TheLastColdBeer Posted December 29, 2012 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.82 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted December 29, 2012 Picked my brother up @ the Bloomington, Illinois rail terminal last Saturday. He rode the Texas Eagle from San Antonio to Illinois for Christmas. Sleeper car, diner, the relaxed mode of travel. His departure was Wednesday, 4:00pm and we had him down there in time for a relaxed chat, & a bite to eat before he boarded. Big board said train was 20 minutes late, but no big deal. Amtrak pulled up to the platform, we hauled his bags out to board, and was told this train wasn't going any further than St. Louis. HUH? Lady @ the counter informed us the Eagle had been canceled, due to weather, and the next train would be Saturday. EXCUSE me? You knew this when the train left Union Station in Chicago, exactly when were you going to inform passengers down the line? Joe got a flight from Southwest leaving from Midway the next day, and we took him up to Chicago the next night. Home in two hours. Amtrak left a phone message on his home phone (in San Antonio) that the Eagle was canceled and the call was timed 15 minutes before he would have departed Illinois. What a crock. And these people want to run high-speed rail between Chicago & St. Louis? How would you like to be stranded in whoop-whoop with the "sucks to be you" attitude. Once upon a time, once you bought a ticket, whomever you were traveling with made every effort to see you made your destination. Or put you up if they couldn't make arrival. Keep this in mind if you want to travel by rail. Make sure you buy travel insurance, hate to see anyone's vacation ruined. PingLo 1 Awards
Boo Yaa Posted December 29, 2012 Member ID: 22349 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 14 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 766 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 4612 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/15/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 5, 2015 Posted December 29, 2012 Sorry about the bad experience. We have had alot of positive travel experiences on Amtrak.
blk_plague Posted December 31, 2012 Member ID: 3791 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 48 Topic Count: 117 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 846 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 1141 Achievement Points: 8884 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 3, 2024 Birthday: 09/29/1970 Posted December 31, 2012 I didnt know illinois had trains............Cant remember the last time i saw one........oh yea every 15 damn minutes. Sux that train tickets cost as much as plane tickets with even worse service than flying. Awards
7Toes Posted December 31, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted December 31, 2012 The states needs rail service like they have in Europe you can go anywhere there by train....... am track is a waste.... Awards
7Toes Posted December 31, 2012 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 58 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27251 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Posted December 31, 2012 (edited) instead of us giving billions away to these country's that hate us invest it here in rail service for the usa..we give billions in aid to Saudis one of the riches country's in the world imagine that..that would create jobs all over usa Edited December 31, 2012 by 7toes_ky Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted December 31, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.09 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted December 31, 2012 instead of us giving billions away to these country's that hate us invest it here in rail service for the usa..we give billions in aid to Saudis one of the riches country's in the world imagine that..that would create jobs all over usa (I can't quote two posts so I chose the latter one.) European rail services, even those that are in private hands, are heavily subsidised by the state. Privatisation of British Rail into separate private franchises operated regionally by different companies has certainly resulted in newer rolling stock but fares are expensive and the trains overcrowded. Recent experience of other European countries' rail services is limited but I have been impressed by Germany's services (DB). (KSA is an aid donor and the USA has benefitted enormously from huge arms sales recently, according to online sources.) Awards
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