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I definitely felt sorry for everyone. We are still north of Jacksonville and expected to arrive at almost 8 pm. 9 hours and 48 min late.

On the auto train that left yesterday Feb 6 from lorton 3 hours late. Just checked the train status on Amtrak. We will arrive 6 hrs and 44 min late. One locomotive down and now stopped north of Savannah because of freight congestion. Felt sorry for the attendant last night. He was...

Wonderful. Thanks so much.

Thanks for the informative answers. I will try keeping track of the time it leaves Rochester. I actually live in Oil City PA so it is a hour and forty minutes drive to the station. We will just hope for the best

I know it is known for being late, but the west bound LSL never seems to arrive in Erie, PA on time. Why does it run so late and why don't they change the scheduled arrival time to a realistic time? I will be taking the train out of Erie in March for a trip out to San Jose. The train is...

Wow. Thanks for all the great tips and information. I am getting very excited about the trip. MrFSS wonderful pictures. NS VIA fan thanks for the directions. They will be very handy. Genmar

Thanks for the info re rental cars and hotels. I arranged for a hertz rental at the station. I will look for the pull off for viewing trains. That sounds neat. Genmar

Thanks for the suggestions. I will look into the Athabaska Hotel. We did decide to rent a car and drive down to Banff. Thanks again

We've finally made our Via rail Canadian reservations for the end of May. We lucked out and got them for 50% and both rooms are in the Park car. We decided to spend a few days in Jasper. Does anyone want to recommend a hotel? I thought we might need a rental car to explore the jasper...

Yes Thank You! I will be needing these directions in one month when we take the Empire Builder to Seattle and fly from Seattle to Fairbanks Alaska. It is reassuring to have the instructions.

Thanks for the information! I am happy to know about the beds. 1:30 AM is way past my bedtime. i will be ready to sleep. Hope the train isn't too late. I would hate to miss the connection in Chicago with the Empire Builder. When planning my trip I made the arrangements So that we...

Sorry about the last post, I hit the send key by accident. The real question is - We are getting on train 449 , the Lake Shore Limited in Erie PA at 1:36AM. We have booked a viewliner roomette. Will they have the beds all made up? I also noted that there is no baggage service at Erie...