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Hello there
You have a great forum I stumbled on a couple of days ago.
my wife and I are interested in taking a round trip on Amtrak long-distance trains, probably the Empire Builder one way and the Southwest Chief back. We'll probably fly between LA and Portland.
The question is: what are the chances of a normal trip? Close to being on-time and no major things going wrong in the sleeping cars? It seems from reading a lot of the posts the past few days, the Amtrak world of travel is filled with perhaps more adventure and unexpected pleasures (and not-so pleasures) than my wife and I care to experience. We're looking forward to relaxing travel and nice unhurried meals. Some of the readings on this post suggest the odds aren't much better than 50-50.
Am I reading too much into the posts? Or do complaints and shortcomings naturally get more play even on a site like this?
You have a great forum I stumbled on a couple of days ago.
my wife and I are interested in taking a round trip on Amtrak long-distance trains, probably the Empire Builder one way and the Southwest Chief back. We'll probably fly between LA and Portland.
The question is: what are the chances of a normal trip? Close to being on-time and no major things going wrong in the sleeping cars? It seems from reading a lot of the posts the past few days, the Amtrak world of travel is filled with perhaps more adventure and unexpected pleasures (and not-so pleasures) than my wife and I care to experience. We're looking forward to relaxing travel and nice unhurried meals. Some of the readings on this post suggest the odds aren't much better than 50-50.
Am I reading too much into the posts? Or do complaints and shortcomings naturally get more play even on a site like this?