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Happy birthday! And that looks like one very nice trip. Can't wait to hear all about it!

You've got to be close to pulling your hair out it sounds like. Keep up the good work though, I've been on your trains a few times now in Florida and I'm thankful for your skill in keeping them together and running. Hopefully it will get better in the coming weeks.

I forgot to add one of the most important things! Those talking gates in Chicago :) That was fun walking past those -- Gate 7, Gate 6, Gate 5.... Sad thing is, there are so many people in that area most of the time, and they have a big range, I can't see how they would be useful to figure...

I noticed that a couple of weeks ago, too. It looked smaller in there and was actually a little crowded before the train came. When I sat down I saw that the wall behind me was unfinished sheet rock with some of the joint compound on the edges. When I came back from the trip it looked the...

Yes that looks like it! Very interesting to see in person :)

New Orleans’ Magnolia Lounge was under reconstruction so I got to sit out in the regular waiting area. I got some nice pictures of the Super Dome and some of the wall mural inside of the station. A bit more modern looking than Newton and Orlando, with the decorations and giant clocks on the...

Newton-Chicago-New York City-Orlando-New Orleans-Chicago-Newton I’m afraid I’m not as observant as some and didn’t get the chance to write down any of the consists, so I apologize if anyone is sad that I didn’t get that info. I was just too excited about getting onto the train and in my room...

I was looking at the Sunset's train status just to get an idea of how late it usually is from Orlando to New Orleans. If you go to the train status page on Amtrak is shows that the train is supposed to arrive at 9:20 AM, but when you click on a train for more details, it says on all of the ones...

Thank God it's back, now I don't have to reschedule my trip! Now if the LSL gets to NYC from Chicago on time I'm set -- got there 2 mins early the other day. I bet some of the station workers are still laying on the platform in shock over that one.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised since it's the Lake Shore Limited, but a couple weeks ago it was 8 minutes early-1.5 hours late with a few 3+ hour late arrivals last week. Amtrak is showing it running 7 hours and 36 mins late in Erie, PA as of this posting headed towards NYP. What's usually...

Looks like they've got the website reservation system set to July 7 now because I can't see the Meteor before that date... unless I'm doing something wrong. I hope it's the 7th :) If not, I hope they are reasonable on schedule changes and accomodations for those that will have to rework...

Here's my trip schedule for this summer: July 14: Newton, KS to Chicago, IL on the SW Chief (leaving @ 2:52 AM yuck!) July 14: Chicago, IL to NYC on the LSL (leaving @ 7:20 PM) July 15: NYC to Orlando, FL on the Meteor (leaving @ 7:01 PM) July 18: Orlando, FL to New Orleans on the Sunset Ltd...

Now I have to get one of them reprinted. Just got home from work and had a call from Amtrak on the answering machine. I was in Superliner car 332 room 4 (standard bedroom) for the trip home from Chicago to Newton, KS on July 20th, but that car is going into maintenance so now I'm on 330 room...

For motion sickness my doctor hooked me up with dimenhydrinate. Not sure if there's anything better out there. I took it an hour before I first got on the train and then sometimes en route, though it didn't always work.

I did a 5,000 mile trip last year for the first time and took a few things I'll definitely be taking again. A camera and lots of film. You're going to see quite a few nice things to take pictures of along the way. Make sure it's a camera you can set the shutter speed fairly high so it doesn't...

I've used New York twice and Chicago twice. It was a tough one, but I picked New York. They kept the snacks flowing, the chairs were comfortable and plentiful, and they had a TV going. Chicago was nice though because they actually let you store your bags so you could walk around and explore...

I did a combination of eating in my room and in the dining car on my trip last summer. This summer I'm going to take some extra tipping cash and see if I can't get the meals in my room for most of the trip. The dining car was fine and the staff was friendly, but unfortunately, even with motion...

I wasn't making up the attendants changing mid-route, honest :) On the Three Rivers leg of my trip from NY to Chicago I had noticed a lady straightening up the rooms in my car as I headed for breakfast instead of the guy that was there the night before. I asked one of my car mates where the...

Been reading the forums here for a while and decided it was high time to register so I could do some posting (Hi all!). I took my first Amtrak trip this past summer from Newton, KS to Chicago, NYC, Orlando, and back again and was planning on doing the tipping when I left the car at my...