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I once got moved to an empty H room because when I asked the SCA to help me put down the bed, he found that there was something broken in the mechanism. He said I could either use the upper berth or move. I chose to move.

yeah, I don't fancy getting yelled at if it's a grumpy/overworked person, I'll probably eat the salad and roll and pick at the glop and hope they have either the brownie or the butter cake

that looks better than 90% of the restaurant food I've seen recently, and unbelievably, different-universe-level better than the microwaved glop the Texas Eagle serves. I did hint that nothing on the menu seemed appealing last time I was on and no cafe-meal selection was offered, so I guessed...

Yes, I know what the existing choices are. it just seems like they're not good choices, and would be terrible with a picky kid, especially a travel-tired picky kid. The "butter chicken" almost made ME cry.

A question that occurred to me: on the Flex Dining trains (the eastern leg of the TE is my experience), is there a kid's menu? Many of the menu choices aren't that friendly to a slightly picky adult eater (me), and I can see a small child not liking any of them. Do they have a kid's menu* or let...

yes, I've never had it happen to me, but I've seen people who were not being very disruptive but were asking things or pushing back on a non-rule being enforced being told they'd be put off at the next stop. Some of the Amtrak employees are like some petty bureaucrats in every bureaucracy* -...

yes, it was the consist number, I forgot the term for it. The numbers next to the door which are supposedly changed out for each run of the train, but none of these were 21-specific

the numbers in the little window, where PRESUMABLY they can change the car numbers with each run so they match the car number printed on your ticket

I rode a WB eagle from BNL to MIN (that would then continue on to LA) on November 29 and YIKES was everyone (except my SCA) super grouchy. My SCA told me she could bring me my dinner because I'd get it faster than having to wait for a late reservation. Two hours (and being told twice by her...

Thanks. Yeah, I am going to wait on lunch unless we are VERY delayed because my mom is picking me up and anything I can get at her house will be better than anything Amtrak can serve! I have a mild sensitivity to cashews; I suspected them of triggering hives but if I pick around them I think I...

This is true. I am going to be boarding the TE this afternoon (MIN-> BNL) and am looking in dismay at the "flex menu" and wondering what on it I might want. Butter chicken seems the least bad? Several other things prominently feature veggies that give me GI distress.....I just wish the...

ah, womp womp..I saw your earlier photos (but didn't see that traditional dining wasn't back) and was hoping to see better food than what I get on the poor neglected eastern leg of the TE, this is the exact same breakfast I ate coming back home last week.

It does seem these days that the diner is at the head end and the sleeper is at the end, I bet you're right about those final two cars deadheading. Usually in St Louis a coach is attached or detached to the very end (depending on direction of travel, in most cases, or how heavily the passenger...

Yeah, I had Sheila coming back on 21 (BNL-MIN) on.....Thursday?* She was super professional and friendly. The whole bustituiton thing at LON was kind of a mess, we sat for a long time because apparently people didn't listen to the Amtrak worker telling them what bus to go to to get to the...

Well, I received an updated ticket (refunding a tiny bit for the LVW to MIN bus service, which I already knew about) and a text alert about the LVW to MIN bus, so I am taking that to mean the TE is once again a full route. I have tickets for tomorrow and I really do want to get home. Had to...

Well, I can’t tell what’s up. The robot chat on the Amtrak app told me 21 was totally cancelled today (not even doing CHI to STL) but that 22 was expected shortly in Dallas. The track-train is just borked for that one and they call it 21. For a while I was seeing a “21” just sitting in St Louis...

Well, I just had to remake my Tuesday reservation for Thursday; they canceled trains AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY with NO alternate transportation between St. Louis and Ft. Worth. I really hope this isn’t flooding causing it or I may have to change yet again but it’s unthinkable they’re not doing...

I was supposed to take the TE this evening (5/26), got an automated call a bit before 10 pm CDT last night saying it was cancelled, ending in St. Louis, with NO alternative transport. Luckily I can delay traveling for a couple days and made a new reservation for a roomette Tuesday. Got my money...

Well, Amtrak really messed up on messaging right now. They kept saying that the train was on time when it never left Fort Worth. Might be 2 more hours, might be more. The partner of another passenger has gone to pick up burgers for us, at least…

Apparently the Temple to Ft. Worth bus bridge is still going, I went to check the train status map (IDK, I prefer it) before leaving for the station in Mineola (I have a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive) and was flummoxed to see the train was still near McGregor but apparently they just stop tracking when...