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A storm in eastern Iowa took down a tree that is too large for the crew to remove. BNSF help is on the way, we think. About 20 miles west of Ottumwa. Luckily, we didn't hit the downed tree.

I tried searching for this in past posts, but was not sure what to look for... My brother and I want to go to Washington D.C. in a roomette, but we will be travelling from different cities. Me from Chicago, him from Topeka. He will take #4 to Chicago and we'll both get on the #30 to D.C. The...

It sounds like Chicago bound 51 hit a tree, so we are loaded onto a superliner for the trip east. Haven't left CHI yet, but only 15 minutes late so far.

I am looking to book a return trip from Hollywood, Florida to Milwaukee. I would like to connect from the Meteor, scheduled to arrive in NYP at 11:06 am, to the Lake Shore Limited departing at 3:40 pm. I know this is not a route that comes up on Arrow, but is there any way to book this that...

We just finished a trip on the Silver Meteor, both south and north, and on the southbound leg, it appeared that one of the bathrooms in each of the coach cars was locked, with no "Out of Order" signage posted. I was walking back from the sleepers in the morning and noticed long lines at each of...

A question for the learned amongst you...We are on the 97 just north of Jacksonville, and we just past a freight and now we are stopped while that same freight passes us. Seems a little odd. The fact that we are 1:45 behind schedule may have something to do with it

We will be leaving Chicago in a sleeper on the LSL in a week or so and I was wondering if they were still loading people out of the Metropolitan lounge if the train was late. I seem to remember that the reason they early-boarded sleeper passengers was so that they could close the lounge early...

I know this is a long shot, but I am canceling a roomette trip on the May 17th Cardinal from Chicago to New York. I thought I would give a heads up to any AUers that might be looking for a sleeper on that day since it looks like they are sold out for that day and indeed, for most of the month...

We took the Hiawatha to Chicago on Saturday and noticed a few fire pots out on switches trying to keep the system thawed ahead of the storm. After an ontime arrival in Chicago we then took a cab over to the South Shore Line. When the cabbie dropped us off at the wrong station, we didn't...

We are planning a northeast trip for May and I am interested, as always, in your recommendations. We are planning on taking a roomette on the Cardinal from Chicago to New York Penn (AGR points). Spending the night in NY and taking the afternoon Acela to Boston for a couple days, then taking...

We just spent four days in Santa Barbara. We were able to walk the four blocks to our hotel with our rolling luggage. After check in, walked one more block to the beach. We spent the four days walking and using public transit. They have a trolley system that only costs fifty cents a ride...

My wife and I usually plan a fall camping trip. This year, for a variety of reasons, we decided to do a train trip instead--room is smaller, but the view keeps changing--otherwise very similar. We had enough AGR points to do a two zone-round trip roomette redemption and after talking to a...

Planning a points run from Santa Barbara to Oxnard. What's the area like around the station? Any good restaurant recommendations near there for lunch?

I just got selected to videotape the Colombia Star dinner train out of Colombia Missouri in October for our Tracks Ahead program. The train runs two F-7 deisels towing refurbished articulated coaches off the SP Daylight. I think they repurposed an old baggage car for the galley and they cook...

Amtrak is exploring expanding Hiawatha service and adding another Empire Builder, or at least an extra Chicago to Minneapolis section. I wonder if they have a new plan on dealing with the anti-rail governor of Wisconsin...

We just booked our fall trip out to Santa Barbara. The Zephyr and Coast Starlight out, the Starlight and Empire Builder back to MKE. We were booked in room 20 of the Transdorm on the Zephyr. I know that you never know which way a sleeper may be oriented, but I would think the Transdorm is...

We are planning a September trip from Milwaukee to San Diego. I have enough points for two, two-zone roomette redemptions. I was hoping to go out on EB to CS to Pacific Surfliner. Then after a few days in San Diego, take the CS back to Sacramento as paid coach. After a couple days in...

Hello one and all, I have been a beneficiary of this forum for a number of years and I just wanted to say thanks. I finally joined today because you really do seem like family, and though I am not a "Joiner" naturally, I figured if I can handle facebook, this would be a piece of cake. I have...