Montreal Ltd
Service Attendant
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2015
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Why has 29 been so late in the last few weeks? Even missed the EB connection in Chicago once!
If my entire rail trip was from Chicago to South Bend, I wouldn't even consider Amtrak, when the much more reliable, (and probably cheaper). South Shore Line is available...I think something else is going on - like an equipment swap. She's gotten on the train and currently sitting backwards facing someone, not a normal legroom seat. That doesn't sound like a long distance Superliner. Amtrak.com has also stopped showing updates for the train.
Should have just driven to Chicago to pick her up (she's exhausted on her way back from Eroupe, flew into O'Hare today), or had her take the South Shore Line, Amtrak until this delay seemed like the fastest way to get her home.
In addition to having nicer trains, Amtrak is only $1.50 more expensive at low bucket and takes a whole hour less to reach South Bend. While delays frequently present issues westbound, it is somewhat unusual for the eastbound to be significantly late leaving Chicago. Lastly, if coming from O'Hare on the Blue Line it is much easier to reach Union Station than Millennium Station (or any of the other South Shore Line stations). However, I have never used Amtrak to South Bend simply because the schedule doesn't work for me.If my entire rail trip was from Chicago to South Bend, I wouldn't even consider Amtrak, when the much more reliable, (and probably cheaper). South Shore Line is available...I think something else is going on - like an equipment swap. She's gotten on the train and currently sitting backwards facing someone, not a normal legroom seat. That doesn't sound like a long distance Superliner. Amtrak.com has also stopped showing updates for the train.
Should have just driven to Chicago to pick her up (she's exhausted on her way back from Eroupe, flew into O'Hare today), or had her take the South Shore Line, Amtrak until this delay seemed like the fastest way to get her home.
I'm pretty sure that all Superliner coaches have the same legroom. It just sounds like her seat is facing the wrong direction...I think something else is going on - like an equipment swap. She's gotten on the train and currently sitting backwards facing someone, not a normal legroom seat. That doesn't sound like a long distance Superliner.
Okay...good points. While the eastbound trains originate in Chicago, how often are they held for late western connections?In addition to having nicer trains, Amtrak is only $1.50 more expensive at low bucket and takes a whole hour less to reach South Bend. While delays frequently present issues westbound, it is somewhat unusual for the eastbound to be significantly late leaving Chicago. Lastly, if coming from O'Hare on the Blue Line it is much easier to reach Union Station than Millennium Station (or any of the other South Shore Line stations). However, I have never used Amtrak to South Bend simply because the schedule doesn't work for me.If my entire rail trip was from Chicago to South Bend, I wouldn't even consider Amtrak, when the much more reliable, (and probably cheaper). South Shore Line is available...I think something else is going on - like an equipment swap. She's gotten on the train and currently sitting backwards facing someone, not a normal legroom seat. That doesn't sound like a long distance Superliner. Amtrak.com has also stopped showing updates for the train.
Should have just driven to Chicago to pick her up (she's exhausted on her way back from Eroupe, flew into O'Hare today), or had her take the South Shore Line, Amtrak until this delay seemed like the fastest way to get her home.
LSL is 11h 45m from arrival to departure in CHI (not including early boarding and stuff like that). CL has 9h 55m. Does less than two hours really make much difference? Genuinely asking as I don't know how much time it usually takes to make a turnaround.thx, must be a lot easier for the lake, quite a bit more time between arrival and departure than for the cl
Love that site. IMO, it's the best Amtrak OTP tool on the internet.You can search the departure and arrival records of any Amtrak train at this site:
https://juckins.net/amtrak_status/archive/html/history.php
Back when I rode the Capitol Limited on the B&O pre-Amtrak, there was no overnighting at either terminal post-April 26, 1958 (when all B&O service between Baltimore and New York City was terminated).I believe the Capitol is a same day turn. I know when I was chatting with the diner crew back when it had a diner they same day turned back. So could have been a crew rest delay as well.
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