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My daughter is scheduled to leave out of CBS tomorrow. I notice EB #7 is over 4 hours overdue leaving CHI tonight and they are not even giving a time for tomorrow. I have been on hold for 30 minutes already and I am expecting a longer wait. Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance.

We are supposed to head home tomorrow (02/05) on EB #7 out of Chicago, anyone have any ideas as to why today's #7 is stuck at CUS?

I am thinking about checking on the price to upgrade to sleeper on today's ride and the return on Feb 4. Will this cause any issues with my ticket, or issues with boarding? Is there a way to check in the upgrade price online?

My wife and I are taking the TE the end of January so I have been keeping an eye on it. To night it looks like TE#21 is sitting in Dallas with no status. Anyone know what is going on. Thanks in advance.

The end of January we will be adding another train to our list of Amtrak train we have traveled on. We are taking the EB from Columbus, WI (CBS) to CUS. There is no direct connection to Texas Eagle (TE) so we are spending the night at a nearby hotel. Will our checked bags be kept overnight? If...

I was doing some research for our trip in January. I found two menus for the Texas Eagle. I am kind of hoping the first one is the right one, I really liked the braised beef.

Just checked me daughters train on the Amtrak Track-a-train and it looks like they are on a different set of tracks bypassing Devils lake and Grand Forks and heading straight to Fargo. It looks like it may have saved then over two hours. Any ideas as to why and is the new normal?

We are heading home on Monday and Tuesday (01/06 to 01/07) and I see the Capitol Limited is running really late both east and west. Is the snow that bad up there?

For our annual trip we had planned to take Empire Builder #28/8 from Columbus WI to Chicago, Il. We are connecting to the Capital Limited that leaves at 6:40pm. If the Empire Builder will be on time on December 26th it will arrive at 3:55pm and we would have plenty of time to catch the...

We are leaving next week (Dec 27 CBS to SAV) and we plan to take EB #8 from CBS to CHI and I just checked to see service disruptions on the EB. Is this the Mayan thing or are there other problems? Should we plan to drive to Chicago.

Does anyone know what happened to EB #8 today (09/09) between Grand Forks and Staples MN that added 3 hours to their delay?

My wife and I are planning our New Years trip and I was going to toss our itinerary out there to see if there is any suggestions as to things we should change to make our trip more enjoyable. Dec 27 to Dec 29, 2012 CBS to CHI 8 Empire Builder - Room 002 CHI to WAS 30 Capitol Limited - Room E...

My wife and I are planning a trip to Savannah Georgia Dec 28. 2012 to Jan 5, 2013 for New Years. The trip Would be CBS to CHI on EB, then CHI to WAS on CL and finally WAS to SAV on the SM. First I noticed that you can not book more than 11 months out on the web page, can I book them if I call...

This was the first time we checked baggage, and I was not impressed. It took over an hour and the baggage guys were not going to let anyone break their rules (Grouchy). It kind of seemed like a rinky-dink way of handeling this. :rolleyes: Is checked bags new for Amtrak? I just had to...

We are riding Amtrak from NOL to CBS on January 2nd, 3rd. We are expecting a 5 hour lay over (9am to 2pm) while we wait for the #27 EB, Any suggestion as what to do or eat that would not involve a taxi. Thanks and Merry Christmas! Tom

On December 28 we are heading to New Orleans. Should I trust that #8 will get us to Chicago on time or should we plan on driving to CHI?

Does any one have any idea why the 513 to OLW is 1 hour 48 minutes late today? I will be riding the 513 to PDX to connect to the 28, a 2 hour delay would make the beginning of the trip a problem.

I see that the #8 EB Departed SPL 6 hours and 47 minutes late. Does that mean that the #7 leaving CHI at 2:15 might be late also. Do they use the same equipment?

Next week my wife and I are taking our first long distance trip on Amtrak and we have been watching the status maps. I see that the #7 picked up a 46 minute delay at DLK and now they are up to a 2 hour delay out of GFK. Does anyone know what the delay was and is this pretty normal for the west...

We are planning our first long Amtrak trip this February 2009. This trip will take us from Milwaukee WI, to Portland OR on the Empire Builder. Then from Portland OR to Redding CA on the Coast Starlight. From Redding we are heading back up to Olympia/Lacey again on the Coast Starlight. From...