Amy in TX
Train Attendant
I took a round trip ride last September from San Antonio to Chicago on the TE then Chicago to Emeryville on the CZ and back specifically for the ride through the Colorado Rockies. About an hour out of Chicago, I discovered that we were doing a bypass through Wyoming from Denver to Salt Lake City, due to work on the Moffatt Tunnel, both ways as it turns out. I was devastated! I spent quite a bit of money on the trip. I wasn't taking the train to get to San Francisco, I was going to San Francisco to ride through the Colorado Rockies. If I had known even a few days before I left home, I could have rescheduled it with minimal cancellation costs. Apparently Amtrak knew it was going to happen several weeks ahead but did not put any notice of it on their web site.
Overall I enjoyed the trip but I really still wanted to do the trip through the Rockies so I decided to rebook just part of the trip, to see what I missed. Anyway, I'm scheduled to fly to Denver in a couple of weeks, spend a night there, the take the CZ from there to Davis, CA, spend a night there, then take the CZ back to Denver and fly home.
So my question is, have any of you, especially those who are Amtrak employees heard anything about scheduled track/tunnel work that would result in any detours/disruptions between Denver and Salt Lake City? in the next month? I really don't want to have the same surprise this time!
Overall I enjoyed the trip but I really still wanted to do the trip through the Rockies so I decided to rebook just part of the trip, to see what I missed. Anyway, I'm scheduled to fly to Denver in a couple of weeks, spend a night there, the take the CZ from there to Davis, CA, spend a night there, then take the CZ back to Denver and fly home.
So my question is, have any of you, especially those who are Amtrak employees heard anything about scheduled track/tunnel work that would result in any detours/disruptions between Denver and Salt Lake City? in the next month? I really don't want to have the same surprise this time!