Recent content by Meenie

Considering the huge bags I've seen some people lugging onto the train, I wonder why they bother with a baggage car. I've always complied with the size luggage they tell you you can bring onto the train, but hoo boy, a LOT of people don't - not in size or in numbers! No one ever really seems to...

They must switch out cars then, when I rode the coach seats were exactly the same, just had more leg room.

Ok - pure data - airlines first, then amtrak Percentage of time that the airlines are on time, by carrier: (http://www.cbsnews.c...age/?tag=mwuser) Hawaiian Airlines -- 95.1 Alaska Airlines -- 90.9 Southwest Airlines -- 83.8 AirTran Airways -- 81.2 Mesa Airlines -- 80.9 Delta Air Lines -- 79.9...

I just walked up and asked - I had to wait about 10 minutes. I just sat in the cafe car until they were ready for me. They didn't go through the cars making reservations, but they did announce what time the dining car would start serving.

And you don't have to play silly semantics games either. You are grammatically correct, I used the word "every" then stated an outlier. my apologies. Since it caused you to be unable to understand the context of the thought, I changed it for you, not wishing to be "rude" but wishing to create a...

Yes, I was in coach from Charlottesville to Lafayette, Indiana and I had dinner in the dining car. The only difference is that the meal isn't included in the charge for coach - you have to pay for it just like you would in a restaurant. You are usually seated with other people - but since...

No they aren't completely contradictory. BUT if will make it more understandable for you, I will rephrase the above statement to " Every time I've ridden the train except for ONE time, I've been late. That ONE time was on the Cardinal going to Lafayette..... " I've taken the train many times...

Well, I'm the random passenger and when it happens to you, its a whole different feeling. It happened to me the first time I rode the train so it was distressing, and when I rode to Boston last month it happened to several people who all had to go and sit in the cafe car. Yep , they still got...

Well, there's two different prices for a roomette on the Cardinal. Farther up the thread Johnny Menhennet said "Since you're mentioning your husband and one person, I'll assume that he is the solo traveler. The price for three months out is a $74 base fare with $146 added for the roomette. "...

Yes but what do you have to pay for that privilege?

I would so love to get familiar with the roomette but alas it's a bit out of my price range. One of the reasons I take the train is that its usually quite a bit less expensive than air travel, but the roomette price pushes it quite a bit above that. I love traveling on the train except for the...

Thanks, I travel on amtrak more than my husband does, but he's thinking of coming here to Virginia in November. (he got a new job out in Lafayette, and I'm here in Virginia trying to sell our house :( ) So the questions were half for him and half for me, lol. I've never gotten a sleeper and...

Roomette on Cardinal? If you get a roomette and you're traveling alone do you have to share the roomette? That could be kinda scarey! How much does it cost? Also, Does the Cardinal have a Business Car? I don't see it listed when booking tickets. Last - Does the Cardinal have outlets at each...

Hmmm when I tried to route myself to Aberdeen, the schedule I got had me with a 5 hour layover in DC.

My pillow and my blanket were on the seat I was sitting in, I would think that would be enough of a clue.Besides, he wasn't just getting on the train, he had a seat already and decided, for some reason, to move. And I was on the train for over 12 hours, I have to go sit in the cafe car for a...