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I received the BOA offer yesterday and the notice about extra points buy on AGR. Also wished I had waited to buy my Amtrak Gathering trips, but with other things we put on the card will still make the max limit. It was nice to get those extra points last December.

Under the old schedules, when the Meteor was running, you could go 30 CL to 42 Pennsy in PGH and across to Philly as an alternative. But until the Meteor is restored, that connection is also gone.

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Steve, who were the original passengers permitted to sit in the new cars? Only those stopping in cities along the route.. Springfield, etc. ?

The Amtrak cancelation notices continued all last evening. Agents say these are errors and should stop (soon?).

Just got off the phone with Amtrak. They verified that the notifications for the SWC were in error. No reservations were cancelled. Apologized for the emails and voicemails. Their phones have been ringing off the hook today due to the computer errors. Whew@@ Good idea to verify your...

I called at 1pm to AGR Select and agent there is no problem with my SWC bookings on April 22-23. At 1:30 I get two voice messages from Amtrak saying the two trips were cancelled. What is happening? I will try to call AGR again, but something is happening to Amtrak's system. The website is...

Just received a notice from Amtrak that the scheduled trips that I spent 4 hours revising with 3 AGR agents yesterday have now been cancelled again. Southwest Chief from Chicago and Fort Madison Iowa. :mad:. What is going on? I have not checked the latest changes since yesterday because I need...

Just received email from Amtrak that my reservations on LSL & SWC for April were all cancelled. 3 day a week train limits and train cancels extended😔

Also received the 4000 bonus posted Tuesday. Such a deal!

Looks like LSL 49 (2) lost five hours between Erie and CLE this morning. Anyone know the issue there? A nice private car on the back end at Elkhart as it now will be 6+ hours late into CHI.

Is there an effective date for the new menu?

After speaking with several Amtrak employees on my Gathering trip trains, it would seem that some of the shortages of personnel are a result of the upcoming requirement that all employees be vaccinated. One person said many Amtrak workers are taking leaves, sick leave, personal leave to make a...

We prefer to eat in the diner as 90% of our experiences have been positive and educational. I am a people person and have enjoyed conversations with: Australian tourists, Amish folk, a Russian grad student, a 21 year old girl traveling around the world, many professors of different subjects, boy...

Friend who is riding EB 7 this afternoon reported they hit a vehicle south of Milwaukee. Driver was life flighted to hospital. Train was delayed for nearly three hours and finally running in western Wisconsin. Another case of train vs car. Always a bad idea.

Great report. Ready to head to ABQ on the SWC.

Sunday July 11 Next morning I joined JebR for breakfast downstairs and then we walked on the Lick Run Greenway trail down to meet the OTOL BRRE members outside the Roanoke Hotel. A classic structure built by the N&W RR and now serves as a grand hotel and conference center...

Amtrak OnTrack OnLine Blue Ridge Roanoke Excursion July 9-12, 2021 Friday July 9 I was invited to join the OnTrack OnLIne Excursion Group for a trip to Roanoke Virginia on the weekend of July 10-12. I decided to leave a day early in order to spend a full day exploring the Virginia...

Lets move this discussion back to Amtrak dining. There are other threads regarding masks and Covid cases where this conversation can take place. Thanks

I was on 449/49 on Monday night. The consist listed above was correct. I was only in the dining car around 7 for dinner but the only people in there were passengers eating. It was a very full train and a line of people who wanted to eat in the diner. Many chose just to grab their meal and...