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Hubby and I did that several years ago on the CL and it was wonderful. I booked roomettes across from each other; we had dinner together in a room, joined each other when scenery was good one one side. And it was cheaper than a bedroom. I bought our tickets by phone and told the agent what we...

That's me. LOL.

Same here for me and my husband. We get rooms across from each other, which makes it easy to see the scenery on both sides and eat together in one of the rooms.

They say the Horse Shoe Curve is really worth seeing. I wouldn't know - last time I was on that route ,a long freight train was parked along the tracks completely blocking the view 🙁

I remember being served rainbow trout on the EB coming from St Paul to Chicago in 1980 or 81. Myself and 3 kids were in coach, but could pay to eat in the diner. Their first train ride and they were super impressed.

So I made a reservation today for Seattle to Chicago on the EB May 15. The agent assigned me to room # 18, which was puzzling because I know the upstairs rooms are 1-10. Questioned him about this and he maybe was new, but all he could tell me was room # 18 was at the end of the train and I...

Speaking of airline disruptions affecting Amtrak, I was in DC on 9/11 and returned to Chicago on 9/13. When I got to the station in DC it was a madhouse. People who had been left stranded after all the planes were grounded were there trying to get home. There was a rumor that Amtrak was...

I solo travel frequently and always run into that very same person 😀

Well, I politely beg to differ. I have been on long distance trains that had movies in the observation car and they were extremely loud, and mostly geared towards kids. Made it almost impossible to have a conversation with anyone. And as for TV's in every room like cruise ships, why would you...

It split at Denver. I was on my way to Seattle and during the split had time to see progress on Coors Field, which was under construction. Can't remember the year.

Favorite large stations: DC, LA, Chicago (my home town), Philadelphia. Surprised no one mentioned my favorite small station, Baltimore, especially the old fashioned arrival/departure board .

Your wife must be my husband's clone lol. I have met lots of friendly people on Amtrak solo trips. I'm not a naturally chatty person so I'm glad when an interesting fellow traveler starts a conversation.

I'm a lifelong (80+) Chicago senior and yes, the Pullman Museum is well worth a visit. But due to recent uptakes in bad, often dangerous behavior I have stopped using the Red Line. Still use Metra and the occasional bus, but now the Red Line is off limits for me. BTW I'm a lifelong south sider...

Yes, do it! I'm a senior too and had a bedroom on the CL a few years ago when I caught a sale. So much roomier than a roomette and the large chair is nice, as is having your own toilet and shower.

I just cancelled a trip from Chicago to Seattle- flying there, EB back because I didn't want to have to be at Midway and on Southwest for 4 hours. When I reschedule it will be EB both ways.

It's good the fugitive was apprehended in the Amtrak area of the station. The other trackage is used by our Metra, our commuter train, and at that time of the day is full of folks heading home.

On the Zephyr a few years ago there was a guy in the observation car " entertaining" some other passengers with his exploits in the last places he had been living. Most referring to when he was doing some illegal drug transactions . Next afternoon he was missing. People sitting near him in...

REAL pizza would have to be flown in from Chicago 😋 lol.

I recently bought tickets for a roomette on EB and my room # is listed on the email confirmation from Amtrak. However, I called and made my reservation with an agent because I didn't want to be randomly assigned a lower level room. You just have to be prepared to wait a loooong time { 40 min...

Ok, another question about dining, specifically, how do people feel about eating in the dining car as opposed to having your food brought to your room. I'll be on the EB east bound in September and while I'm ok (I think) with being in the observation car as long as people are masked and...