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Topic: Texas Eagle-Sunset Limited
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ethelred
Junior Member Posts: 3
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 01-14-2005 02:49 PM
  
Can anyone tell me if it makes sense to book a hotel room in San Antonio instead of assuming that the Sunset Limited will connect with the Texas Eagle? I am going from Chicago to Tucson on the Texas Eagle which connects with the Sunset Limited, and I don't want to have to ride a bus for several hours if either train is late!IP: Logged |
mikesmith
Full Member Posts: 374
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-14-2005 03:35 PM
Most of the time, the Eagle connects with the Sunset OK. It is the return trip that can get messed up.However, if Amtrak misses the connection and wants to bus you from El Paso to Dallas, whine until they put you up in a hotel in San Antonio, instead of bussing. IOW, plan on the possibility that you might spend the night in SAS, at Amtrak's expense. IP: Logged |
ethelred
Junior Member Posts: 3
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 01-14-2005 03:49 PM
Thanks! What does IOW and SAS stand for?I'm returning Tucson to Jacksonville to DC (Sunset Limited to Silver Meteor); perhaps I should get a room in Jacksonville on the way back? IP: Logged |
George Harris
Full Member Posts: 313
Registered: Nov 2002
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posted 01-14-2005 06:34 PM
IOW = in other words
SAS = San Antonio. This is Amtrak's three letter code for their system, so some people usu it as a shorthand name for the city. Like airline city codes, some of them are intuitively obvious, some of them are not. Like airline codes, don't mess them up, or you may be surprised where you end up. Classic example: MEM = Memphis, Tennessee, USA
MFM = Macau, China IP: Logged |
mikesmith
Full Member Posts: 374
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-15-2005 03:18 AM
ethelred, sorry about the shorthand. You will not have to worry about bussing to Dallas, seeing as though you are going to Jacksonville.I would HIGHLY recommend a night in Jacksonville. The Sunset is almost always way late getting into Jacksonville. IP: Logged |
ethelred
Junior Member Posts: 3
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 01-15-2005 05:26 AM
Ah--then can anyone recommend a hotel near the train station in Jacksonville?I hope it was clear that I'll be on the Sunset Limited in both directions: Texas Eagle to Sunset Limited to Tucson, then Tucson to Jacksonville to DC on the Silver Meteor. Thanks for the translation--and I hope this isn't a duplicate message. I lost what I wrote before! IP: Logged |
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