Medic981
Train Attendant
Salutations and Hallucinations,
I am flying from DEN into MDW in mid-June 2016 to take a long distant joyride on Amtrak. I am planning on taking the Orange Line from MDW to the downtown loop and getting off at the Quincy stop, then walking to CUS. I will have approximately 4 ½ to get from MDW to CUS where I am ticketed in a roomette on the SWC #3 to LAX. I have a layover in Los Angeles of approximately 13 ¾ hours until returning to CHI in a roomette on TE #422. After arriving in CHI, I will have nearly six ¾ hours to take the Orange Line to MDW for my flight home to DEN.
I understand a few changes have occurred within Amtrak since traveling on the SWC #4 back in October 2014. I would like some insight or tips that the members of Amtrak Unlimited may have to make this joyride trip more enjoyable. I am currently in nursing school and will be graduating this June. This trip is my graduation present to myself as well as a way to unplug and study for my upcoming NCLEX (nursing board exam).
I would like to have some authentic Chicago Style Pizza while in Chicago, however, I have yet to find any places close to the Orange Line or CUS that I could stop in and get a slice. When I last visited LA, I flew into Burbank Airport and took the Surfliner to LAUS. I was able to run down to Phillippe’s for lunch before boarding the Southwest Chief.
Any suggestions as to where to go while in Chicago or Los Angeles with the limited time I have in each city is most appreciated.
John
I am flying from DEN into MDW in mid-June 2016 to take a long distant joyride on Amtrak. I am planning on taking the Orange Line from MDW to the downtown loop and getting off at the Quincy stop, then walking to CUS. I will have approximately 4 ½ to get from MDW to CUS where I am ticketed in a roomette on the SWC #3 to LAX. I have a layover in Los Angeles of approximately 13 ¾ hours until returning to CHI in a roomette on TE #422. After arriving in CHI, I will have nearly six ¾ hours to take the Orange Line to MDW for my flight home to DEN.
I understand a few changes have occurred within Amtrak since traveling on the SWC #4 back in October 2014. I would like some insight or tips that the members of Amtrak Unlimited may have to make this joyride trip more enjoyable. I am currently in nursing school and will be graduating this June. This trip is my graduation present to myself as well as a way to unplug and study for my upcoming NCLEX (nursing board exam).
I would like to have some authentic Chicago Style Pizza while in Chicago, however, I have yet to find any places close to the Orange Line or CUS that I could stop in and get a slice. When I last visited LA, I flew into Burbank Airport and took the Surfliner to LAUS. I was able to run down to Phillippe’s for lunch before boarding the Southwest Chief.
Any suggestions as to where to go while in Chicago or Los Angeles with the limited time I have in each city is most appreciated.
John