Recent content by IowaGirl

I've always been to the understanding that the train is too long to stop at the WP platform, as part of it would still be in the tunnel.

Here is some info with video. http://www.kwch.com/news/local-news/amtrak-with-142-people-on-board-derails-near-dodge-city/38500994

Was this the cause of the delay? http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Bomb-threat-causes-evacuation-of-Amtrak-train-in-Garden-City-295634291.html

Oh I did. I tried everything to make sure we were seated together or at least some of us together. I was told unless I had a party of 20 there was nothing they could do. I even called the day before we boarded (someone from AMTRAK had told me to do that. When we boarded the train we were...

I bought 16 tickets a few years ago. 2 of us sat next to each other. We were spread out over a couple cars. We had younger kids (10 - 12) and had to work very hard to get them at least close to one of the adults. It was late at night when we boarded, but it was VERY difficult to get people...

Christy Sports is giving away 2 tickets on the Ski Train on their Facebook page. They asked for people to share their I70 horror stories to enter. Kind of fun to read - and gives you an idea why the Ski Train is so much easier! :) https://www.facebook.com/christysports?fref=nf

Would they even allow 3 adults in a bedroom? Since it states it is for two? Wouldn't you need the bigger bedroom suite?

There are countless instances of Berthoud Pass closing for avalanche or avalanche control. The only way out IS the train :)

I really don't think it would be worth it for the time you would be there. You would have to have all your ducks in a row and the train would have to be on time (dubious, at best). We never plan on skiing the day of arrival by train. Would you rent ski's or bring your own? If renting - you...

I hope they can make it a regular weekend train again. I never rode the actual Ski Train - but I saw it many times. It would pull up and dump off all those people! You wanted to have your lift tickets and be in the lift line and headed up to the top before all those people got there. The...

They were easy to work with. I could have easily booked things on my own, but they could always come in just a bit under what I could price out online and the transfers from the station to the condo was always waiting. They could get our lift tickets much cheaper than I could also. I was just...

RMA Travel in Denver has closed. We booked several train trips through them and it was always a seamless trip with everything in place. I heard that too many refunds had to be given out due to the constant AMTRAK delays. I think they booked a lot of ski trips and a lot of short hops from...

She was in February - and she made our travel experience wonderful!

The lady with the little dog was interesting - was she able to board the train with it (in the video)

Apologies if this has already been posted, but the CBS Sunday morning show had a feature on the Pullman cars that are being refurbished. I thought some of you might enjoy it. http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/pullman-rail-cars-a-detour-back-through-time/