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The driver was walking around the scene after the crash. The boy was taken to the hospital but we were told that he was not injured and was returned to his father.

I was on a westbound Southwest Chief three years ago when the train struck a tractor-trailer truck at an unguarded crossing in Southwest Kansas. Fortunately, the truck driver and his nine-year-old son were not injured. We were delayed for six hours and arrived at LAX late. We were able to take...

The face of my dog, Prince Archibald of Stonewyck (Archie) has not been seen on an Amtrak train. Furthermore, he will not seen in the future as he passed away on December 7, 2020 at the University of Florida Small Dog Hospital. He was a Coton de Tulear breed, which is rare in the US where only...

Hello Jim, Thanks for asking. Archie is fine and enjoying the grandchildren with us. I hope Laura bypassed Austin and you are well. Hope to see you at the next Gathering. Best regards, Dick.

Another experience my family had with sleeper travel. When we lived in Europe, we took the Orient Express from Budapest to Paris in a double bedroom sleeper. It was nice but no toilet or shower in either room. We also took a German train from Berlin to Malmo, Sweden and the bedrooms did not...

Our daughter and grandchildren flew from San Francisco to Orlando to escape the California fires (smoke) and I was quite surprised there were no mention or filing requirements of quarantines upon arrival.

We are both elderly and prefer not to use the upper bunk, so we get two rooms and we both have lower beds.

I enjoy traveling by train. I nearly always travel in a sleeper because I like space and privacy. I am a million-mile flyer on two airlines but when I retired my preference changed to trains. We can travel to see our children and grandchildren conveniently by train. Our Amtrak station is 7...

I too have booked my train travel to the Gathering and a trip to Chicago in early August. Also, train from New York to Florida in late August. I hope I do not have to cancel. I canceled my March trip to Dallas and Emeryville and received a full refund.

Glad you were well when we traveled together from Florida to Washington DC!! I canceled my March trips to Dallas and to San Francisco. I'm hopeful the virus situation will improve before July when we will travel to Chicago and in August to New York via Amtrak. I miss my train travel.

I was on the Cardinal on Oct 27 and we were stopped between Crawfordsville and Rennessler for about 30 minutes, then creeped along for a few minutes and then up to speed. We reached Chicago for my connection to Dallas (#21). We were told it was a track issue and I saw a CSX truck and workmen...

I don't doubt anything that has been said in this post regarding Amtrak's telephone support. I have called numerous times to book travel, to change reservations and to cancel reservations and in every case, I had competent and friendly agents that got the job done.  I have experienced long...

For all of his potential faults, the Wall Street Journal today announced that Delta is the best airline in the US based on seven criteria.  Alaska was second and Southwest third. Perhaps, historically Anderson has done some things right!!

If you are going to San Francisco on the CZ (or Coast Starlight) use the booking code SFC.  That's the Transbay Transportation Center in the city.  The Amtrak Bus will take you from the EMY station directly to SFC.  The CalTran station is near the Transbay center.

I tip the Red Cap five dollars everywhere.  Most are helpful and take by luggage into my room.