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So what time does the train get into New York now?

Does anybody know why Chicago Metra commuter trains are always hauling around empty passenger coaches. It seems like on a typical Saturday or Sunday the trains will pull 7 or 8 coaches with only 2 or 3 of them carrying passengers. I can understand that sometimes empty coaches will need to be...

Well, it depends. Most things people do involve tradeoffs. You take the train from say Chicago to San Francisco, it takes a little over 2 days. To fly it takes a little over four hours. Big difference. The tradeoff is that by taking the train you get to relax and enjoy a lot of nice scenery...

So how often are THESE trains 4 hours or so behind schedule because of freight trains, slow orders, etc.?

What's the difference between a snake lying dead in the road and a lawyer lying dead in the road? There are skid marks in front of the snake.

I remember back in April 2000 when I lived in Omaha and took the train to Denver to visit my brother in Colorado Springs. Since I was unemployed at the time I had to take coach. We left about midnight and there were no seats open at all on the coach I (and other coach passengers) were assigned...

I always book my sleeping car reservations via the internet and I always get my car and room assignment immediatly even though it generally takes a couple of weeks to get the actual tickets via mail (I like to book way ahead of time).

Have you ever been in the men's room at Union Station in Chicago? I've never been in New York but it's difficult for me to imagine a worse men's room than that at Union Station. Of course, if you are a sleeping-car passenger you can use the men's room in the Metropolitan Lounge, which is pretty...

Whenever I take a train trip, I always show my ID when the conductor takes my ticket without waiting to be asked.

Can a person ride the auto train without an automobile? If so, are the train's terminuses somewhat easily accessible via public transportation?

I really don't appreciate this self-righteous stereotyping. My attitude was very positive when I started the trip. I have a very stressful nerve-wracking job which has been even more stressful than usual the past year. For 6 months I was looking forward to this trip as at least a temporary...

As long as you are neat and clean it is not a problem how you dress. I have been lucky in my train travels in that I haven't come in contact with anybody unclean or dressed like a slob. The only dress code rule I know of for sure is that you MUST wear shoes if not in your seat or sleeper...

Finally I figured out how to reply here! Can you tell me where on Amtrak's web site this notice was? I could not find it anywhere under 'news releases' or 'press and media'. The only thing I found on the Amtrak web site was the schedule which mentioned re-routes between JUNE 28 and JULY 31. I...

I took the CZ train 5 leaving Chicago for San Francisco beginning Monday August 7. I had bought my ticket 6 months earlier and paid about $2,400(!) for a deluxe bedroom (I am 57 years old and have arthritis, and what the heck am I going to do, take it with me?). Now first a little background. In...

Back in the "good old days" railroads offset some of their passenger service losses with the government revenue they received for transporting railway post office cars and other mail cars with stamp stock, parcel post, etc. Starting in maybe the late 50's or early 60's the government eliminated...

It has been a while (at least 10 years) since the CTA has had A and B trains with skipped stops.

I think charter trains between Chicago and Green Bay for Bears-Packers games would draw a lot of people.

What is kind of amusing in regard to Trent Lott's current support of Amtrak is that during the Reagan era he went right along with Reagan and wholeheartedly supported basically dropping Amtrak. When the residents of Mississippi found out about that, they let Mr. Lott know in no uncertain terms...

Last year the Chicago White Sox took Amtrak from New York to Boston during an August road trip.

I will be leaving Chicago on Monday August 7 on the CZ for a vacation trip to San Francisco. I am going in 'style' (a bedroom). I am looking forward to it but I am a bit worried about a late arrival. I realize that lateness is common, but the CZ, in the unlikely event it is on time, still...