I did some preliminary pricing on this and I’m gonna go with this. It still allows me to be able to book my return trip to Illinois within reason. And this option cuts my travel time nearly in half which I love
No sleeper, can’t afford it. And I’m gonna have overnight trains from Chicago to DC and then DC to Boston. It’s beyond Chicago that I’m freakin out about. I’ve never travelled this far by train before.
In several months at the end of March of next year I will be traveling to Maine from Illinois via train. I can navigate Pontiac and union station in Chicago just as well because I’ve been there before. But beyond that I’m gonna be so freakin out because I’ve never travelled outside of Illinois...