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  1. CTANut

    Paying With Cash?

    If you are a member of one of these banks, you can buy her a visa gift card that she can use on the train. Is she traveling in coach or sleeper? https://creditcards.lovetoknow.com/visa-gift-cards-no-activation-fees Of course, you could buy a vanilla visa gift card, but that would cost extra money.
  2. CTANut

    Paying With Cash?

    What part of the country is she traveling from?
  3. CTANut

    Paying With Cash?

    There is a machine at Chicago Union Station that will issue a prepaid debit card in exchange for cash. I think you can load up to $500 on the card. There should not be any fees associated with it. If she does not want to do that, she can sign up for this card: Bluebird Prepaid Debit Account She...
  4. CTANut

    Scanners, Radio and other such tech inquiries

    Also, I am looking at getting a scanner like this one. Do you know of any one that would cost under $50?
  5. CTANut

    Scanners, Radio and other such tech inquiries

    Is that not illegal because it can transmit on Amtrak frequencies.
  6. CTANut

    Sleepers at the consist rear are preferable

    They should be locked in a bedroom. They would get room service and they would have a bathroom/shower attached. They would get their flex meals 3x per day. Once a day, they would be allowed on the platform for recreation. I would write it like this: In the High Court of the United States Case...
  7. CTANut

    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    It delayed the next leg of his trip from the train to the Grey Bar Hotel.
  8. CTANut

    Coast Starlight Dining

    Same on the CZ
  9. CTANut

    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    He is now banging on these doors.
  10. CTANut

    California Zephyr busing

    I really dodged a bullet.
  11. CTANut

    California Zephyr busing

    I just went through there yesterday though on a train.
  12. CTANut

    California Zephyr busing

    I heard from the on board staff that the CZ may be bused on the return trip to Chicago. Has anyone else heard anything about this?
  13. CTANut

    No water in CZ sleeper car

    It’s been fixed
  14. CTANut

    Wastewater from trains: where does it go?

    Does all the waste dump to the tracks except for the toilets?
  15. CTANut

    No water in CZ sleeper car

    Also, the dining car dragons at it again. They strictly limit you to 2 pieces of meat.
  16. CTANut

    No water in CZ sleeper car

    The water is not working: faucets, showers and toilets. That what the announcement was.
  17. CTANut

    No water in CZ sleeper car

    I am currently on the CZ, and a SCA just announced there was no water in the 531 sleeper, which I am in. What has been your experience with this.
  18. CTANut

    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    And added some hours to him banging on the doors made of grey bars in the county bed and breakfast.
  19. CTANut

    Craziest Drama on Amtrak you've seen?

    Your wish has been granted.
  20. CTANut

    Ticket counters not accepting cash?

    I had an Amish guy give me $3 in cash to get a Coke for him. You can always ask another passenger to use their card and give said passenger cash. There is also a machine in CHI that will give you a prepaid card in exchange for cash. It does not charge a fee.
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