Recent content by Ilovetrains

My brother-in-law recently gave up his amtrak tickets to his son for our California Adventure vacation due to business reasons. We are taking the CZ to Emeryville (08/27/07 :D ) and then sight-seeing Norther CA before catching the EB back to Chicago in from PDX. As it had turned out, he now...

A group of us have reserved sleeper car accomodations from CHI-EMY on the CZ next week :D . My brother-in-law is now unble to travel due to unforseen circumstances :( . Question: He wants to give his ticket to his 16 yr old so he can go and the ticket will not be wasted and so everyone...

Oops! I forgot to mention that we will be in a bedroom suite. There are 4 of us going. Can we get a table where we can sit together? Thanks.

I will soon be taking my first train trip on the CZ. We will board in Chicago at 2:00 pm. My question is: What time will dinner be served. I am trying to cooridinate my schedule for that day in Chicago and need to know if we should eat right before boarding the train or not. As a newbie, I...

I will be taking my first CA Zephyr trip in about one month. 08/27/07 from CHI-EMY to be exact. Prior posts indicate the last detour date for the CZ as 08/05/07. Does anyone know if this date is still good or will work be pushed back further as I understand happens frequently. I have my...

While I'm getting "souped up" about my trip on the Zephyr late next month :D , I have been reading everything I see about AMTRAK and/or CA Zephyr. From my reading it seems the better luck to get to ride in a re-furbished sleeper car. Is only a small percentage of Zephyr cars refurbished? Is...

I am riding the CA Zephyr from CHI-EMY and then we are renting a car and driving up the California Coast for a sight-seeing vacation and on through Oregon and will ride the EB back from PDX-CHI. We are planning to take in the usual sights: Redwoods, Jet Boat Tours, Beaches, Crater Lake, & Mt...

I am glad you asked the question b/c I too will have a layover at CUS in late August and I was considering the Sears Tower if the weather is cooperative. Are there any suggestions of any more time-killing adventures if the weather is uncooperative?

Sorry! I posted this in the wrong forum. I will post it again in the Rail Discussion Forum.

I will be traveling from CHI to EMY on the Zephyr in late August :D . I have read where the sightseer lounge is the warmest part of the train. I was wondering how hot the lounge is. I know this will be in the hottest part of summer and I am just curious if the sightseer will be...

Thanks for the info. I REALLY, REALLY want to travel the normal route through the Colorado Rockies and see this scenery for myself. I have heard so much about it and I can't wait for the opportunity to view this scenery from the California Zephyr! :D :D

I have reservations to leave on the Zephyr on 08/27/07 from CHI to EMY :D . I saw on the Amtrak website where it states that Zephyr service will be affected through 10/07 due to track work but when I called Amtrak and spoke to an agent she informed me that the last scheduled detour is for...

I have tickets purchased for the California Zephyr from CHI to EMY in late August. I have tickets from Toledo to CHI to make the connection to the Zephyr. I really wanted my tickets mailed to me in advance but Amtrak agent informed me that they no longer mail tickets if they can be picked up...

I purchased tickets for late this summer to ride amtrak from Toledo to Emeryville and then from Portland back to Toledo :D . I purchased these tickets in January of 2007. I just enrolled in AGR program this month (July 2007). If when I pick these tickets up in Toledo I given them my AGR...

As stated in my first post, my first train trip is coming up next month :D . I will be traveling on the Zephyr from Chicago to Emeryville. At Emeryville I am needing to get to the nearest BART station. While looking at maps of the area it appears as if a person could nearly walk but not...