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    CUS Renovation

    This was announced today...Yahoo and about time!!!!! IL Gov. Quinn held a press conference today at Chicago Union Station to annouce that Amtrak will be renovating Chicago Union Station. The work will include: Air conditioning the headhouse and main waiting room Moving the first class...
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    Heading to England

    Hello All, My Wife and I are flying to England in early April and we just got our BritRail passes for our teain travel throughout the UK. We plan on going from London to Leeds/York, from leeds to Edinburgh, Scotland, from Edinburgh to Cardiff, Wales and from Cardiff back to London. By looking...
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    Cutting back on Amtrak travel?

    With many news stories talking about people cutting back on travel this year (2009), I am curious if members of the forum will be doing the same? Or perhaps traveling more? Or traveling about the same as last year? As for myself, the Wife and I are taking the LSL from Chicago to Springfield MA...
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    Interesting Megabus Observation

    Megabus no longer drops passengers in front of Chicago Union Station! :D For the last 5 days, they have been dropping passengers on Canal Street South of Jackson Street. Since they can't park in front of the CTA Bus Stop on the corner, they are stopping about half way down the block and...
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    BNSF Route across Iowa is now closed

    According to CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/06/13/m...g.ap/index.html The BNSF route across Iowa is closed because of flooding and now according to Amtrak: Service Alert: California Zephyr & Empire Builder — Midwest Flooding Disrupts Service June 12, 2008 9:30 p.m. CDT Flooding...
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    I'm ready to roll!

    I won't be posting for 12 days as my Wife and I highball from Chicago tomorrow night on train #59 and spend a week in the warmth of New Orleans. I'm looking forward to trying out the Cross Country Cafe and will report on my trip when I return! Yahoo, first Amtrak vacation in 3 years!!!!! :D
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    Fun getting home last night on Metra

    I counted my lucky stars last night, as I managed to get to Chicago Union Station from my job near the Watertower in a record 9 minutes. I stepped on the 4:28 express to Aurora (an early train for me) and thought "oh cool, I'll get home early tonight." Half-way to Downers Grove, the engineer...
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    Major Headline in Today's Chicago Tribune

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...ll=chi-news-hed An interesting story, most especially the comments by CN Vice President Gordon Traftan
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    How about we share some good interactions we have had with Amtrak Empl

    OK, we've heard a lot about bad service, any good service received lately??? I'm not trying to whitewash the problems, but sometimes I think it worth hearing about the positive stuff as well! I repost a piece I wrote earlier: My most recent encounter with an Amtrak staffer was at the ticket...
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    Why do they accept more freight? Because it does affect Amtrak.

    Since one of the big topics on this board tends to be the fact that the freight railroads have the tendency to give Amtrak the back seat; I have a question that continually burns the circuits in my brain and I can't find an answer for it: If the freight Railroads don't have enough track to run...
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    New Passenger Cars

    Looking at the state of Amtrak's Passenger Cars (Superliners, Viewliners, Amfleet, Horizon etc) which cars do you think need replacing soon? And seeing how Amtrak has a rather tortured relationship with Bombardier, who do they order the cars from?
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