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Nope, a freight train had broken down/derailed/crashed* in the Moffat tunnel ahead of us by the time we'd gone into Denver. They said over the tannoy that it was likely to take 4 hours to clear so we were going to going through Wyoming instead and anybody wanting to go to any of the stops...

Of course these recomendations do actually rely on you getting to go through the bloody Rockies!! I've just got to San Francisco on the CZ and we were diverted through Wyoming thus missing the whole journey through the Rockies betwwen Denver and Salt Lake city. Not very happy about that seeing...

Lol, does that ever happen I wonder! That'd make for an interesting promotional campaign! I suppose if you have a sleeper it's a little more likely ;)

An hour delay isn't that bad I agree, I had nearly a 2 hour delay leaving the UK from Gatwick and I've known people get stuck for many many hours on planes but as soon as the 2 train loads of people made their way to 12W I could hear the moaning and annoyed customers and they'd not even got to...

I am now in Washington Dc after leaving New York's Penn Station earlier today on the 147 Regional. My first experience of Amtrak after a few days in NY. Thanks to kind people on here I managed to get my tickets from the Quik Tickets machine the day before and knew what to look out for in Penn...

And better for you too* but if you are in a strange city with it raining and you have a case and a rucksack and are juggling an umbrella a taxi would be better. *Especially if you are going to be eating the amount of really lovely but bad for you food that I'm intending to eat in Chicago!

Definately! Trailfinders are one of the few agents in the UK who are registered Amtrak sellers so maybe none of them actually send tickets anymore?

Ah so it was just people misunderstanding the term agent and not knowing that I'm in the UK as well then :)

Thanks for those photos, they are great :) You're right about the 10 minutes to boarding on most trains, but at those two stations the trains I want are only put up 5-10 minutes before departure! Interesting that you can use any credit card to claim your tickets. That'll make it all so much...

If it's raining I'd definately be getting a cab ;)

Nice info on Penn Station. Especially the bit about track numbers not being called out until 10 minutes before boarding. Just the same as in Victoria and Kings Cross tube stations in the UK then ;) I have to get my tickets from the ticket office (booked through an agency, not with my own cc so...

Thanks to Yarrow for saying it's 30 minutes to the Art Institute, nice to have an idea how far things are. Several people have said Chicago is a walking city which is perfect :) I'm staying at the Chicago Hilton so will probably do a bit of walking! Just wondering if I should walk from the...

You also have the situation where the answer to something is in a thread dedicated to say the Capitol Limited but if you're not going to ride that you're not looking at threads about it so you'd start a thread dedicated to what you are riding even if the answer would be the same.

That's great, they need those diagrams of the actual trains on the main Amtrak website. Is there a standard order the carriages line up on long distance journeys? (eg Loco, coach, observation, dining, sleeping etc) I'm thinking especially of the California Zephyr but generally curious too.

Surely one question is how did he get on the CZ if he was supposed to be on the SWC? Don't they check tickets?

Ooooh dear Where can you search for this information on the amtrak page? I can't remember where it is!

Thanks for your trip report, I'm going the opposite direction in under a month!

Thanks for the codes daveyb99. They're all as they should be then :)

Bedrooms for the CL and CZ, thought I'd push the boat out a bit :) I'm staying in NY for 3 nights, regional to WDC, Washington DC for 4 nights, overnight to Chicago, 3 nights there, 2 days on the CZ and then 4 nights in San Francisco, then flying back to Gatwick via Cincinatti. It is getting...

I guess you could say that it mean you know when you've stopped somewhere if you wanted to see the middle of nowhere in the dark ;)