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That will be very good news for me when I come back from St Louis. The 8:40pm arrival time of 304 has been a real nail-biter when that train hasn't got there early, which often, but not always, happens. I've been stuck in Chicago overnight and have since switched to flying that leg of my trip...

Quite often the status report for the Lakeshore shows two entirely different arrival times for 49 and 449, yet both are one train long before they reach Chicago. Why? At 7:20am today's (1/9/10) status shows 449 arriving 33 minutes late, while 49 as arriving 6 minutes early! Terry

Well, uh, yeah, that would be it, wouldn't it? Terry

I just finished the book and enjoyed reading about the attitudes taken by the various Class 1 RRs toward passenger service. A happy surprise to discover that, other than UP, most have a positive outlook. But I was most amused by the author's continued and consistent reference to the train...