Hi - I am at the Fort Mason Youth Hostel in San Francisco on a public computer, so do not have time to write the full report. The connection to the Coast Starlight was fine, timewise, other than the lack of proper posting and announcement. The SWC has padding in the schedule and is not often very late. But the southbound does not connect, so I will be going via Bakersfield on Saturday morning. The service at Williams to get to the train is OK - I've done it once before. The Amtrak timetable is not correct in that it says WMA is the GRand CAnyon Railway Station. This is incorrect. The buildings are within a stones throw of each other, but your folks need to be in the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel LOBBY. The timetable says that the departure is at 10.:10 p.m. for the westbound, but the driver rounded up all four passengers and we departed in an airport rental car style bus about ten, and then sat there by the platform ( with the engine running ) for 45 minutes. The train arrived about 25 minutes late. If there is a large group of passengers, say 40, they will round up a large bus. This is run by Grand Canyon Railway Hotel, not Amtrak. The arrangement, while a bit unorthodox and the platform is out in the middle of nowhere, is quite satisfactory. While I have driven my own car into Williams Junction, it is posted as NO Trespassing, so therefore should be taken that only the authorized van is allowed in there, which is a spooky ride at night to the uninitiated. The driver was friendly and accomodating and placed our bags on the platform