Recent content by ChrisJ

Worked ok for me just now. Firefox 57, Win 7 32 bit.

GeorgeK, based on your description, you had a refurb'd S-1. Curved & paneled storage doors, push-knobs on the faucet are the key. The pic posted by fixj is of a non-refurb S-1. The closet by the door identifies it as S-1. I've been in all the bedrooms, both refurb & non, so I know the...

I have taken 7 trips with them, and have #8 booked for September. Guess they must be doing something right !!!! The only disruption I've experienced was in 2013 when the Zephyr did not run between Denver & Salt Lake City due to track washouts from flooding in Colorado, but it was known about &...

It was available at the gift shop at the Grand Junction station last time I was there (in 2012). $13.00 for each of the 3 volumes (Chicago to Denver, Denver to SLC, SLC to San Francisco). Order form included this address: Flashing Yellow Guidebooks, P.O. Box 3533, Evergreen CO 80437

I just got off the phone with Amtrak. The plan for today, and the next few (several?) days, is: #5 will turn at Denver (to become #6), and #6 will turn at Grand Junction (to become #5), with bustitution between Denver & Grand Junction. All subject to change at any time, of course.

I used Yellow cab for my westbound SLC arrival last July. Called them a day or 2 ahead of time, then called again enroute with an ETA, and again about 5 minutes before arrival. They were there when I got off the train. I'd use them again.

This is actually the north concourse. Odd numbers north, even numbers south.

Well, I also had two Zephyr trips in July, and found the service and the food to be quite good. No decline over the past 3 years, in my experience. But, as they say, "your mileage may vary."

Yep, that's me! I confess. :( But now I use gaffer's tape. It's duct tape without the residue. :)

Simple solution to the light/curtain problem: duct tape!! Never leave home without it!!

Good idea, but not exactly new. I have a bi-directional Southwest Chief route guide, dated 1998. Pretty nice - 25 pages each direction (just flip it over for the opposite direction), with a map in the center. Got it when I rode it in '99, don't know when they dropped it. Next time I rode was...

Yep, day of departure, hour before, even less than that is just fine. Been there, done that.

I can answer with firsthand experience: No.

True. But when part of the trip is on AGR & the rest is real money, then they can't be on one res. But in cases like that, I have always called Customer Relations and had them cross-reference the reservations so they will know I'm making the connection. And if it looks like it's gonna be close...

Thanks for the responses, guys. I didn't want to print the return ticket as I will probably have to cancel it and it would be easier if it's not printed. I checked with the station agent at my departure point and he said even if he prints it, the entire res will print, same as Quik-trak. I'm not...