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Took my mom on her "bucket list" trip around the west, from January 16-25 out of Memphis, all in roomettes, with the exception of a short section in business class on the Surfliner. Left Memphis on the CONO on Friday the 16th. VERY rough track to Fulton. Good breakfast with pleasant service...

Is travel from the Eastern -Zone to Northeast Zone considered 1 or 2 zones for redemption travel ? (i.e. Huntington WV - NYP).

I have been through LA Union Station once before a few years ago (before the Metro Lounge) and used the baggage storage room there for my bags while gone riding the Red line to play tourist in Hollywood for an afternoon. Now that the Metropolitan Lounge there is open, does one still need to...

I will be taking a trip sometime this winter with my mother. We will each be using a 2-zone roomette redemption for this trip. She has the 20,000 points for one way, I have the 20,000 points for the other. Should we just make two separate calls to book this, or would it be possible (and...

My mother and I will be arriving and departing from Chicago on Amtrak. We are staying in the area one night, and will need to take the Metra BNSF line to Aurora on a Monday evening then back into Chicago the next morning. I'm pretty familiar with Union Station from prior Amtrak trips, but know...

I quite by accident just ran across information online which said that you can no longer park long-term at Central Station in Memphis. Amtrak's website seems to confirm this, as it now lists the parking as only short term. Can anyone who has left on the CONO from there lately tell me if this...

Which end is the CONO's sleeper running on these days? And I'm assuming they still do the express menu out of CHI for the late dinner? If so for the interest of my mother who will be traveling with me in a few weeks, what other entrees besides the half chicken are on that menu - that's the one...

Hi all...Anyone parked in Lynchburg lately? What is the situation like there, specifically are there enough parking spots at the station (or in walking distance) to meet the typical demand? I'm thinking of possibly driving over to ride the "Lynchburger" up the Northeast Corridor sometime...

I left Ashland, Kentucky on Sunday night, March 10 in a roomette on the Cardinal. I had been greeted in a very friendly way as I got on the train by SCA Delissa (who I remembered being my SCA on my return trip from Chicago back in December 2011) and the conductor. (And had caused a good laugh...

I'm thinking very seriusly of possibly doing a Monday-Saturday roundtrip to LAX, probably out of Alton, IL, in March. Lincoln Service/Missouri River Runner connecting to the Southwest Chief going, then the Texas Eagle all the way coming back - all five nights in roomette (and business class on...

I would like to make a roundtrip originating and ending on the Cardinal from AKY. I'll be leaving on the eastbound Card on Sunday morning July 22 and returning Wednesday night, July 25. I'd thought about just going to Charlottesville or DC and staying three nights, but I'd rather spend most of...

Just got back from a big trip a week ago and am already starting to daydream about next summer's Amtrak adventure. :giggle: So, this is obviously in its earliest planning stages, but I'm bored on a rainy night so here I am. I would like to very possibly go visit a friend of mine who lives...

I left Ashland, Kentucky on Friday night, December 9. The Cardinal arrived on time at 10:08pm. Several coach passengers were boarding and deboarding, and I was the only passenger getting on the sleeper there. I had managed to nab a low-bucket sleeper for this first portion of my trip only a...

I'm thinking of doing a CHI-MKE roundtrip on the 333/338 Hiawatha Service trains while in Chicago this weekend during my upcoming Cardinal/CONO roundtrip. First off, I assume since they are unreserved trains anyway I might as well just wait and get my Hiawatha tickets at Union Station on...

Is the sleeper on the Cardinal still running up front behind the baggage or have they moved it back to the rear of the train again?

I'm going to be staying two nights at the Drury Inn on Poydras at Carondelet in New Orleans next month in the middle of a CONO roundtrip. Would you guys recommend walking or cabbing it from the station to that hotel, assuming the weather isn't rainy? I've looked at it on google maps, and the...

I'm going to be making a solo CHI-NOL roundtrip on the CONO a month from now. It'll be my first trip in a Superliner roomette. Is there room in the roomette for my 25" spinner carry-on? I'm thinking so, based on pics I've seen online and such, but just want some opinions. Also, is the...

Just wondering if anyone had heard anything recently as to the proposed service improvements for the Cardinal. Certainly would like to see the daily service become a reality, and while perhaps farther fetched (or perhaps not, who knows) it would also be great if they were to go through with the...

I am thinking of possibly going somewhere on Amtrak this October, and I'm very open to starting the trip with a roadtrip to a departure station. I have already thought of several possible options, but I would just like to also get some input from all of you, based on what I roughly have in...

If nothing happens, I'm going to be visiting a few days in the Paducah, Kentucky area the first week of June. I was playing around on arrow and think I have figured out a good little daytrip to take, which while hardly an epic cross country journey (that's gonna have to wait til later when...