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I left my book in the seat pocket on last week on the wolverine. I got off in Jackson. I noticed that my book was missing. After my return trip I called amtrak lost and found and they told me to call the JXN station. I told them my date of travel and the book and I got a call the next day...

The EB was about 25 minutes late coming into St. Paul. Left St. Paul at about ten after eight, so we weren't too late. Now what was remarkable about this trip is that the conductor told us that there was heavy freight traffic between Red Wing and Winona. In my experience that tends to be true...

The EB as presently run is a failure. Terrible ontime performance. Restructure the EB as a train from MSP to PDX and SEA. If you have to have an every other day eb then so be it. Have a train that leaves MSP at 7:15 am and another that leaves at about 11:00pm for a night train with a sleeper...

I am on the Empire Builder for Wed. 11-24 from MSP to CHI. I got a call from Amtrak saying that I'll be taking the bus from Saint Paul to Union Station. The EB is running five hours late. I'm disappointed in that I wanted to be on the train, but hopefully we'll in on time since I'm taking the...

I had the good fortune to be on the Empire Builder from CHI to MSP on Monday the 21st and enjoyed the trails and rails program put on by Robert and John. I've been on that route before, but I learned a lot and had fun on the trivia quizes. Honestly, they went beyond the call of duty and provided...

There was a bad derailment in the twin cities shutting and or rerouting BNSF traffic on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18. Was anybody on the Empire Builder those days? What did Amtrak do for the passageners? Was the train just really, really late or did they get buses? I imagine that would have been quite a...

Anyone know what happened? I checked the website and it said service interruption and to call Julie so I called Julie and it said service interruption and it said it would connect me to a service representative. I'm not on the train or waiting for anyone so I hung up. I was just checking out...

Just curious, since I take that train once in awhile in the twin cities. From about Mon to Wed it was running pretty much on time.

Very telling quote. http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/busines...ss/15047196.htm When he tried to explain this to Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta, Gunn said he got little response. "It was like talking to a mannequin," Gunn said of a meeting with Mineta on June 13 last year, the only...

again? I know some folks who had a bad experience with Amtrak on the long-distance trains who swore never again. The train was very late like over 4 hours and they found the bathrooms unclean and felt that the personal service could have been better. Do I tell them, 1. well that's part of...

Anyone who reads this board ride on that horror story? I'd be interested in knowing what happened? If you've checked the EB this week has been late. Anyone know the details? Man you have to wonder sometimes why Amtrak gets treated so badly by the freight lines.

I'll have a more detailed report in the travel louge latet. I took the EB from MSP to CHI. The train was 65 minutes late into MSP--8:35am instead of 7:30am arrival. We left at 9:10am. The ride was good, my first Amtrak ride in awhile. I had a connecting train the Wolverine at 6:00pm. We were...

Hi, I'm booked on the Empire Builder from MSP to Chicago this July. Who's been on it this summer? How has it been? What's the consist? It was about 2 hours late leaving MSP yesterday (Sunday 18th).

According to amtrak's webpage it is. I was thinking of taking the EB from MSP to Chicago in August roundtrip. I see it's sold out. Now that is good news, but in the long run it's bad news. I mean I can get a plane ticket no problem for the dates I want to travel. Yes planes are under tighter...

I mean from St. Paul, MN there is a 7:50 am train to Chicago and a train at about 10:30pm that goes west on the Empire builder. If you check the flight schedules there are dozens a flights a day between MSP and ORD or MID. I know people who have looked at the train, but when they see the times...