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It was included in a earlier timetable The imperial was the Chi-La train that provided service to San Diego

ORIGINALLY!!!!!!!!

The Golden State had a Yuma to San Diego Section

The multi nights on the Superliners are a big advantage to Coach Passengers. They have multi downstairs restrooms and dressing rooms,

I talked to a Amtrak Agent, last Thursday, she didn’t know a specific date,

My biggest Amtrak regret was I didn’t get to ride the Texas Chief Amtrak can indeed do a better job with the Eagle.

There’s a 22 minute video called From Chicago To Fort Worth Aboard The Texas Chief (1974) from the Texas Archives. If you type in videos name you should be able to find it. The quality isn’t the best but it’s well worth watching. It gives you an idea on how it was like to travel aboard the Texas...

Blame the Government for underfunding Amtrak when they switched to Flex Dining. Let them know about it. It was a grant request according to the FY 2025 Budget on page 42 just like I mentioned.

Agreed

Amtrak had asked for a 27,000 grant for FY 2025 to restore Traditional Dining back to o the Texas Eagle

Texas Eagle is next in line to get Traditional Dining. Amtrak is looking at FY 2025 sometime after Oct 1 for the Texas Eagle, but maybe Cresent isn’t too far behind because they did mention possibly other trains to follow.

TV Station in Phoenix said 10 years

Amtraks Borealis will start service May 21 leaving Chicago at 11:05 AM and MSP at 11:50 AM

It’s called requesting for funding that the Congress and Senate previously approved. What’s Amtrak supposed to do, not request for available funding for improved service. Wow!

Hey Gang, got some possible Texas Eagle good news. Amtrak has submitted a 27 million dollar grant for Fiscal Year 2025 for Food Service Improvements which includes restoring Tradition Dining to the Texas Eagle. Stay Tuned.

Didn’t know that, thanks for the info.

At one time Amtrak had a Chicago/Washington DC/Miami Sleeper

Thanks for the info

They are bringing back 5 Sightseer Lounge Cars but they didn’t say which route was getting them. I have to think it’s the Capitol Limited or the Texas Eagle or both.

If the route occurs, Illinois will pay for the Chicago to Quincy Portion and Missouri will pay for Quincy to St. Louis with part of its 6 billion dollar state surplus. The 500,000 dollars was a grant given Illinois and Illinois chose to use for a feasibility study for expansion of one of its...