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    Are truck drivers under qualified?

    In practice, I don't see this. I see trucks hogging multiple lanes on the highway, crowding out cars, tailgating. I year for the time of the trains when freight had their own road.
  2. M

    Mask requirements on Amtrak

    For what it's worth, my family took the Empire Builder west to Glacier Park in Sep 2019. We masked and life when on...with Covid protocols. In many countries masking was the norm even before Covid.
  3. M

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    To complicate that question, some cars... like the roomette cars..have compartment doors. So if the doors were closed, I would think youd get a different result than,say, a coach.
  4. M

    Amtrak long distance fares 2021-2023

    I use this feature all the time
  5. M

    Amtrak long distance fares 2021-2023

    I don't think this is much different from the airlines.
  6. M

    Can Amtrak do this?

    This is not unique to Amtrak. We had the same thing happen to our Delta Airline reservations booked in April for an Aug trip. In our case, they switched us from a direct flight to a one stop flight with connection at our least favorite airport with a most inconvenient time. And they did this...
  7. M

    Hello! Going on my first overnight trip soon!

    I never considered taking a laptop since wifi is not reliable. We did carry the camera with us when leaving the train for stops or dining
  8. M

    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    I think what you call Sightseers are what I call some cars and they are still on LD trains like the Empire Builder. During the early days of Covid, they were off-limits along with the dining cars. But they are currently open...with social distancing. Besides...isnt the cafe car below?
  9. M

    Sleeper 9712...Wow!

    Like the old caboose?
  10. M

    California Zephyr With 2 Kids - Family Bedroom vs 2 Roomettes

    I agree. I know from experience that you cant assume a family will be properly distributed across 2 roomettes unless you discuss that detail
  11. M

    Post-vaccine Amtrak travel

    I bet there were alot of these people during the 1918 pandemic. If only we would learn from our experiences...
  12. M

    California Zephyr With 2 Kids - Family Bedroom vs 2 Roomettes

    I think two roomettes is a good choice We did 2 roomettes in Sep 2020 on the EB to Glacier. It was BOGO at the time and the kids were in one room across from us. But I would definitely confirm that they are across from each other. On our initial reservation, the put us kitty korner and because I...
  13. M

    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    I agree. If that are back into packing, I'd want to wait until after the vaccine. Is Southwest the same?
  14. M

    Amtrak dining and cafe service

    First class? I would be so lucky. Even business class is out of reach. But I've had some fine meals on international flights in Economy.
  15. M

    Remembering the Golden Age that Preceded Amtrak

    Yes, that was definitely Milwaukee's Everret Street Station (aka Union Depot). I only saw this from afar briefly before it was torn before it was torn down. Not far from the North Shore Line's station and about a mile west of the Lakefront Depot...another gem. All later replaced by the hideous...
  16. M

    Are you scared to take the train now?

    We rode the Empire Builder from Chicago to and from Glacier National Park in Sep 2020. At the time, there was no vaccine. We had two roomettes and ate in the dining car. We always were masked whenever we were outside the room or not eating. Conductors enforced masking and so social distancing...
  17. M

    Remembering the Golden Age that Preceded Amtrak

    Child or first time train fan
  18. M

    Post-vaccine Amtrak travel

    I think it will be some time before I have the pre-Covi confidence. That doesnt mean we won't travel...just that we will do it safely. Availability of vaccine is only one variable in traveling.
  19. M

    How does Amtrak Arrow system work?

    I still have a 360 assembler reference card. I'm not sure Newbies would know assembler, as it hasn't been taught in awhile. Even newer versions of Conol and CICS are built on the old. In the other hand, a mainframe rarely returned an OS exception and was amazingly CPU efficient. However, it...
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