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Just checked Amtrak's website to see what the fare would be from N.O. to Chicago later this year. It appears from their website that you can no longer take the #58 train north from N.O. to Chicago. You have to take the train to Washington, D.C. & then take it to Chicago. Does anyone know what happened to the northbound #58 train? Carol
espeefoamer Member # 2815
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I just checked the Amtrak website, and there is space through NOL-CHI.#58 doesn't go through Washington.# 19-20 goes NOL WAS.
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Gilbert B Norman Member # 1541
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Not certain why you had a problem, Ms. Carol. A few moments ago, I made an inquiry for May 25 departure, and NOL-58-CHI popped up as first choice. NOL-20-WAS-29-CHI was listed as well, but not as "top pick".
George Harris Member # 2077
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Sometimes the site will give some strange answers. This is not limited to Amtrak. The airlines will do it too. To check times in relation to a1's question, I put in Sacramento to Galesburg, thereby intending to get CZ only, and got 1. The CZ, and 2. bown the vailley, bus-train-bus to Los Angeles then the SWC to Galesburg. That is mild compared to some of the strange ones I have gotten from Northwest Airlines.
RRRICH Member # 1418
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Carol - you may have put in an "incorrect" departure time on the web site. #58 leaves NOL at 1:55 PM, and #20 leaves at 7:20 AM. If you put in a "morning" departure time, the web site may have given you a routing of #20-#29 or #20-#51 through WAS, whereas if you put in an "afternoon" departure from NOL, maybe it would have given you the #58 route. Just a hunch, but, you never know -- as George says, sometimes you just get strange routings on that web site.
The other possibility is that #58 may have been sold out for the day you put your reservation in for.
Gilbert B Norman Member # 1541
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Unlike some travel sites, such as Holiday Inn @ http://www.ichotels.com Amtrak will acknowledge the train exists even if it is sold out in both classes of service.
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