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I will be taking Amtrak from Tucson to Houston in a couple of weeks. As I've been planning my trip, I've been disturbed by the latest push to reduce/eliminate some service and on-board amenities. The airlines and Interstate highway system get the benefit of millions and millions in dedicated...

Hello folks: I posted a few times on this forum a couple of years back when I lived in Phoenix. I would take the Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle to visit my son outside Austin. In early 2010 I decided to relocate to Austin, and took that same train there (unfortunately, my last Amtrak ride to date)...

Again I will be making the trip TUS-AUS on the Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited. This trip will take place in mid-August. I was able to get a good WiFi connection in El Paso when the train made its scheduled morning inbound stop. Anyone have any other good experiences? I am running an iBook, dual USB...

Trip started the evening of March 13 by taking a Greyhound (actually Crucero) bus to the Tucson Greyhound station. Crucero bus was about 30 min. late leaving Phoenix, but still got into Tucson by about 9:45 which was OK. The Tucson station has changed since I last took this trip for the 4th of...

NOTE: The information below is hypothetical and is a "wish list" for improved Amtrak service within the state of Arizona, where I currently live. My recent Amtrak experience consists of a few trips to Austin within the last couple of years on the Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited, boarding in Tucson...

I'm leaving today on Train #421. I am ticketed Austin, Texas to Tucson, AZ. My ex-wife's family is trying to get me to actually board the train in Taylor, TX, which is one stop eastbound from Austin and a more convenient drive for them to drop me off as compared to going to downtown Austin in...

Hello all: I live in Phoenix, Arizona and will be taking a trip to Austin, Texas a week from today. My 13-year-old son (along with my ex-wife and ex-in-laws) lives there. About a year ago I took a 4th of July trip to the Austin area on the Texas Eagle/Sunset Limited from Tucson, on which I...

This is a follow up to my posts around the Fourth of July period talking about my trip to the Austin area on the Texas Eagle. Today, almost two months after my trip, Amtrak Customer Relations left a message on my VM to call them and left a case number: this was in response to a letter of...

Riding the Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle out of Tucson earlier this week I couldn't help but notice the HUGE amount of freight trains on the Union Pacific line, several of them long trains with at least 2 or 3 locomotives. 1. how much money does Union Pacific actually make? I haven't looked at...

Hello all: I am on the trip I asked questions about in earlier posts. Left Tucson for San Antonio early Monday AM. Had a ticket for a lower reserved seat. Was told by attendant on train's arrival and boarding in Tucson that the thru car was sold out and was placed in a window seat in a Sunset...

Hello all and thanks for this forum. My first post was actually a couple of days back regarding the Texas Eagle. Thanks for all the responses to that. This is a little more formal introduction to me and my feelings about train travel. As I alluded to a little bit in the posts I have written...

Hello. I just joined this board a few weeks ago looking for information on a trip I will be taking next week. The travel tips I've been finding on here so far are excellent and I will be putting a few of those ideas to use. I will be leaving Tucson early Sunday the 29th on the Texas Eagle (I...