Kay and I took a multi-mega mile Amtrack trip in 1981. We booked full bedrooms on both the older heritage fleet equipment and the new Superliners. We started out on the City of New Orleans from Cairo, IL to Chicago, then took the San Francisco Zephyr to Oakland, then a bus to San Francisco. Overnight stay in the "City by the Bay", and then took the Coast Starlight to Seattle. For some reason, we had a large Superliner handicap suite on that trip. Overnight stay in Seattle, then Empire Builder to Milwaukee. Highlights there were dining at the famous Mader's German restaurant and a tour of the Pabst Brewery. Overnight stay there and then caught a Turbo Train to Chicago next day. Return on City of New Orleans to Cairo, IL. All first class with great dining car meals, and spectacular scenary. Had an early Bearcat scanner with crystals for each road we traveled over, and I monitored all engineer, conductor and dispatcher communications. The then new Superliner accomodations were comfortable and the heritage bedrooms on the City of New Orleans were also very nice. A great trip done in nine days when Amtrack was still young!
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