Sounds good to me.So it's safe to mark the request off calendar at work and buy my tickets when I can scrape up the money? ^_^
According to the official schedule listing at http://www.amtrak40th.com/exhibit-train/stops the 40th Anniversary Train will be spending both days in the Fort Worth station located at 1001 Jones Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 and will be available for viewing between the hours of 10:00AM and 4:00PM CT.Jan 7-8,2012 is OK for me. Where will the 40th anniversary train be?
You could do it in reverse, but it would have to be a morning visit on Saturday. Then take the Eagle to SAS and the Sunset to Houston. I would fly into Love Field on SWA. First flight is 6:15am on Saturday. First TRE is 8:49 with 9:50 arrival at the T&P station. Unfortunately the TRE doesn't operate on Sunday. Take the Green line from the Inwood/Love Fld station to Victory Station where it interchanges with the TRE. The 039 bus from Love Field to the Inwood station operates every 20 minutes on Saturday.I am thinking about going.But I would like to go by train(HOS ...SAS...DAL),but the Sunset Ltd is sold out Jan.6,Houston to San Antonio.I dont really want to drive or take the bus, hboy: hboy: hboy: hboy:
I am thinking about going.But I would like to go by train(HOS ...SAS...DAL),but the Sunset Ltd is sold out Jan.6,Houston to San Antonio.I dont really want to drive or take the bus, hboy: hboy: hboy: hboy:
The most obvious start for our gathering appears to be around 2:00PM on Saturday when the last of the three Amtrak trains arrives in Fort Worth.Can we have specifics? Which date would be the lunch and/or dinner? We'd need to know that in order to know which date to leave to get there on time. Is it going to be Dallas or Ft. Worth? My vote would be Dallas because the TE would get there earlier and leave to come back home later. More time to spend in the area. I have an old time table, but arrival in Dallas would be 11:30 a.m. and departure to go back up north would be 3:40 p.m. Arrival in Ft. Worth would be 1:25 p.m. and departure back up north would be 2:20 p.m. If it all falls into place, I'd be in a hotel only one night, so timing is important to me.
This sounds good to me. Closest Hotel seems to be the Downtown Hilton at 0.2 miles and $135. Cheapest(downtown) is the Sheraton 0.3 miles and $119. Sheraton is about five blocks from the Intermodal center where the Amtrak display is and close to the T&P station. Any recommendations?The most obvious start for our gathering appears to be around 2:00PM on Saturday when the last of the three Amtrak trains arrives in Fort Worth.Can we have specifics? Which date would be the lunch and/or dinner? We'd need to know that in order to know which date to leave to get there on time. Is it going to be Dallas or Ft. Worth? My vote would be Dallas because the TE would get there earlier and leave to come back home later. More time to spend in the area. I have an old time table, but arrival in Dallas would be 11:30 a.m. and departure to go back up north would be 3:40 p.m. Arrival in Ft. Worth would be 1:25 p.m. and departure back up north would be 2:20 p.m. If it all falls into place, I'd be in a hotel only one night, so timing is important to me.
11:30A Southbound Texas Eagle (21) Arrives in Dallas
12:40P Southbound Heartland Flyer (821) Arrives in Forth Worth
01:45P Southbound Texas Eagle (21) Arrives in Fort Worth
02:00P Northbound Texas Eagle (22) Arrives in Fort Worth
03:20P Northbound Texas Eagle (22) Arrives in Dallas
There is a similar 2:00P outbound cutoff on Sunday. Those 24 hours or so should provide for a dinner and a breakfast along with a lunch in or near the Forth Worth station if folks are so inclined. Northbound Heartland Flyer passengers will have a couple more hours to kill until 5:25P but for the most part it lines up pretty well. I'd be OK with having dinner in Dallas if that's what the group prefers and the intercity rail runs late enough to allow for it, but I think basing our hotels in Forth Worth makes more sense on all counts.
I concur with this also! Remember that the TRE doesnt run on Sunday so this is a great plan for those of us having to spend the night! FYI; The price to AUS or SAS in Coach is THE SAME to FTW and DAL on the Eagles, so ride to DAL to/from the South instead of FTW!! :wacko: :wub:Except that one is almost for sure going to get a 3* or better hotel in Dallas for less than half those prices quoted for FTW.
I have found this to be the case numerous times; therefore, I prefer to arrive FTW Sat., tour the train and whatever, take TRE to Dallas, have dinner in Dallas, put up there in a hotel, and depart from there Sunday at 11:50 am.
The exhibit train sounds great! I am looking forward to it!!