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Meals included definitely started sometime between late 1985 and summer 1986. I had booked a long trip for Aug/Sep 1986 in late 1985 (probably as soon as they opened for sale) when meals were not included . By the time the trip happened, meals were included but if there was a fare increase...

A recent last minute flight problem resulted me in making a last-minute LSL booking: Business Class SYR-BUF and Roomette BUF-CHI (got the dreaded "no longer available" when I tried to book a roomette SYR-CHI so started testing to find where a roomette became available into CHI - fortunately BUF...

At Midway, the ride share pickup area is on the lower (arrivals) level at the north end - I believe it’s door 4.

Today’s LSL is about three cars shorter than it was in the early 80s when it had a 3rd BOS coach, both a diner and a lounge for the NY section, and a NY Slumbercoach in addition to the two sleepers. Throw in a couple of private cars and I saw more than one 18 car LSLs being pulled by two F40s.

From its start in 1975 until 1991, the LSL went in and out of GCT. Back then, the train was serviced in Chicago and did a same day (approx. 5 hours with the schedule then) turn at GCT. Sent from my iPad using Amtrak Forum

The first thing is you need to know your costs. Without getting too deep into cost accounting, costs are divided into fixed and variable costs. For purposes of this (an Amtrak cafe car), fixed costs are things like the cost of the space on the car, the equipment, and the attendant's wages. They...

The problem of inventory stock-out vs. carrying (or spoilage) cost is a classic area of study in Industrial Engineering. I can just about guarantee that stocking to avoid spoilage is not the profit-maximizing point as when you do so, you leave a huge amount of demand unmet. Spoilage or carrying...

Nor, I believe, were many of the river bridges in Ohio. I lived in the Sandusky area for a few years many years ago and I saw no evidence to suggest that either the Sandusky Bay Bridge between Sandusky and Port Clinton (a movable bridge) or the Huron River bridge in Huron (I believe it used to...

When Superliners were first introduced 35+ years ago, Roomettes were called Economy Bedrooms. Eventually Amtrak went back to the traditional railroad terminology but not sure when. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Along with that is the lack of major track damage. I would have expected the track to be torn up with the force of the lead unit trying to take the curve at too high a speed causing the outer rail to pull out and/or turn over. Instead, probably due to the train having gone into emergency (either...

I drove as well (saw too late that some space had opened up on the special). But my return drive was a little under nine hours (excluding stops) from Paducah, KY to Chicago (about six normally) as my nav app took me up some blessedly empty back county roads 10 or so miles east of I-57 for the...

Double-checking, it appears Market Creations on the second floor is still open. But as the OP is connecting on Saturday, of no help as it was always a weekday only place.

Recently retired from a job that had me working in Willis Tower for six years. There was no food court in the basement (Lower Level 1 as they call it) - just a single restaurant that closed about a year ago and a donut shop. I believe all Willis Tower restaurants (the ones on the lobby level and...

All the even number tracks up to 40 exist. The first run-through track (19 on the north side) splits into 28 and 30 (30 has been used for Metra Heritage trains at times - passengers cross 28 at grade to reach it). 32, 34, and 36 are stub tracks under the old Post Office. The second run-through...

And yet, having worked for an airline, we tend to refer to our operation at an airport as a station. Our head person at an airport was the "station manager" whereas the the "airport manager" was used for the airport operator's head person. As for "terminal", that was just part of an airport...

Ridden that bus northbound. CS was very early but we still had to wait until scheduled departure time since apparently you can buy that bus standalone without any rail transportation. At the border, first stopped at duty-free for anyone wanting to buy something, then to the Canadian formalities...

No need for a train to be there. If it's not in the station yet, many of us just go stand where our car door will be.

I was clearly talking about early morning stops and situations where the train must wait for scheduled departure time. The CZ is not scheduled to arrive early in the morning at those stops.

Hey, I work for an airline. Pittsburgh is PIT to us. And I'm actually surprised Amtrak used PIT for a different city considering how many places Amtrak did use the nearby airport code when it was descriptive of the city name (rather than the airport name).

My own experience from the Capital Limited a few years ago. Roomette to PIT connecting to the Pennsylvanian. Set my alarm for 45 minutes before scheduled arrival. Got up and headed to the shower to find we were arriving PIT right then. With its scheduled dwell time, it would be sitting there...