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Hi All! My family and I were on the same train and car as Printman2000. I planned to talk to him more than the friendly hello's but we both seemed to stay with our families and visit with them. I still have to put our report together because we took a couple more trains and flew home from...

Thank you everyone for the responses. I knew if I threw the question out there I could count on you. My family sales restaurant equipment so good food picks are always important on our trips. I have printed your response so I have all the details with me. We head out to St. Louis tomorrow...

Thanks denmarks! I will give it a look. I think I would find something else to eat before I picked Pizza Hut. :P

Hi All! Well we are off on Sat. and I am just giddy about our first train trip. We arrive in Chicago at 9:55 am on the #300 State House. We don't depart till 5:35 pm on the #30 Capital Limited. So my question is...Where would you find good Chicago style pizza near the Sears Tower? We plan...

I read this book around Christmas time and it was a great book. FYI David Baldacci writes some great books. Truthfully even though this was a great book I found some of his others better. You'll have to forgive me but I am not at home to get all the titles but The Camel Club (his most...

Okay I just talked to the hotel and they weren't much help. Apparently the website is wrong. I did find out that the subway is only a block away. But I think we will just figure it out when we get there. If a taxi is available that will hold all five of us and luggage. We may go that way...

We are staying at: Residence Inn Washington, DC /Capitol 333 E St. SW Washington, District Of Columbia 20024 USA According to their website: Subway Station Federal Center Southwest (.1 mi N) Shuttle service, for a fee Train Station Union Station (2 mi N) Shuttle service, for a fee I...

We will be in DC Next weekend. We arrive via the capitol limited at union station, my question is... Should we take the Metro with luggage to our hotel? There are 5 of us and I think we would have to have two cabs if we didn't take the metro. Thanks for any help. majc

Thank Alan. That helps some.

Does anyone have an answer to this part of his question? I am really wondering what we should plan on as we are on the same train as printman2000. Thanks, majc

Hi printman2000! I too have been watching this and wondered about the meals. I am not so worried about travel time but...I was wondering if we should plan to have food with us or what. Since we both have kids going on the this trip, you and I both know kids don't handle being hungary very...

Just to give you all an update... I changed our tickets from #22 to #300. My family agreed with the getting up so early so we don't have to worry about missing our connection. Plus they also like the idea of having a little time in Chicago. I know we will have to check our luggage when we...

Everydaymatters: Our trip is for July 8th from STL to CHI to catch the Capitol Limited to WAS. From WAS on July 12 we will take a Regional Train to NYC. We then will fly home from NYC. Technically this isn't our first train ride, we took a train from Ft. Lauderdale to Orlando in 98'. My...

I saw this on the news last night and was very excited! I hope they are able to make it happen. See this like for the full details... KY3.com Even though we have yet to take our first train trip, this is just so cool. Our current trip requires us to drive to St. Louis to catch the train and...

Amtrakfan: I have thought about the 300 option and I am not sure my family would be real excited about getting on the train at 4:35 am. I will mention it to them and see what they all think. It would give us more time in Chicago so we could go see the Sears Tower if we want. Neither myself...

Vagabond: I too have been worried because we are going from STL to CHI July 8th via the Eagle. So I filled in one of the forms in the contact us area on amtrak.com and received the following response. It doesn't tell me why the TE is late but here is what they said they would do to get us to...

I was wondering the same thing as Bill631. FYI I finally got the amtrak site to tell me about the Texas Eagle. It finally made it to St. Louis at 2:14 and was running 4 hours behind, estimated to arrive in Chicago at 6:15. That would make us miss our connection on the Capitol Limited. I hope...

Thanks to all for the info! Boxcar Dummy I thought 3-1/2 hours would be playing it safe and I hope it will be fine but I have seen a few days that don't workout and I am a bit nervous. We will just have to see what happens. We have planned to have roomettes in the CL. If we miss that train...

Good Morning All! I have been watching th status of the Texas Eagle for a few days now to see how late it has been running. We are taking the TE from Stl to Chi in July and then connect to the Capitol Limited. Some days it runs late enough we would miss our connection. Anyway today I was...