We leave at 6:45PM from Los Angeles Union Station.
We are kind of hoping we get dinner tonight, but are not sure of that fact. Otherwise, we'll probably grab a bagel at Union Station before boarding, I guess. :-)
Our current itinerary takes us through Southern California and over to Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, a quick stop in Iowa and finally across the Mississippi and into Illinois, where we end the trip in Chicago. It will take just 3 hours less then 2 days to make this journey and I can't wait for it to begin. Here is the list of stations and a general idea of whether it will be daytime or nighttime, when we pass through. I am glad we will travel most of the California leg in the dark, since that's what we know best. I want to see the states that I rarely visit, like Northern New Mexico, Southern Colorado and Kansas and Missouri. I won't get them all, but I will get some of those states.
Los Angeles, CA - Union Station (Sunset) 6:45PM Leave station
Fullerton, CA
Riverside, CA
San Bernardino, CA
Victorville, CA
Barstow, CA
Needles, CA
Kingman, AZ
Williams Junction, AZ (Sunrise) 6:11AM due at station
Flagstaff, AZ
Winslow, AZ
Gallup, NM
Albuquerque, NM
Lamy, NM
Las Vegas, NM - (New Mexico)
Raton, NM
Trinidad, CO (Sunset) 6:31PM due at station
La Junta, CO
Lamar, CO
Garden City, KS
Dodge City, KS
Hutchinson, KS
Newton, KS
Topeka, KS
Lawrence, KS (Sunrise) 5:49 due at station
Kansas City, MO
La Plata, MO
Fort Madison, IA
Galesburg, IL
Princeton, IL
Mendota, IL
Naperville, IL
Chicago, IL - Union Station (Mid afternoon) 3:20PM due at station
If interested, you can download a Printable Route Guide (pdf) from this Amtrak webpage. It describes the different cities the train passes through, on the way to Chicago.
We will be incommunicado while on the train, but we hope to be able to access the Internet with posts and photos, when we get out to Chicago.
See you then.
Lots of luck, be seeing you soon!!!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see you, too!
ReplyDeleteThe train trip was EXCELLENT!!!!!!
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I took the Chief when I went from L.A. to Chicago in the '90s. Loved everything about the trip, especially the Indian historical interpreter who boarded the train in NM and regaled people in the lounge car with fascinating stories of the Old West from the Native American point of view. Glad you thought of getting a roomette...I slept in my seat, and it was excruciating!
ReplyDeleteNigey: We missed the tour guides in the lounge car. I think we were supposed to have them...now I am sorry I didn't follow up and ask.
ReplyDeleteNext time the Room, not the Roomette. More room for your sleeping accommodations and more room for your luggage. It was quite a bit cramped in the Roomette. Private, though. That I definitely appreciated.