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I’ve kind of had the same concern - while there is a tentative agreement, I’ve seen reports of railroad workers not happy with the agreement, and it seems there is a chance one or more unions reject it. While I’ve generally heard several weeks, I’ve also heard the end of the month - which may be...

Has anyone heard definitely how long the cooling-off period is if unions reject the deal? The news stories all mention a vague “several weeks”, but I’ve seen a few people say it’s around the end of the month. That timetable could definitely cause issues for the forum Gathering…

Also, it does seem like some of today’s trains that were cancelled as of last night are now back on. In particular, I’m seeing the 354 Wolverine available to book when it was cancelled before, and also the eastbound Cardinal. I figure there may not be many people onboard, though they’re probably...

This link is in the article: https://districtlodge19.org/negotiations/pdgc-kyle-loos-release-on-ratification-vote-on-tentative-agreement/ Basically, the IAM union membership rejected a tentative agreement that had been reached, but IAM extended their strike deadline to September 29th to not...

I’ve seen some say that the strike only applies to BNSF, UP, CSX, and NS - are they simply overlooking CN/CP because they have less tracks in the US being Canadian? Or is there some difference between the strike impact on those railways?

Also, it looks like there is no contingency plans for the Wolverines at this time. Seems like they could do something like the Surfliners and bus from New Buffalo or some other point in western Michigan to Chicago, but that doesn’t seem to be under consideration.

Looks like all LD trains for tomorrow have been cancelled, along with some corridor trains. No announcement from Amtrak, though it does seem they’ve contacted those with tickets (and the affected trains show as “cancelled” when trying to book a ticket). I noticed that the Wolverine 354 is among...

Amtrak used to run commuter service in Michigan inherited from Penn Central from 1975-1984 - the Michigan Executive. Basically a short Michigan Service run that went from Jackson to Detroit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_Executive

I think it may be because those trains arrive early enough that being delayed into Friday is less of a concern, and running just those wouldn’t cause an equipment imbalance (as running westbound but not eastbound two-night trains from Chicago would do).

I also wonder if cancelling tomorrow’s departures is related to the location of crew bases - if the crews for the trains out of CHI are based there, they don’t want to send them to the endpoints and strand them there (or have to fly them home).

And now the Zephyr - definitely seems strike-related:

Guessing this is definitely strike-related - now the Zephyr is cancelled on the same days: Edit: and the Empire Builder

I would think strike-related cancellations wouldn’t start until 9/14 (as those would be en route when the strike is going on), though perhaps there are moves needed to service the train I’m not thinking of…

No idea as to why both trains were cancelled. Thinking it must be strike-related, though you’d think that wouldn’t be an issue until Wednesday’s departures. Edit: since the Zephyr is cancelled on the same days, definitely seems strike-related…

Where was this posted? I’m booked on the Southwest Chief 9/24, and hoping this doesn’t extend to then. This is the second time this year a rail strike has threatened to impact my plans - was planning to book the Canadian right when VIA voted to strike. Thankfully they settled quickly without any...

66 (the overnight Regional) should be an option here, shouldn’t it? Seems Amtrak hasn’t updated its system to add the connection. You could probably book multi-city or separate reservations to get that, though if I was to do that I’d connect in WAS to avoid boarding at NYP at 2:40am.

I just checked, and the soonest 350 or 355 can be booked is October 24th. Their announcement did say that those trains are planned to resume service September 17th, though perhaps it’s been pushed back.

Latest video is now out - it is in fact about the Texas Eagle from Chicago to LA. He brings his dad on this portion of the journey, which he did on some of his previous videos on Canadian trains (the Rocky Mountaineer and the Churchill route). In the video, the inferiority of the flexible...

Not if fully vaccinated, which all non-Canadian citizens must be to enter. Though you still have to fill out ArriveCAN and are subject to random testing.

A couple months too late for my trip, though I enjoyed the ferries. Would do this next time I end up in Seattle/Vancouver though. If this had been running then and I had done VIA Corridor from Windsor, it could have been all rail except for Detroit-Windsor (and could be all-rail going by...