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Oh yeah, that was quite the excitement here yesterday. Some of the passengers they interviewed were UPSET that they were now going to be late to Chicago! Guess that they would have rather had the plane continue on....'Oh, an engine's on fire? Let's just keep going to Chicago; maybe the breeze...

Getting a cab at the airport, ANY time of day or night, is no problem. When I lived there, I often arrived into the airport at weird hours, and never had a problem finding one....Just follow the signs in the airport to the taxi waiting area, and someone should be able to direct you to them. I...

I feel that I must also make a comment. Jody, if you are concerned about being a female, traveling alone, I understand. I am a single female traveler, and I have traveled a great deal on Amtrak. Several trips back and forth between St Louis and Kansas City, several trips between St Louis and...

I found the Yahoo group article, and it appears that the stuff that I spoke about earlier all happened last week, and not this week; my mistake with the dates. However, I'm surprised not more was mentioned on here about the major delay (unless I missed the posts--I've been traveling with work)...

I read something about this on a Yahoo group. I can't remember all the details, but, it said that both locomotives had some engine problems, and BNSF ended up sending a locomotive to rescue them. Mainly because of that, they were limited to only 70 MPH, rather than the 79 MPH that they...

I concur with going to Union Station, which is a quick walk from the Amtrak station. The Arch is always entertaining, and an easy train ride on the light rail system. St Louis has a pretty decent mass transportation system Click here Metro St Louis for more information. There's lots of stuff...

Last time I did this, I rented a car from Hertz. Their booth at the station was closed when the train arrived; when I booked the reservation, I was told to take a cab to the airport to pick up the car, and they would re-imburse the cab fare (up to a certain amount, but I can't remember that...

St Louis Lambert has gotten better since then. It's actually shrunk in size, gate and departure wise, due to American cutting back much of their operations there. Not to say it's perfect, but, I fly out of there 2 to 3 times a month, and those 'stinky' trams are a thing of the past... Now...

The 'spaghetti bowl' in Las Vegas, NV has got to be one of the worst I have experienced. Here's a picture (hope the link works); not the best picture, but, the best I could get. Click here: Spaghetti Bowl There's a much better picture from Google Earth, but, I don't know how to post it here...

This went through my parents' hometown on June 26th, and I just happened to be there to catch it! They live in central Iowa, and it was on its way to Boone, then to Des Moines, etc, and back for the trip through Nebraska and to Wyoming. Pretty cool to see...

It's not quite that easy. Gambling regulations vary from state to state, and in tribal lands, vary within each of these. Each of the tribes agree to a compact with the state, and have to follow the rules of this compact. Of course, these can vary from tribe to tribe, just like the regulations...

I'm one of those 119,257 people, and I'm a regular rider on this line. UP has contributed to making this route a bit of a joke. The last time I rode from Kansas City back to Kirkwood, the scheduled 5 hour trip took us almost 7. We sat along the sidings and watched freight after freight pass...

Hi. I am planning a future trip, and I'm looking for opinions on the best direction to go on each route that I'm going to be using. I don't know when I'm going to go, but, I know which routes I want to take. Any and all suggestions and thoughts would be appreciated. Here's the trip I want to...

Ah, heck, I'll suggest somewhere in the great Midwest--say, how about St Louis Union Station? :P Right smack in the middle of the country. They run dinner trains out of Union Station during the summer months; we cab just add it there...Let's use that beautiful facility for the purpose it...

Thanks for the info. I kind of figured that all the rental agencies would be closed, and had already started thinking of a secondary plan of spending a night in a hotel and getting a car the next morning. Especially if the arrival is going to be late, which sounds like is almost a certainty...

Hi everyone. I am taking a quick trip to Austin, TX over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, and was wondering if anyone knows whether or not any of the car rental locations near the Austin station are open when the train is scheduled to arrive (at approximately 7:00 pm). I know I can call them...

I just got back from a cruise myself. I too flew to Seattle to depart, and then flew back home on Sunday. If I had the extra vacation time, I would have taken the train instead. The morning my flight was supposed to depart (see 'supposed'), it was cancelled about 3 in the morning. I didn't...

I have a Motorola phone, with Cingular as my provider, and I connect to the internet through it with a Bluetooth adapter. You have to make sure your plan allows data downloads, and the service is not real fast. Okay to check email, send messages, etc, but not ideal for downloading large files...

Try this address: http://chicago.citysearch.com/feature/15395/ It will give you more information about Union Station, including shops and restaurants. Not sure how current it is, but, it does have a map included.

Well, here's a few: PRO: Baseball-Cardinals/Cubs, Cardinals/White Sox, Cardinals/Brewers, Cardinals/Royals, White Sox and Cubs/Brewers, White Sox and Cubs/Royals (all of these would probably involve additional transportation) Football-Rams/Chiefs (previously mentioned), Rams/Bears...