I just got an E-Mail regarding the detour. I´m really disappointed that I can´t see the Rockys, because I "know" the route from Train-Simulator and love it. The route was one of the main reasons for the trip. But I´m from Germany and so its really difficult to change flight, hotel, car rental and so on. The sad thing is, yesterday I booked, today I got the mail notifying me about the detour...
But what I can´t understand, my train is leaving on may 15th, and should be at Denver on may 16th. So I just thought, what if I´m leaving one day earlier, so my train should be at Denver on may 15th, on day before track-work begins. But the man on the Amtrak hot-line said to me, I have to leave on may 13th already to avoid the detour. But thats the day my plane will arrive in Chicago, so its to early to enter the train on Sunday. Do I miss anything or could this work like I wrote?
thank you,
René