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Woohoo! :D

Hmm, I wonder why I never get any results? How odd. I'm using T-Mobile as my wireless carrier and texting worked back in April when I first read about this feature but now I get nothing?

Can anyone confirm that texting this message: amtrakstatus chi 49 will work? I've tried testing this over the past several days and have never received a reply text msg.

Spoke with an Amtrak agent this afternoon who seemed confident that the CZ will resume operation on the full route by the time we take our trip. I sure hope he is right. :unsure:

Unfortunately, this is the only time we can go on this vacation, so will try to make the best of it. We just don't want to shoot ourselves in the foot by acting too soon on altering the reservation. Oh me, oh my..... If I thought we could get a comparable price for a family bedroom (or even...

We are scheduled to take the CZ to CHI out of EMY on June 18th. These flooding issues are getting us confused on what to do and how it will affect how much we have to spend. Do we wait until we get to EMY before having the tickets printed? I take it it is easier to get a refund before you...

Done! Although, we should have done the referral and earned the extra 500 points. <ratz> Do kids earn points too?

Thanks, I feel better about all this now. I thought maybe we had lost out on the points by doing things in the wrong order..

I just signed up for AGR today and will be traveling next month, however, the trip was booked months ago. When we go to print out the tickets will we be able to provide the member number and still get the points? Or do we need to call an agent? Also, how do you get points for staying at...

Thank you, this good to know in advance. Going out west we travel only in coach. Returning, we have a sleeper. So it looks like my chances of being on a train where i'll be able to get a photo out the rear window are looking good.

As if to let me know that I'm not overly obsessing about what to wear, when I checked the weather in Flagstaff this morning it was TWENTY SEVEN degrees. Brrrrrr.... Anyway, thanks to all of you that responded. I guess I'll give shorts a try (cargo shorts -- so not so short short) and see how...

Can anyone walk to the back of the train to take a picture out the back window or do you have to be seated in that last car to be allowed to do that?

Not knowing what the air conditioning is like on the SWC, can someone tell me what type of clothing is suitable for LD travel in June? And if you suggest shorts, will they be warm enough thru the night? (Going coach, so no sleeper)

I had all but given up hope on those vacuum bags after my first attempt to use one resulted in the vacuum sucking not only the air out, but also the valve! Bag ended up useless. Thanks for the tips about the travel ones. Haven't seen those in the stores around here, but then again I wasn't...