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On the CONO/Illini/Saluki Route: Hazlehurst, MS: There is a depot on site, but it is not used by Amtrak. Platform has a bus-style shelter. Yazoo City, MS: Just a platform with a canopy over some benches. Gilman, IL: Platform with bus-style shelter.

I believe you are forgetting the two daily trains (one in each direction) known as the Southwest Chief, which stops in Lamar, La Junta, & Trinidad.

I was on the westbound Eagle that same day. We were actually sitting in the station waiting for them to switch tracks in front of us so we could proceed south toward San Antonio. The eastbound was only running about ten minutes late when it reached Fort Worth, but was held just south of the...

Thanks for all the advice. I am really looking forward to this trip. I have done many Amtrak routes in the past, but never the Texas Eagle.

I will be riding the Texas Eagle for the first time on Thursday and have a few questions. I am traveling from Chicago to San Antonio in a roomette. 1. My roomette is located in car 2120. Where is this car located on the train? 2. What meals are served on the southbound Eagle between Chicago...

The CONO is running again to New Orleans. The first northbound train #58 out of New Orleans left on time today at 1:45pm. The first southbound train #59 to New Orleans departed Chicago last night. It arrived into New Orleans a little over an hour late.

You are correct. Your turn.

Here's the next photo:

Dowagiac, MI?

The CONO has had eTicketing since March 19. It is the first long distance train to have the new system.

The way things have been going with dinner out of Chicago on the southbound CONO lately, you will be hungry again by the time they call for dinner in the sleepers. Last time I was on #59, we were called to dinner at about 9:15pm, just over an hour after departure from Chicago. When I take the...

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It's not Cutbank or Shelby, but it is on the Builder's route.

No, it's not Helper.

Here's the next photo. Despite its dilapidated looks, this is a current Amtrak station.

Kankakee, IL?

1. Cass Scenic Railroad (Cass, WV) - Old logging railroad in the Appalachian Mountains. Locomotives are shays. Route uses steep grades and switchbacks to climb mountain. 2. Royal Gorge Route (Canon City,CO) - Runs through the famed Royal Gorge in Colorado. 3. Manitou & Pikes Peak Railway...

They are on every train that is equipped with Superliners. It is usually between the baggage car and the first revenue car. On trains such as the City of New Orleans and Texas Eagle, which use a coach-baggage instead of a separate baggage car, it is the first car directly behind the engine. It...

Car 5900 is the regular sleeper. A dorm sleeper is the transition-dorm car that is mainly used for the crew with a few rooms on the upper level sold to revenue passengers. It is designed to connect the single-level cars to the double-level Superliners and has stairs on one end leading down to a...

Another five have been released. The following photos are from Norfolk Southern's Facebook page: 1. Norfolk & Western 2. Interstate 3. Pennsylvania 4. Norfolk Southern (Original) 5. Lehigh Valley