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So what is Amtrak's "plan of attack" when the CZ is late making the connection to the Cap? How long do they hold the Capital Limited? Is there any bussing that they do if they don't want to hold the CL for long? I have friends who are taking Amtrak's CZ to the Cap and then onward to DC. I'm...

We were delayed last year on a trip where we received a $250 voucher. Does the voucher have to be used all at once? Or can you use small amounts like a "gift card" at a store? Also, we have friends that will be going to Washington DC then onward to Baltimore. Should they buy their tickets for a...

I have a $250 voucher, can I use this for a smaller amount of usage such as $50 and still have $200 to burn or does it have to be all used at once? Thanks!

I was just reading the Lincoln Journal Star and haven't been on AU in quite some time. So "hi" to all my friends here. The train will be in Lincoln NE on April 26th and 27th. Is this something that others (than myself) would like to see? Can you go in it? I tout Amtrak in a positive light as...

Will be taking Amtrak from LNK-CHI then the Wolverine to Detroit. (going to the Nebraska vs Michigan game) A friend of my stepson has family that lives in DET and they are going to pick me up at the station. Is this a safe area? I plan to detrain in the mid-afternoon and then leave 2 days later...

Well today I called Amtrak Customer Relations and gave them a detailed account of how badly our trip went coming back on the Lakeshore Limited on 7/21. My wife and I both were in sleepers and they are going to mail us a $250 voucher. Is this normal? I lost out on $250 in wages, so did the wife...

My wife and I were travelling on the Lakeshore Limited 49/22 and was 7 hours late getting into Chicago and missed our connection to the California Zephyr. We were bussed to a former Holiday Inn in Willowbrook, Illinois. We are travelling via sleeper and wondering if we don't get a sleeper from...

Will be taking Acela from Baltimore Penn Station to Boston and are ticketed in First Class. Where do you board for FC? We were on a Regional from DC to Aberdeen and had to tromp (?) 4 cars forward with luggage to detrain. I just want to have my ducks in a row when we board since it will...

We will be connecting to the Cardinal in Chicago and was wondering if the ML will be a zoo like it is for the 2pm trains? Also if we choose to leave our luggage there and go mess around in the Loop for a short bit (if the #6 is on time or early) what time would we need to be back to the ML to...

We are taking train #50 "The Cardinal" this Saturday out of CUS. We are taking it as close to Aberdeen MD that we can get it to. Our friends live in ABE. The Cardinal can be late and I think there's two trains we can take to ABE once we get to either BAL or WAS and those trains are #158 and...

Will be boarding the Cardinal out of Chicago in mid-July. We have never taken the Cardinal and we are taking it to or near WAS to visit friends in MD. So what will my wife and I have to look forward to? We are in sleepers and know it's a small train. We leave CUS on Saturday evening. Will we...

Going to be in DEN for a Rockies game on 5/18 and wife has bad knee's. We will be renting a car from Hertz from their downtown location on Welton Street. Would it be easier to park somewhere and take the light rail to the game or try and find parking? Also, we will be going to Cheyenne WY after...

Looking at taking train #181 midweek this summer from Aberdeen MD to Baltimore Penn Station to catch Acela 2158 to Boston. 181 arrives into BAL at 8:58. 2158 departs at 9:34. Is this too tight to catch the Acela? I just know things work differently out on the NEC. I'm used to long distance...

My wife has to go to Cheyenne WY for two days to train employees on work related items so we've decided to take the CZ to DEN from LNK and rent a car to Cheyenne WY. I know the DEN station is in temporary digs but are there rental car agencies at the DEN station? And if so what companies. We...

My stepdaughter may be traveling from LNK (Lincoln NE) to HAR (Harrisburg PA) then onward to Penn State U. We plan on putting her on the CZ-CL-Pennsylvanian. She will get off in HAR. Is there any bus service or transportation from HAR to College Station? If not, is the station near a rental car...

A friend of mine recently moved to NJ. He is thinking about going to BOS and was wondering what the difference is on Acela between First Class and Business Class and if the extra $$$$ to go First Class is worth it? I told him that I had very little Amtak info on Acela since I've only ridden on...

Does anyone know why the CZ lost so much time between Granby and Glenwood Springs? It left DEN on time and arrived in GSC 6 hours late. We have some friends taking the CZ tomorrow night for their first time. I'm hope things don't go badly with their trip.

I'm leading a tour group in Chicago to the Nebraska vs Northwestern game on Saturday October 20th. Is the 3-Day CTA pass we have purchased for our stay in Chicago good for Evanston buses? I know it's good for the purple line but don't know about the bus system. Thanks!

I have a friend and his three siblings that are flying to DC, staying in Arlington and then taking the Carolinian to Philadelphia and then the Keystone to Harrisburg. They have a bag that is one inch bigger than the actual rules. There question is: What will happen if it's one inch too large...

I rode the EB with my wife in September 2010 from SEA to CHI. I have a co-worker who rode Amtrak once last year the CZ from LNK to OSC. He loved it! He didn't tell me he was going to ride it and then came up and said, "I loved it!" So he and his girlfriend are driving up to MSP to see family and...