Recent content by jpakala

For a rewards member but infrequent flyer the switch to expiration dates is a problem (for my wife & me).

No employees should use language like "Where do you think you're going?" Is anyone contacting the appropriate people at Amtrak with dates, times, train numbers, what happened, etc.?

That Pittsburgh Primanti's website shows the Friday and Saturday closing is 2:00 a.m. https://restaurants.primantibros.com/pa/pittsburgh/46-18th-street

We have the same: FNBO and Chase, but use the former by far the most. FNBO has been very good about reporting any possible fraud and our paying monthly by personal checks and never having a purchase be denied, though they may check with us to see that we made it.

When I took the EB we did board from the north side of the waiting area and the train was right there. With a roomette you of course could have waited in the Metropolitan Lounge and in my experience at least when departing on a train at the south tracks at Union Station a staff person announces...

The new coaches we rode in MO & IL do not recline (you can see from a glance that the seat and back are a solid one-piece frame). The seat is fairly hard if you ride more than a couple of hours anyway. I did like lying down across the seats, which was possible because we asked to go beyond the...

Emergency braking occurred as I recall, so that may explain some reduction in locomotive damage. If I'm not mistaken, Brightline equipment, operators, and passengers have been spared a lot because collisions mainly have been with pedestrians and automobiles, unlike this fire truck situation...

I agree that the way he was dressed was not good for Amtrak.

When a freight wreck in 1956 near Jesup, IA prevented IC's Chicago to Waterloo "Land O'Corn" from reaching Waterloo, we fairly quickly were routed on the CGW (Chicago Great Western) up to Oelwein and then down to Waterloo, being only an hour late despite the longer route. With most of the CGW...

Parmalee was a well-known name to many. Central, C&NW, Dearborn, Grand Central, Lasalle, and Union Stations were connected by Parmalee. I remember in 1956 arriving on the PRR at Union and walking into the crowded beautiful main waiting room from the concourse (there was no office building above...

Des Moines airport is expanding; Cedar Falls/Waterloo's airport food service ended long ago (the dark vacant space still exists), and flights are few and far between and using them is expensive. Champaign/Urbana, IL has connections to I think one other city besides Chicago and the U of IL even...

Wow, that menu is great. I'd like to order any number of the entrees.

I have many fond memories of the PRR Pittsburgh station, though none from June 1944 when at 3 months I accompanied Mom, 2 siblings & a friend to SD. Mom had a first-class but straight chair wall seat in a club car, and after changing a diaper she was offered a gentleman's parlor car seat, so...

I've slept well in coach if the seats recline and there are leg rests or at least footrests. Having a cover such as a blanket, a throw, a long winter coat, etc. I've found essential even in summer if the AC is too cold. Sadly, airlines no longer provide blankets, which I needed (folded up) for...

I would hesitate to take a bus or any vehicle through a hurricane area. At best, I might end up in a hotel somewhere along the way and hope even there to be safe.