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#1 (and only) daughter is supposed to be heading home from Minneapolis tomorrow May 1 to Chicago to connect with the Capitol Limited. Anyone know if 8(29) is delayed by flooding? Hope I got the notation right Mr. Norman!
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Best advice is to check Train Status, which at this time shows #8(29) as "Service Disruption".
1-800-USA-RAIL may have more information; good luck.
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At 5:31 a.m. CDT today, Amtrak Status Maps was showing service disruptions for "58, 8, 8, 7, 59, 7, 21 and 23." A downstate Illinois newspaper said the CONO wasn't making it between Carbondale and Memphis. Glug glug.
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Weather guy last night talked about NDakota blizzard. Anyway, things don't look good for planned meet-up during Milwaukee stop. I'm going to wait to hear from her, but I suspect they may opt for a rental car. Everyone needs to get back to work on Monday morning. Professional meeting for Archivists had her in Minneapolis this week. This group has a knack for picking bad weather weekends for meetings. A few years ago they were in New Orleans & got out 3 days before Katrina hit.
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She 900 USA-RAIL about midnight on Saturday & the agent she spoke to told her not to worry because there was a train added just for Minneapolis-Chicago travelers. She arrived at the station the next morning, where the ticket agent told her he never heard of such a thing, I know they add a coach to #8 in Minneapolis, but a whole other train? Anyway she took a cab to Greyhound and took the bus to Chicago, where she went to the South Shore Railroad to South Ben, Indiana. A long slow ride, but finally in South Bend around 10 PM EDT. She decided to opt for the bus because no one could/would give her any information about what would happen had she waited for the train & missed her connection in Chicago (which she obviously would have).
Still a big problem in not getting accurate, timely information to travelers.
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