Friday, March 22, 2019

Panic in the night.

Amtrak threw me a curve. I was all set to catch the Texas Eagle in Marshall and leave my car at the depot and pick it up on my return from California. Here came a message that I was to catch the train in Texarkana! I called and they said that an Amtrak bus would take me from Marshall to Mineola, Texas where I would catch the train. The train had to detour around Marshall because an emergency track repair. The repair should soon be done and I will be able to ride the train to Marshall on my return trip.

Imagine such a revolting development at the last minute. I drove to Marshall in the dead of the night. When I arrived at the depot it was locked and deserted! I called Amtrak in a panic and they told me to be calm the the bus would soon be there. They were right.


Off we went to Mineola
When the train arrived in Mineola my name was called and I was escorted to my small room on the train. They even asked a fellow passenger to take me to the dining cave. Here we are. Isn’t she nice?



4 comments:

  1. Ah. The excitements of travel. Very glad you made it....hope the rest of the ride goes very well indeed.

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  2. Off and rolling, glad that hiccup worked out okay!

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  3. How nerve wracking! I feel bad now because I saw that on the Amtrak website when I was looking up service alerts for my sister's train. I thought about letting you know, but I figured that Amtrak would have told you.

    I did learn that you can have service alerts texted and/or emailed to you if you sign up on their website. Might be helpful to have for the trip home.

    Meanwhile, you look happy! Have a great trip!!

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  4. Thanks for your comments. I am learning trains.

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