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    New Member taking Southwest Chief

    Well for your first segment (which I assume would be on the Lake Shore Limited) I can’t say much. I’ll start at Chicago. Since you are in a roomette on the Southwest Chief (SWC) you have access to the Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago. They have free snacks and drinks and plenty of comfortable...
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    Individualized bonus points offered in Fall Travel promotion

    Select, 2x I’ve done a good amount of travel so far this year and have quite a few upcoming trips for the fall.
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    Amtrak through the "Middle of Nowhere"

    Add to the list: -Chemult, OR - Pop 80 - Nearest Big City, Bend, 65 miles away -Winnemucca, NV - Pop 8,431 - Nearest Big City, Elko, 125 miles away -Lamar, CO - Pop 7,687, Nearest Big City Debatable -Winslow, AZ - Pop 9,005 - Nearest Big City, Flagstaff, 60 miles away An extra bonus...
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    Long distance trains frequency

    The following 2 Long Distance trains operate only 3 times per week: • Sunset Limited (New Orleans-Los Angeles) • Cardinal (New York-Chicago) All other long distance trains operate every day. It should also be noted that the Lake Shore Limited provides daily service from New York to...
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    New Orleans or Houston to Palm Springs

    I’ve been to the station three times. Twice when taking the train and once when I thought I’d stop to see how the station looked (the area had just flooded and I was curious) on my way to LA. When I first took the train in at 4:30am there were several cars parked in the parking lot, doing...
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    New Orleans or Houston to Palm Springs

    Let me answer your original question first. I would definitely start in New Orleans. • New Orleans has a much larger and nicer station than Houston. • The scenery between New Orleans and Houston is not overly impressive, but it’s nice enough you probably won’t regret it. • The New Orleans...
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    Possible new train (Floridian) from MIA to CHI (rumor)

    According to a conductor who works the Capitol Limited, “Yes, the rumors are true. I hear that they're going to basically take the previous days [Silver Star] set and prepare it for the following day's Capitol Limited train. There's a lot of stuff they're going to have to do to make sure...
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