CRF 2012: Reports from Chicago
#1
Posted 13 July 2012 - 06:45 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#2
Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:23 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#3
Posted 22 July 2012 - 11:16 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#4
Posted 23 July 2012 - 12:37 AM
Edited by amtrakwolverine, 23 July 2012 - 12:40 AM.
#5
Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:40 PM
We had 11 people on this segment of the Fest, all of whom rode this line in its entirety both directions.
Once the trip was over, so was the official part of our Fest. We have people on eastward trains right now headed for home on the East Coast, and two more including myself will be going home on different trains tomorrow. For those who remained behind in the Chicago area, we have people taking side trips to South Bend on the South Shore Line and Milwaukee on Amtrak's Hiawathas.
As always, your impressions of the Fest are always appreciated, as I may not have recalled everything correctly or at all. Please feel free, even after you get home, to post your thoughts in the appropriate thread for each segment of the Fest, whether it's Chicago, Albuquerque, or the trains we took in between or to get to and from home.
My next update will follow my own homeward long distance trip.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#6
Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:59 PM
Edited by amtrakwolverine, 23 July 2012 - 11:01 PM.
#7
Posted 23 July 2012 - 11:29 PM
Yup this situation cried for a Quiet Car, not that it would have been possible to find a seat there given the heavy passenger load and the non-reserved nature of the train. It might very well have had one, since we did not walk through every coach.
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#8
Posted 24 July 2012 - 05:22 PM
Kevin Korell
OTOL Board Leader
Lakewood, NJ
#9
Posted 25 July 2012 - 02:22 AM
Edited by amtrakwolverine, 25 July 2012 - 03:34 PM.
#10
Posted 25 July 2012 - 09:07 AM
Since the lounge card said wait, a consistent story board to present to the guy at the baggage place would have been something like "I'll be leaving at such and such time". Afterall, he really does not need to know your life's plan beyond the stay at the lounge.
What happened in this case is that the story presented to him was in his mind inconsistent with the story presented at the checkin counter, and he decided to do something about it, though he did not have any particular reason to. I'd simply not give him a chance to know enough to get excited about it. Share only as much info as is absolutely essential and no more. Only the proposed time of departure is essential, not the means of departure in this case.
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