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We were on Zephyr to Denver on Sunday. Had to stop three times for the engine to reset the computers. We were to get on to go to Sacramento this morning. Got a call that it will be more than 5.5hrs late.

I've been watching this week in particular, and it seems it has been about 1 1/2 hr late each day. That would technically still be in time for our next leg of the trip...... so if that's the case, who do we tell on our train, or do we call someone to tell them we are literally running to catch...

Hi all..... well, our cross country round trip is coming up this next weekend. (HAR>CHI>DEN - 2 day layover - DEN>SEA - 2 day layover -SEA>CHI>HAR) We are so excited, and I really only have one area of anxiety: we are in a roomette SEA>CHI with only a 2 hour layover before we are due on the...

Thanks for all your input. The gentleman at Amtrak did tell me that the leg from Chicago to Denver is 100% full and that is why it is showing as unavailable. WHEW!!!! 😎

I've been going onto Amtrak.com and double checking fares for our upcoming trip. Have been able to get better pricing a couple of times. Imagine my surprise when I looked at my Chicago to Denver leg on Saturday July 2, and "We don't have train service matching your request" pops up!!! Does...

On our upcoming trip, we will be in coach, Business (on Coast Starlight) and in a roomette. I understand in coach, our dining option is only the cafe. But in Business, I believe I read we have the option of dining in the dining car for an upcharge? And then of course, in a roomette, it's...

I hear you sooooo well...... we've also extended our cross country round trip (11 day) by 2 days (now 13 day) because of the threat of trains not being available/cancelled on particular days. Hotels are expensive. I'm sorry you're going through this. I'm surprised they would cancel and not...

ok...... I am SO confused and panicking a bit here. We have a cross country trip planned in July where the travel on Amtrak IS the vacation. Most of the time we are coach, but when we are on the EB, we splurged on a roomette, expecting that to be one of the highlights of the trip. I had no...

Good morning....... I am hesitantly entering the fray here...and a bit concerned now about our summer trip. Other than a few accidents that changed consists for a bit (EB) and some seemingly frequently late trains, I wasn't too concerned until now. I had not heard of them selling tickets on...

Hi, y'all. Ok..so I'm a country girl at heart. Have never been in a taxi/uber/lyft or whatever else is out there now. We're doing this cross-country trip from Harrisburg>Chicago>Denver. Then Denver>Sacramento>Seattle. Then Seattle>Chicago>Harrisburg. We are spending a day in Denver and 2...

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We will be boarding late afternoon in Portland on the Empire Builder. The Dining car won't be there for the first leg of the journey, so what does dinner look like now that Full Service has returned? And must we eat it in our roomette or can we take it to the lounge so we can enjoy the views?

I'm glad to see you are going to New Orleans as you have expressed a real interest in seeing it. I've only traveled to Europe a couple of times. Each time, I treated it as a "trip of a lifetime" because I believe life is fleeting, and "I may never get here again, so what is important to me to...

Hey y'all. This trip we are planning next summer cross country..... at this point, from DEN to PDX, it puts us in Sacramento for a 9 hour layover from 2:15pm until midnight. What is there to do to take up time there?? Or are there other travel options to do that wouldn't put us just sitting...

For our cross-country trip, we are doing a mixed bag of coach seats, business, and roomette. Is it possible you could call the day of travel to see if there were available bedrooms? Or just ask if there is a possiblility of getting a room? Have any of you done this or heard of others doing...

I had the same experience last week. And they said they would call back between 8pm and 11pm. Due to my work schedule, I can't stay up that late. So I held for an hour, spoke to someone, and was put on hold again for another 1.5 hrs. I decorated my tree......which I had been procrastinating...

Thanks all for your replys....... I expected Alfred would have told me I could do it online if that was the case. I stayed on hold so long because I was Christmas decorating and it was not much of a problem. I just got frustrated after it took so long. Thanks for your understanding.....

(I first posted this with a title of "Hung up after 2 hr 39 minute hold to AGR", but the mods changed it????) So....... I booked a roomette for our trip next summer for one of the legs of the trip. I was planning to buy the multiuse pass (10 legs in 30 days) for the rest of the trip. So when I...

Wow! you've done a lot of work to help me out! Thanks all of you for your advice!

Hey y'all.......so this trip next year is evolving. (Harrisburg>Chicago>Denver. Denver>Portland. Portland>Chicago>Harrisburg). It's gone from the idea of using the 10 segment Multi-ride pass to reserving a roomette for the Portland>Chicago segment (so excited to upgrade to that! 😊). Now that...