Way to Go Gang!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Thomas2]

IK,

The train situation became a problem.

I was scheduled to take the 11:30 pm train from Rochester to Chicago and then take the Zephyr line (northern route) to Seattle and then down to Portland, OR. The train to Rochester arrived 8 hours late--7:30 the next morning--waited all night at the train station with a few others.

When we arrived in Chicago, we of course missed our connections and then all trains on the northern route were canceled because of the floods. Amtrak put us up in a hotel in Chi. and told us to come back the next day. The next day was no good--trains were canceled indefinitely.

Got my money back and took a United Flight, which in itself is a long story that I can tell you another time, if you are interested.

The return trip worked out perfectly. Took the Southwest Chief line from LA that goes through Arizona, N. Mexico, and three more states to Chicago and then the train from Chicago to Rochester.

I love taking the train, but I must admit that the food and service has deteriorated. Congress wants to kill Amtrak and by starving it for funding, it appears that Congress might succeed.

We are the only industrialized nation that does not have a reliable and good national train system. Pisses me off.