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That’s why I was wallowing in the sound of the F40 for several minutes as it idled at full revs, and the din echoed around the underground cavern at Union station.

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Some photos for you,

Day Three This was my last day in Chicago as I was flying out that evening back to the flatlands. I don't know if anyone has watched the Christmas movie Home Alone, but my kids like this film. Knowing that the famous house belonging to the fictional McAllister family and where Kevin set his...

Aaah, that's why I got Dreamliner in my head. I flew over on a 787 Dreamliner. Sorry Amtrak, wrong company. :D

My mistake. Anyway, that’s my suggestion for a name should they build any new sleeper carriages for Amtrak.

According to my former UK colleague who is driving the Zephyr out of Emeryville these days, 816 was recently written off in a road crossing accident near Denver, so that’s one less Genesis in operation.

I didn’t have any cash on me, but I did give her a tip in the form of telling her that United airlines is doing a big recruitment drive, and that she should get an application in. She seemed very interested in that piece of news so hopefully that made up for the lack of a cash tip.

Yes, I would have loved to see one of those locos if I’d had more time. They look very smart in the Metra livery. Next time hopefully.

This trip report is a follow up to my Chicago advice thread in the international section, and is about my 53 hours spent in Chicago, riding the Metra surburban trains and the CTA subway and buses during my visit while my flight attendant wife attended a course for her airline in the Willis...

Please see my trip report in the Trip Planning and Reports thread. Hopefully you might find it interesting. There will be a part two when I get time. Thanks again for all the replies in the Chicago advice thread. It was very helpful. 1707752706 Just to advise that Part Two of my trip report is...

I will give more details on my trip upon my return, but I spent the day on the BNSF line, saw the westbound South West Chief and the California Zephyr during their stop at Naperville, Illinois, and I dropped into the Irish bar at Brookfield, The Irish Times pub, where they treated me to a beer...

Looks like my prayers for warm weather have been answered. Many thanks for the info.

Thanks for your info. Would you know if the $10 Metra day pass is valid to all destinations on the Metra network? The website doesn’t make it too clear. I’m flying out this coming Sunday. Monday next week to do the Metra and CTA lines, then fly back again Tuesday.