- Cheese pizza and veggie burgers. Neither is great, but I appreciate that it's there! Especially when I haven't had a chance to pick up dinner on the way from class to the station.
- Red wine! I get one of their teeny tiny bottles and sit in the observation car.
- The big comfy seats. Plenty of leg room.
- The characters. There are always backpackers and Mennonites. Last night my seatmate was a cynical historian who lives in England.
- The grouchy conductor on the 6:50 from Union Station to Washington D.C. (I get off in Waterlook, IN.) He tells it like it is.
- The fact that you can make dinner reservations. I haven't done it yet but definitely will one of these days.
- Peeking into the private car on the Canadian National Railway train we sit next to in the station.
- That, despite the horror stories I've heard, it has arrived on time almost every time I've taken it.
And...
- Looking for my parents' flashing car lights. They park under the overpass in La Porte to watch my train go by. Yes, it's a little crazy. But it's also super fun.
Dad says:Watching the Amtrack go by is Super duper fun.
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