Recent content by Henry Kisor

"Mr. Important with radio." That made me guffaw. Interesting story, though.

More fool me. Yes, the Maple Leaf. Thanks for the correction.

Has the Adirondack returned to its Toronto run? I checked this morning on the Amtrak website and was able to "book" a ticket July 20 from Toronto to Albany. Or is the Amtrak site hinky?

My wife, service dog and I are ticketed Toronto-Albany and Albany-Chicago in late October. Presumably the "sun kinks" will be gone by then.

Absolutely true. The last time I overnighted in coach, my seat mate was a young woman, a college student, and she kept sliding over and resting her head on my shoulder. I didn't mind that too much but when she awoke and realized she was cuddling up to a strange old man she recoiled in dismay and...

As a person with disabilities myself, I think you qualify easily for the term PWD, even though it sounds as if you might rather classify yourself as a PWI (Person with an Inconvenience). I admire your gumption, though.

This is for fellow gimps who use the H room: The other day I called Amtrak Guest Rewards to book a H room on No. 7 because I didn't trust the website to give me a room in the base sleeper. Didn't want to get a car that might be eliminated at the last minute. Online, the H room for that date in...

Am going to book a sleeper on the Builder for October but will do it by phone through Guest Rewards in order to get the 730 car.

I suspect the near-zero temps in Chicago shut down the car wash . . . and a late arrival of No. 6 may have required a quick turnaround of the consist in any case.

My wife reports the local Chicago suburban Jewel Foods (big supermarket chain) cashier machines reject her AGR card every time and she has to use another card. We use the AGR card for everything else and it works fine. Can't figure out why Jewel hates AGR. In another development, In our neck of...

There are two considerations about service animals and allergies: the law and ethics. The ADA gives service animals priority in the law. Ethics requires compromise if at all possible, for both parties have health needs. Ethical service animal handlers will work with the attendant and conductor...

I travel often on Amtrak with a service dog. OBS and conductors (with one exception some years ago) have been remarkably accommodating, especially with the dog's relief needs. The only difficulties (and there really haven't been so many) have been with fellow passengers unaware of service dog...

I'm a service dog handler and agree completely with Amtrak's actions. These rule-breaking shenanigans with non-service animals just makes things more difficult for us.

I thought they were toy controls to amuse a child.

I'm a rollator pilot and have booked H rooms regularly without event.