Search results

When making a connection that is not guaranteed, at Chicago, is there a rule of thumb for how much time to allow between trains? With the long distance trains it is often reccomended to allow for an over night in chicago to be sure to make your outbound train. But what about the shorter inbound...

On the Amtrak website schedule for the capial limited, it states the sightseer lounge is seasonal. Is this correct and and if so, when is it not part of the consist? Just booked a trip and was looking for details of my trip and i noticed this which I was not aware of.

Just booked an upcoming trip on a superliner route, using the online booking. I have an upper level room one way (my preferred) but got a lower level room on the return trip. Is it worth trying to change the lower to an upper by phone, or is it likely the upper rooms are all filled? I seem to...

Milwaukee tv news is reporting 40 auto breakins in the parking lot by the intermodel station this weekend. Generally I feel more secure leaving my car at the airport stop, than the downtown stop.

Twice in the last week I have read threads that mention sold out long distance trains being the norm in the summer time. I am only an occasional rider so have not seen alot of this, but assuming this is the case for perhads 4 to maybe 5 or 6 months of the year (summer plus holidays), at what...

Local TV reporting the Hiawatha route from Milwaukee to Chicago is currently not5 running due to localized flooding near Sturtevant. This is also the Empire builder route. Likely only temporary due to heavy rains last night and this morning.

News reports in Wisconsin are reporting an auto drove through a fence at the national train museum in Green Bay, and crashed into a parked train car. Driver is reported to have died in crash.

I work in the food service industry, (incubator kitchen manager) and have been curious for some time now, which agency of government would be responsible for food licensing, and food preparation inspection of dining cars on long distance trains? A few years back, on a long distance train, we...