Recent content by Gary Behling

Any time I go to use the toilet, I always bring spray Lysol and 2 paper towels to clean the toilet seat (top and underneath) because so many men pee on them cuz they are too lazy to lift the seat

I don't mind riding a bus for trips 600 miles or less, but NOT if I paid AMTRAK over $2,000 for a 1st class deluxe bedroom and they are trying to shuttle me from San Antonio to Dallas because there was some problem with the Texas Eagle going north (or some similar situation) which has happened...

Ya know, sometimes we need to give people and companies a little space and refrain from constant criticism when conditions are such when little can be done other than to provide the basics. It's when the basics can't be provided that aggressive criticism is merited.

Thank you. This is exactly what I wanted to know. Now I can make my plans

Since this is a discussion about the Empire Builder I would like to ask a question. I am planning a trip next year and part of the trip is the Empire Builder from either Seattle or Portland to Chicago. Is there anyone who has taken the trip from both starting points who has an opinion on...

I actually like it when the train is late because I get to spend extra time in my bedroom watching movies on my computer in an altered state of mind. But this route thru Tucson (where I live) is a different deal. Riding the Train from Tucson to Chicago --- or the exact reverse is a big big...

Yelling, huh! pure exaggeration.

Can you imagine all the foot traffic in the narrow aisles if people got on any car they wished, hauling their luggage through several cars, dining cars, lounge cars etc just to get to the cars they THINK they belong in and asking Amtrak employees if this was their car? NO-- you proceed to the...

Living in Tucson, the Texas Eagle is a train I have taken to Chicago often. Depending on the time of arrival in San Antonio, I get off the train there and take a taxi to a nice Mexican Restaurant (not fast food) and get a big plate of 4 enchiladas, plus an extra plate of beans and rice and 6...

In my opinion, anyone riding Amtrak 1st Class should simply delay any long distance train trips for at least one year until Amtrak gets their business running correctly. If I spend over $2,000 for a one way trip, having to make those reservations months in advance just to get them, reserve...

Since I live in Tucson on this route, I have a question I would like to ask of you since you travel this route often. On the LAX to NOL trip, how often have you seen travelers going from LAX to Chicago (or stops in that direction) have to get off the train at San Antonio and take buses North to...

They were in 1979 when I did my 1st Chicago to LA trip

If I were getting on the train in Austin, I would have a fresh plate of Franklin BBQ with me and certainly wouldn't be thinking of Pizza in Dallas.

Your scenario may just be true. I just wish that Amtrak as well as all others would just tell the actual truth about these matters rather than giving some non-informative spin for the sole purpose of avoidance of an admission of blame for the root cause of the problem. I think everybody would...

Just out of curiosity, in regard to those whose sleeping car reservations were cancelled, is there any way to possibly avoid this situation by either making your reservations 11 months in advance OR by knowing which sleeping car most likely might be cancelled so as to make your reservations in a...