Train from hell’ arrives almost a day late
Passengers complain of 19-hour delay, shortage of food and water

Pulling into Chicago almost a full day behind schedule, one Amtrak passenger recounted "the train from hell," and others are vowing they will never use the rail service again.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...?GT1=43001

I took an amtrack once.....never again, same with greyhound. Ill either drive my ass where Im going or fly, and I'm bout up to here with flying.

It seems like the weather was to blame for this.

Yeah, they probably should've been more prepared but c'mon.

And I used to be so naive to think that Amtrak and Greyhound were very reliable and comfortable and cheap. I hear nothing but bad stories about them.

It's a damn shame that in this day and age the US still doesn't have a state of the art rail system.

That happened to my sister on her way home from Florida to NYC on the Amtrak, about 5 years ago. It was horrible; they ran out of food, the bathrooms were backed up, it was a nightmare to say the least.

2elijah said:

This rail system is so antiquated it's shameful! I tried to get a train from Orlando to Ft. Laud. last year and the damn thing never came. I ended up renting a car instead.

i tend to Amtrak between LA and SD it's a 3 hour train right and some days that's alot shorter than the 4-6 hour drive depending on traffic, though without traffic i make the drive in just under 2 hours.

babynoz said:

I can't stand their bathrooms. They're not the cleanest and they're too small. You have to make sure you have hand sanitizers with you as well.

It sure is.

KoolEaze said:

Dude you have NO idea!! I wish we had just HALF the European Rail System over here... it would be such a vast improvement!!!

RenHoek said:

You got that right...there is no excuse for the rediculous state of our rail system.

babynoz said:

Years ago I read somewhere that if they dedicated of the nations per gallon gas tax it would provide amazing funding for our rail system... I wish someone would follow up on that!!

babynoz said:

This is america where it takes 50 years or more to do something that would benefit the public. N even by then we half ass it so much its a complete joke.
[Edited 1/9/10 15:04pm]

RenHoek said:

It's a totally feasible idea, what with the people fed up with flying and the folks who are actually afraid to fly it could be a viable option. Quite a few good jobs could be created too.

Being that old Joe used to ride the rails daily I'm surprised that he hasn't been a stronger advocate for it.

lazycrockett said:

Yeah, and at the same time every city seems to have the $$ to build new stadiums all over the place. The should take that money and partner with the federal gov't to build something that's going to benefit more than just a select few.