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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...

Boarded pretty much on time. Going upstairs to the bedrooms was tricky with luggage in hand and on the back. Our SCA is Andre, and is very polite. Some new choices on the Flex Dining menu; I'm trying the Beef Paprikash tonight. Just left Bloomington a few minutes ago; there was a brief fresh air...

At the Pontiac IL station, waiting to board today's southbound TE. Similar to my hometown station, this is unmanned and trains barely stop for passengers. Amtrak claims the Eaglette will be 6 minutes late arriving here; we shall see. There's an interactive TE schedule online, with links to...

No; boarding at Pontiac, IL. The southbound TE is usually pretty close to on-time when it passes my office window in Dwight on weekday afternoons, so I'll start monitoring train status shortly before its scheduled departure time from Chicago.

Boarding the Eaglette this afternoon. I will try to post trip report updates, as long as I can at least get a cellular signal. Might try to take pictures, too, although not sure if I'll be able to attach them to the relevant posts during the trip. (Typically, my phone saves pics to Amazon...

Thanks for the tips! The link provided is broken, but perhaps I can reproduce your search results by going to opentable.com and entering the address of our hotel in Fort Worth (on the Molly route, and about 1 block S of one of the stops).

The hubby and I will be getting off the Texas Eagle at Fort Worth, TX and returning northbound the next day. I was happy to see that there's a free "Molly the Trolley" service in downtown Fort Worth, apparently subsidized by the downtown hotels. Any suggestions/recommendations for restaurants...

When my daughter finished grad school at the end of 2018 (and spent most of 2019 job-hunting), I watched some YouTube videos in which people used Amtrak Package Express for long-distance moves. They'd be moving from & to cities with checked baggage service (or at least close enough to get a...

The Grounded Life Travel channel on YouTube posted a video on the Floridian this morning:

Another ignorant Texas Eagle question here: where do the sleeping car passengers (like my hubby and me) eat their flex dining meals?

Besides the flex-dining omelette, the breakfast menu includes pancakes and a "continental" breakfast. No recommendations yet, because the hubby and I will be riding the Texas Eagle for the first time roundtrip Pontiac, IL to Fort Worth, TX the week after next. We'll be having flex dining the...

I flew out of Champaign/Urbana to job interviews when I was in grad school back in the 1980s. (Connecting flights each time, I think.) The city buses go out to Willard Airport, and at least for the past 15 years (maybe longer, though not back when I was there), a UIUC student ID gets you free...