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Yeah well, I have a job to get back to... :(

Just rode the CL back east today.  Breakfast boxes are so...disappointing for me.  I have a fairly sensitive stomach in the morning and the fruit can make it cranky.  The muffins are dry and frankly not all that good. The yogurt is fine and a good place for me to start.  I usually hold the Kashi...

I took the CL from Waterloo to DC this week. Breakfast was "go to the dining car and talk to the guy at the counter." It was the usual dining car but not set up with cloths or service, etc. At the window station in the center you'd explain you were in a sleeper and there was a ticket to put...

Waterloo is my regular stop when traveling home. I'm happy to see it getting more than a bus station shelter! It'll make the waits in the winter much more bearable than the "shiver in the car then start the engine up again." My dad says local TV was saying dedication/ribbon cutting June 24...

Flannel blanket, inflatable neck pillow, thick socks, eye mask, knit cap (i hate having a chilly head). I'm all set for sleeping on the long haul.

Corporate naming right as a fund raiser? "Yes sir, you have seat number 34 on the Leidos car brought to you by Halliburton. We hope you enjoy your dinner at the Kraft Foods table in the Tyson's Food Dining car."

Waterloo, IN is pretty much a concrete strip with a bus stop style shelter...

This is me as well. I'll spin stories in my head until I fall asleep as I speed by on the rails. Stories about kids growing up near the tracks who sit on the porch at night when they can't sleep and spin stories about people going by on the train until they fall asleep.

Of course! You'd be running out of pages from last years in the outhouse by then. As dad said, the worst part was when there were only the glossy slick pages left in the winter time...

The only time I've ever enjoyed the Skymall mag was when traveling in a large group on a long haul flight and we'd get into a group activity to find the most silly thing, the most pricey thing, the cheapest thing, etc. We'd be flipping through it laughing our heads off like some sort of crazed...

I'm sure they consider the locals a nuisance as well. But tolerate the tourists as tasty snacks!

I'm more concerned about the switches in extreme cold than I am the snow for my trip back to WAS on the CL tonight. Oh and being out tonight in crazy windchills to catch the train at Waterloo…heh.

I board at a rural stop on the CL when returning to WAS. I've made a habit of having the Amtrak app going when at the station so I can stay in the car until a few minutes before it's due at my stop then get out and be visible on the platform.

Julie: I'm sorry, caller, I'm afraid I can't do that. Caller: What's the problem? Julie: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.

Actually that train is usually pretty full this time of year with college kids doing holiday travel.

Good to know that. I was considering the CL back to DC from WTI when I booked my flights for this Thanksgiving. I shied away because of the massive delays it was having at the time. I do have a round tripper for the Christmas holidays booked on the CL though! Looking forward to some train...

I flew this year since I had to get coast to coast and back with a stop in the middle on the way back to visit family. There were a number of times I thought to myself, "I'd rather be on the train."

ew.

We should have a study on that.