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Late 1962 would have been about the time Mom and Dad took my brother (age 3) and me (age 4 going on 5) from Chicago to Albany, NY to visit my paternal grandparents for Christmas. I vaguely remember our train compartment was a bit like European sleeper trains I traveled in as a college student...

Traditional dining on the Texas Eagle San Antonio-Chicago seems like it'll be the bottommost priority on the "traditional dining on all Western LD trains" list. The hubby and I hope to ride the Eaglette from our local county seat to San Antonio in October, and assume we'll still be served "flex...

I used Rail for Less last year to pick the least expensive travel dates for our trip to Kansas City on the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner. The hubby would like to try the Texas Eagle at about the same time this year, so I tried a search for Pontiac, IL - San Antonio, TX roundtrip for 2...

I avoid credit cards with an annual fee, but I can see where following the issuer's cancellation instructions would make sense if an annual fee is involved.

As long as there's a zero balance on an unwanted credit card, I just cut it up (into multiple small pieces), throw it in the trash (with lots of nasty leftover food scraps on top, to discourage any creative garbage pickers), and wait for the company to cancel the card for non-use.

In the older Coach car I was on in October, a disabled vet with a service dog was sitting in the designated "accessible" area, at the front of the car, across from the luggage rack. He wasn't wheelchair-bound, but there was extra legroom in front of him where a wheelchair could have been...

The Coach cars were still a mix of old equipment and the Venture cars when the hubby and I rode the east & north-bound Missouri River Runner/Lincoln Service in October. There may be a higher proportion of Ventures in Coach now, though. The Lincoln Service trains go past my office window (just...

If you have the time to pick up Subway, they'll sell you a personal pizza. (We get those occasionally from our local Subway.)

Business Class seats aren't assigned on the Lincoln Service or Missouri River Runner. But the extra legroom, less crowding & window curtains are all there, and very nice, too!

Same for me. I'm 65 (going on 66) but still working, so I usually have far better things to do with my free time than answer surveys. I did spring for FNBO's AGR credit card when it became available (Fall 2022), though, and that has been far more productive for earning AGR points. I mostly...

And Mr. "Grounded Life" measures all of those top bunks, so viewers (esp. men) will have a better idea of how comfortable they will be for taller passengers.

I am that proverbial "lady of a certain size", and I sing at church twice a month -- but Amtrak doesn't listen to me! :(

When the hubby and I were going to ride the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner to its endpoint at Kansas City a couple months ago, I found a PDF of the schedule which included a route map of the Missouri River Runner portion. Very "Department of Tourism", with a brief paragraph on the major...

When the hubby and I were planning a round trip on Amtrak's California Zephyr earlier this year (more or less similar duration roundtrip as the Canadian one-way), we planned to bring just one duffel bag each (plus my purse and a zippered crochet project bag for me), pack enough underwear for the...

As someone who used to board Amtrak's Empire Builder in the middle of the night (and always 3 hrs. late) at Fargo, ND to get home from college, and who currently lives in a small town which very nearly counts as a "flag stop" on Amtrak's Lincoln Service, I can certainly empathize with rural BC...

Sounds a little like Slumbercoach that Amtrak had back in the day. (I rode Slumbercoach in the Lake Shore Limited back in the early 80s. I had a double Slumbercoach compartment to myself, but the single Slumbercoach compartments were on 2 levels.)

I had thought about redeeming AGR points for gift cards to help with Christmas shopping, but decided to wait until the issue with disputed transactions (from a Facebook scam in August!) had finally been resolved. My November statement showed a credit (and some AGR points deducted) for the...

There were no assigned seats in BC on the Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner when the hubby & I rode it in October (and only 1 free drink/BC passenger). In fact, we weren't able to sit together until a passenger who had boarded at an earlier stop got off at Bloomington, IL (about 1 hour...

And maybe just a salad as the only appetizer option at supper, instead of the 3 appetizer options at dinner on the Western LD trains.

You will get more storage space inside a Viewliner roomette than you would in a Superliner roomette. Thank goodness your travel plans gave you a choice!