Recent content by WabashMike

Caveat: I’ve only been on the Zephyr so I have no comparison, but definitely take the Zephyr Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

CONO/Illini/Saluki but I leave 50 miles east of Champaign so there’s that Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Because we all like that 1946 Downtown Stalingrad look Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

Graft is the lifeblood of Chicago Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum

I am looking to swing around the West Coast in the last week of April. Particularly I really want to ride the Coast Starlight through the complete journey. I will be starting from Chicago. My question is whether I should go to Seattle and ride down to Los Angeles or take the Southwest Chief to...

Wonderful find! My cousin's have my great uncle's pass for any Wabash passenger train from the 1950s, he worked out of Detroit. Not sure position for certain but I think he was a road foreman, but I could be completely wrong on that. Amazing though that you still have a ticket

Someone going on the chicken bone express? I knew cutting out diner cars would be a problem! Seriously though I would pack bologna and loaf of bread first before I'd carry that AND the requisite food. And I had bologna for lunch for 10 years of school before I could drive!

People's Internet comments are generally snarky half truths and downright lies? [end Sarcasm] With what little space Amtrak actually has there they make do with what they have. This is the city that charges $1,000 per month for a cardboard refrigerator box. As for damp foul smell how can...

Personally I would prefer Cardinal to terminate in St.Louis via Louisville KY. I know there's a snowball s chance in Ecuador for it happening. I always thought it silly to have basically two Washington to Chicago trains. I like the Cardinal route better than the Capital. I much prefer...

I brought my own maple syrup before, much to the jealousy of my seat mates. I was last to sit, so everyone else was eating already, I popped out the real maple syrup. With eyes wide opened watching as I drenched my breakfast. It reminded me of a Seinfeld episode where they are barred from...

In Grand Junction, CO I was outside talking to a SCA as the crew were servicing the train. As we were standing there gabbing, the water began to overflow from the potable water tank on the diner. A fellow passenger ran up and asked my SCA for how long would they let diesel fuel spill all over...

Given the quality of food fare on the Cardinal on my last trip, I would bring my own food if I am going coach. If you have a cooler maybe see if you could put some dry ice in there for a few days extra to keep cool (not an expert on that, others more knowledgeable.) Do they charge for ice for...

I have never been subjected to size inspection, just weight. In my own opinion, it will be entirely dependent on uniformed station or train crew and the mood they are in and space being available, etc. Or as my SCA on my CZ last fall said, "IF You carried it on the train, You are carrying it...

One day, I will make it to INDY to pick up the Hoosier State. Or maybe a ride from CHI to LAF. How long is the construction supposed to last at the LAF? Will it be over by June?

Thanks! I appreciate it!