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My wife who is 17 yrs younger won't allow me to take the upper bedroom bunk. What she loves about the Cardinal is the easier access and having her own window up there. I appreciate the high ceiling and the extra space but wow these bedrooms (PHL-CHI) are getting very expensive and they still...

Somewhat agree but the food there is FAR better than flex. Try Cava Bowl for some good mediterranean dishes, East Street cafe for some home style cooking, then you have Chipotle, Pot Belly Sandwiches, Pret, Blue Bottle (for fresh coffee/ espresso) and bring it back to the train.. We would be...

The Cardinal is a small train. Its consist is typically one sleeper, one cafe (diner lite), a baggage dorm car, two coaches pulled by a single engine. The dining is prepared packaged reheated "flex meals" that IMO are not very good. If you board going to Chicago and before Washington, DC the...

Welcome to the Amtrak forum Lisa; a really nice place for rail travelers. Since joining many years ago this forum and its members has provided great tips with important information that has helped make our Amtrak travel experience far better. Hope that it does the same for yourself.

I say would say to Amtrak that you cannot continue to charge First Class prices on the Autotrain and provide forth class service. It sounds as though they do not have the equipment or the personnel to provide quality service. On other routes the going seems reasonably good so there is work that...

I cannot see this new Floridian attracting many travelers from Chicago to Miami. The original Floridian/ South Wind train was one overnight over two days. The new route would make this two overnights over three days. I don't believe that is a good move. Furthermore, the old route stopped at...

We did the trip from Port Clinton to Jim Thorpe Pennsylvania yesterday. The scenery was nice and the trip was pleasant. We traveled in one of the Budd RDC cars that had a cafe that served hot coffee and snacks. Trip was about an hour and 40 minutes and it was very nice. I will be posting...

In Pennsylvania there is a 400 mile freight and tourist railroad based out of Port Clinton, PA called the Reading Blue Mountain, and Northern Railroad. It was the brainchild of Andy Muller who purchased an old PRR line and built it into strong regional railroad that currently serves 80...

Right you are. $200-$300/night is what hotels are charging these days. In resort areas the price can go even higher.

This past May on our way back from Winslow/Flagstaff, AZ the SW Chief was delayed about 2 hours for a private car attachment in Alburqueque. Then we were delayed again at Kansas City when they took the private car off the train. Already late into the journey the train was stopped for a freight...

Amtrak pricing has surely gone up to the highest levels that we have seen. Price a cross country bedroom trip and it can be as high as $7000 in spring and summer. Yikes!

When passenger rail became way smaller in the 1960's and 1970's many freight railroads did in fact rip up their two track lines and went to single tracks. The PRR Broadway Ltd was a prime example that was once two tracks through Ohio, Indiana and om to Chicago. Now its only a single track NS...

AGR still comes up in Chinese no matter what I do. I can choose English and still get Chinese. What the heck in happening? Amtrak is an American service. While people of all ethnicities use it, the main language here is still English.

Even if you check off English as of this moment still seeing AGR site coming up in Chinese. This is terrible.

Last LD trip this May. Cardinal and SW Chief both had sleepers at the front. Its is always a pain when you board at a station along the route. You set yourself up preparing for where the sleepers will be and you end up have a long run at the last moment. At times the lounge attendants at PHL...

Happened to me as well. Had to clear the cache, then wipe out all entries in the the Temp, %Temp%, and prefetch folders. Now all is running as it should.

For our 3-5 hour layovers at Chicago Union Station, we have recently been going over to the French Market for lunch. There are all kinds of ethnic and domestic foods available there and an area for sit down dining. If you walk 5 blocks North on Canal street to Oglivie Station, the French Market...

As far as "return on investment" on public transportation it hardly ever will occur. Greyhound/Trailways may squeak out a profit but for municipal transportation systems they are there as a public service, like police, firefighters and sanitation services. Amtrak was chartered as a for profit...

Good experiences with FNBO so far, The .025-.027 value of the points is a good return especially if you add in the Amtrak points rebate at the time of purchase and the coupons on your AGR account. The only issue these days is that Amtrak LD sleeper trips are getting quite expensive and require...

Great post on Whitefish Montana. Glacier National park is an absolutely beautiful place to visit. Its among the top three destinations that we have visited. The pictures posted do it well but the best part is hiking inside the park. We could not secure lodging inside the park as reservations...