Only a side note about AmTrack. I have taken it skiing to Colorado and on two other shorter trips. On the trip to Colorado, the train arrived 6 hours late. On the way back it arrived 13 hours late! No break downs nor blizzards nor other unexpected catastrophe. Just waiting for freight trains to pass!
On two short trips (scheduled 3.5 hours), both were over 1 hour late. Amtrak does not own the rails and has to pull over and wait for any freight trains to pass. Other than the horrible on time record, it was not a bad ride. Perhaps going East will be better? Having visited Germany this year, I was quite impressed with thier train system. If Amtrack could maintain a decent on time schedule such as in Germany, people would use them more! -Bob -- Thompson Technology Consultants LaPorte, IN 46350 219-363-7441 -------------- Original message -------------- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have always driven to Pittsburgh for the October conference. Hoping for good weather, top down in the Mustang, beautiful fall colors once I hit PA .... This year I was thinking that I needed to calculate the difference (if any) between driving and flying! But then good old Tom mentioned that he might take Amtrak there, which he has done before, so I investigated it too. It would cost about $130 round trip from Chicago. For sure that's alot cheaper than gas in the car! And he says the Amtrak station is within 1/2 mile of the hotel. Haven't made my reservations yet but I'm thinking about it. It's worth checking into if you're not sure how you will get there this year... Karen
