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But the CZ is drastically late pretty much every day! Amtrak should be able to do better than the chaos described.

Thanks! I became aware of that a few days ago and I am now an avid user.

Glad to hear your son is still in high spirits. Personally, I am glad I found this forum and am aware in advance of all the probable delays on our upcoming trip and how they might be handled. That will greatly reduce the shock factor and stress during the actual trip. I was talking to my...

Thank you!

We are departing on the California Zephyr out of Chicago on Monday, July 25 at 2PM. I have been watching the on-time performance and am trying to figure out where the train that we will be riding is currently. (Did that sentence make sense?) It looks to me like they must have at least 7...

What exactly is a guaranteed connection? We are doing a 15-day USA Rail Pass trip starting next week and nowhere on my reservation does it specify that. Are the connections automatically guaranteed if they are all booked at once as part of a large trip? Unfortunately for us, we will probably...

The Salt Lake hotel room was booked through Priceline. I suppose I could call the hotel directly and see if there is any way they would be willing to move the reservation. Maybe they would be merciful. I was thinking about the room being wasted for the first night and didn't even consider the...

Thanks for the great info so far. Appreciate it.

Wow! You aren't kidding. Ugh.

Hi, all! We are about to embark on a big train journey next week and are newbies. Today I checked this board and followed a link to a lovely site with a map that tracks the current status of all the trains. I love that tool, but in checking it, I have a few questions. First of all--our trip...

Appreciate the information. Thanks!

A question about the timing of meals, particularly when the train is running late: i assume that the hours that meals are served in the dining car are fixed. Are they approximate or are they consistent from train to train? Does the area that sells the more casual food stay open 24 hours...

Do passengers get any sort of compensation when this happens?