket, a nice touch if you care to partake. In the...
  18. Old MM

    Tornado Season

    so what happens to the train if there is a tornado en route? Yes this question might not have come to mind but evidently TWC has resolved thier differences with DirecTV. And the recent weather in the plains states were horrific. so... what happens to a train?
  19. Old MM

    Southwest Chief, April 2014

    This trip had been postponed earlier and was now back on track, coinciding with the kids' Spring Break. Train 3 CHI-LAX-LAS and then 4 on the way back, this time from Vegas to Kingman AZ and onwards. The good: With or without flowers, newspapers or cranberry juice, Amtrak's LD trains are an...
  20. Old MM

    Las Vegas bus service dropoff?

    Getting extremely apprehensive after looking up the address in Las Vegas where the Amtrak Thruway Bus connection drops off passengers. 200 S. Main St., which also happens to be the Greyhound terminal. The disheartening part is reading all the Yelp reviews about the station being overrun with...
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