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We moved where we were sitting from near the station entrance to near the Amtrak window. An Amtrak employee approached us just now and asked our destination. When we told her, she immediately offered to take us to the train on the shuttle. How considerate!

The heat wasn't too bad yet when we walked to the station this morning, shortly before 11AM. Thanks for the tip! If we didn't have the luggage with us, we'd probably go there, as we both love shopping for books. We will probably just stay in the station until our train comes, though.

In the Fort Worth station, waiting for our train. Just finished lunch at the Subway next door. (They are out of Coke this morning, so the hubby made do with lemonade.) The staff at my hometown Subway know me and seem friendlier, but they're just as chatty with the regulars as was the staff here...

We just vegged in the hotel room. We were full enough from lunch on the train that the butter cake and coffee, followed by cracker sandwiches and overpriced hotel sodas, were enough to satisfy us until breakfast this morning.

An excellent, filling hotel breakfast this morning. Killing time in the room until checkout. Subway at the station doesn't seem too bad now - anything to minimize walking in Illinois August heat in October! Definitely will inquire about the mini trolley to the platform for disabled and elderly...

The other alternatives I thought of were either the family bedroom or the accessible bedroom - but getting 2 roomettes across from each other would probably be easier. I remember from last year's Missouri River Runner trip that the shared toilets in Business Class and coach were roomier, and...

Arrived at Fort Worth about an hour late. Very long platforms before one gets to the station proper. A mini trolley was bringing disabled passengers to the train, but we didn't know that it could be ridden back to the station by seniors like us, so we were exhausted by the time we reached the...

Just for fun. Neither of us have been on Amtrak overnight in over 40 years, so this is something of an experiment to see for ourselves what the sleeping car experience is like, and how well we can handle it as 60-somethings. The Texas Eagle works especially well for us as a first time current...

Accidentally reported on lunch in the main Texas Eagle thread. Just left Dallas at 1:40PM; arrival in Fort Worth now predicted for 2:23PM, over an hour late. Might not need to buy cheap throw blankets this afternoon after all, as we saw SCA Andre bring blankets for the next passengers in our...

Lunch was delivered to our room by SCA Andre at about 12:30PM. The hubby tried the pan-Asian meatballs, which were vegetarian, but he couldn't taste the difference from ground beef (a good thing for him). I had the chicken fettuccine Alfredo, but wasn't hungry enough to finish it. We will take...

Arrived in Mineola at 11:30, about 2 hours late; 4 people boarded. Arrival in Fort Worth now est. 1:47PM, 1/2 hour late. SCA Andre will be tidying our bedroom soon, and then lunch will be delivered here.

Held up by more freight trains just short of Longview. Now 1:55 late, but still expected to arrive on time at Fort Worth. Untangling huge ball of cotton yarn for a crochet project.

1:40 late leaving Texarkana, per the announcement. A derailment last week and track repairs have resulted in heavy freight traffic holding up the TE. Longview passengers have a guaranteed connection to the bus, even if the train is still running late. On to Texas!

Just arrived at Texarkana. A very short fresh air break. Trying to make up the lateness a bit at each stop.

Look at the attachment to post #2.

Finally arrived at Hope ARK 10-15 minutes after returning from breakfast, and the train is now 2:20 late, although the announcement claimed we would still be on time for Fort Worth. A roomette passenger told me that the free coffee in the sleeping car is only in the morning, and often only for...

The bourbon apple crepes are a new item on the breakfast menu, and quite tasty. It helps to have someone else open the cream and sugar for coffee on a rapidly moving train, while the other person holds the cup like a gimbal compass! Waiting for the next stop before we head back to our room.

We found out the hard way that the hubby couldn't get into the top bunk in our bedroom, and he wouldn't let me attempt that feat either. Fortunately, the bottom bunk in our bedroom was a little bit wider than a twin bed, and the jump seat was still open, so I scrunched up at the end closest to...

A little bit later at each station from Lincoln to Alton, the train made up some time between Alton and St Louis -- just in time for us to walk the length of the train to the dining car! Supper presentation was microwave entree, but high quality and imaginative. The Beef Paprikash wasn't as...

We made up some time on the 421 between Alton and St. Louis, from 39 minutes late to only 21 minutes late. The hubby and I had the late slot for supper, though, so we kept having to grab the tops of seat backs in each coach car as we made our way to the dining car. Ouch! We ate fairly quickly...