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neroden, I hear you. The trip was about 4 years ago. I did complain, but unfortunately complaining to Cussed Service seems like beating a dead iron horse. I've sent a couple of written complains (this might have been one of those times, I don't remember) and gotten no response. In fact, the...

Maybe the fares have not gone up on the CONO because of the 'competition' on the end of the train? ;)

You can ALWAYS tell the folks who have been eating beignets from Café du Monde by the powdered sugar all down their shirts. At least I hope its powdered sugar! :P

I just heard from a friend who was in a PV on the back of #6 last month who said they were (as he put it) "20, yes, that was T-W-E-N-T-Y hours late into CHI... ...but that was twenty hours more to enjoy that fabulous car, and they didn't run out of drinks!"

Joe, I saw your trip report with the above photo. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Looks like the opposite of my CONO experience, and that was before the new 'improved' service. Thanks for the advice. :hi: The prices are not bad, and a berth would not be a bad option. I'd...

Yum yum, Jim! l will be riding NOL-MEM coach, and MEM-CHI roomette in December. Sounds like I'll be packing food. Or is that 'gaming' the system? :lol: ########################################## DA: If this is multiple choice, Ill go with #8. :huh: All of the above. :P

Bullets in Texas are a step closer! :P

PHEW!!! I hope things continue to improve in Essex and that things are no worse than this elsewhere. Clear cuts around the IWI are better than no IWI! Thanks again! :hi:

A CONO Dining Experience, or Only On Amtrak ################################################ I had a sleeper SB out of CHI, and after dropping my bag off in my room, I was one of the very first in to the CCC for dinner, so I was seated at the first table to be seated. The LSA came to our...

BCL: If your 'game.' try looking up what I actually wrote instead of twisting my words. I wrote - "'gaming' the system.'' One synonym is "abusing the system." Another is "cheating the system."

Anthony's timing sure was good. :P

Yep, and the word 'ABUSE' is very value laden in the context they are using it, as if to somehow be morally superior. :blink: Next thing you know, and it would follow their logic, they will claim that buying points when a bonus is offered, or registering and riding when 'Double Days'...

It seems that Metro and Montgomery Co. have settled their differences. They are jointly suing the contractors who designed, built and inspected this five year late and $50,000,000.00 over budget fiasco for $166,000,000.00. One of the contractors has responded by saying that the complaint is...

City of Miami, I can't, and won't, argue with what your saying, but I don't have to like it. As JoeBas says: "Welcome to the race to the bottom." Or, another way to put it: Welcome to the global economy where the only thing that matters is how cheaply things can be made or done. :wacko...

JulietEcho and montana mike, Thanks for the updates! :hi: I'm glad to hear things are not worse than they are. Anyone know a non-lightening rain dance, how to seed clouds, both, or something - anything - to make it rain?

There is no such thing as a free lunch. And Amtak just took a big slice of my lunch pie (literally and figuratively) that I earned by being a loyal customer. I should be grateful? Nah. Combined with all the other gutting that has been done, it is obvious the Scrooges are on the other side of...

Thanks Mike! :hi: Wish it was better news. As you said earlier, once it finally starts raining again, that will bring its own set of problems. I've wanted to hike in the Bob Marshall Wilderness since I was a teenager. Hopefully there will be something left once all this craziness ends...

The devil may be in the details. We shall see.

Are awesome and AGR even allowed to be used in the same sentence any more? :)

I wondered where that stench was coming from! :o :giggle: