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This past September, I rode the Texas Eagle from Chi to Ft. Worth and back. The train had the same exact consist both ways. Locomotive,Transdorm,sleeper, CCC/diner,SSL, three coaches. Back in October of 2005, the same basic trainsets were used, with a couple of minor changes. There were no...

I 100% recommend the Algoma Central Snow Train for a person who wants to experience the beauty of heavy snow cover and impressive geographical features all around you. I took a snowmobile trip in 2003 with the Algoma Cental. We loaded the machines in to modified baggage cars and the train hauled...

Two of my four Texas Eagle rides involved one or more drunk and disorderly passengers. One was a senior lady who was having a hard time walking and talking, but not really unruley beyond that. Her trip was getting longer by the day due to missed connections and such. That was four years ago...

I took the Texas Eagle in October. Overall, it was enjoyable. We will probably do it again late this coming summer. The quality of equiptment and service varied between the trip down to Ft. Worth from Chicago and the return. The run south had very good dining attendants and excellent-plus car...

What did they mess up on the cheeseburger? The one I had on the Texas Eagle last year was one of the best burgers I have ever had. HUGE! Juicy and flavorful, with a fresh bun and everything. I will admit the NY strip was better, though. I guess they are not doing something right if they screwed...

When we returned to Chicago on the Texas Eagle in October, we missed the Pere Marquette connection. There was a 4+ hour layover in the schedule. We missed it by close to an hour. There were 4 of us on that train who went to customer service for the guaranteed connection. We then waited a couple...

Hello, Last night, I was watching Fox News and saw an interveiw with President Bush, Sr. The interveiw started off the same as they all do. You got the usual terrorism, Iraq war, United Nations, disaster releif, 1000 points of light, and so on. Typical presidential stuff. Towards the end of...

Steve4031, Thanks for the interesting report. Did they kill ALL of the fresh-cooked food on the Texas Eagle, or just some of it? The food was awsome back in October. We were already looking forward to eating on the train again next year. The veiws south of St. Louis is the best on the trip...

racer, Nice to hear your trip went well. It is great you were somewhat timely in your end arrival. Traveling together, as you did, will be something you and your son will always look back fondly upon. I think you just might have made a life-long train nut of your travel partner. It could be...

Wow! I am sure glad Amtrak didn't put us up there when we missed our connection. Actually, I'm glad they bused us out. I didn't want to stay anywhere in Chicago, but that would have been a really bad turn of events. My favorite reveiw starts out with the person finding vomit in their sink...

I rode the Texas Eagle in mid-October. On time out of Chicago Union. It was 6 hours late in to Ft. Worth, where the train was terminated. Passengers continued on buses. This was, as far as I could tell, almost totally because of a tank explosion in the Texarkana yard a couple of hours ahead of...

I would have to say that I was 110% impressed with the quality and quantity of food we had on the Texas Eagle recently. The meals were served in shifts. Going down from Chicago, the sleepers were full. There were a pair of coaches that had around half full by central Illinois and St. Louis. By...

I have little experience in lobbying politicians. I have shot a few e-mails to my Senetors before.....on behalf of Amtrak. Does anyone with more knowledge than me know if one method of contact matters more than another. Is the act of actually calling more likely to carry more weight than...