LOL  This route is the same route I’ve taken back and forth to work for 16yrs now.  I rarely look out the window anymore.  But looking out back there I saw the old garbage dump.  One of many for Chicago.  What they do is pile up the garbage to around 150-200 ft. then cover it with dirt and close it down.  This dump has been closed for about 7yrs now.  Guess what there building on top of the hill?  Houses.  Million dollar houses.  I don’t know about you, but that’s the last place I’d want to live. LOL  Out in the country side now.  Northern Ill.  We will be crossing over the Wisconsin border soon.  Wooded acres and farm fields.  Soft rolling hills.  Everything is golden brown now, waiting for it’s winter coat of snow.  Sun is setting so I won’t be able to give you much of a tour of my home state.  Wisconsin changes as we go west towards the Mississippi River.  It will go from Flat, wooded farm land to marshes, then to rocky bluffs as we near the river.  Well here we are.......welcome to Wisconsin. 4:15pm And,...and, and.....there-goes-my-car.  Hmmmmm........ 4:45pm Just left Milwaukee.  Dark outside now.  The Dinning car Stuart just made his first call for dinner.  I only picked up one passenger at Milwaukee.  A lady from England.  They talk so cute. LOL  I also have a handicapped person downstairs in room H.  He cant walk the 5 cars to the dinner so I will have to bring his meals back to him.  Walking on the train is hard enough but doing so with a tray full of food and drink is a bit of a challenge.  Balance, that’s another thing you will get from riding a train. Well seeing how it’s dark outside now I’ll turn our attention to the train itself.  I don’t know if you ever been on a train before, I never asked you, but if you have you, living east of Chicago, were more than likely to ride Amfleet equipment.  What were on here is Supper-Linner equipment.  There as different as night and day.  Amfleet is older, noisy, single level cars, where as Super-Linner cars are newer and quiter, cleaner, and double decker cars.  However Super-linner cars can’t go any farther than Toledo because of there height.  Too tall for the overpasses and bridges.  But if you ever board a long-haul train out of Chicago, you will more-than likely be on Super-linner equipment.

On my car I have 5 Deluxe Bedrooms and 10 Economy Rooms upstairs.  On the lower level there 4 more Econ. Rms plus 1 Handicapped Rm and the Family Rm.  The Econ. Rms have 2 beds and can hold two people per room.  Same with the Handicapped Rm, 2 people, 2 beds, but the room stretches form one side of the car to the other ( about 12’ ).  It also has it’s own sink and toilet which the Econ Rms and Family Rms do not.  The Family Rm stretches across the whole car as well, and can hold up to 3 adults and 2 children.  1 double berth and 3 singles.  The Deluxe Rms, like the one I’m sitting now (hey!!  It was empty!!  What can I say??  Lol), can handle 3 adults.  It has 1 folding chair and a couch, sink, toilet, and shower.  Yeah, I’m comfee.  hahaha   This room that I’m sitting in now goes for up to $1200., depending on where your traveling to.       BRB...Call-bell The dreaded call-bell!!  Lol  Like Moofiee, you never know when....lol  OK, I have to do some work now.                                6:05pm Well now I’m hungry.  FOOD!!!!!  Hehehee  Going for dinner.  What the heck, It’s free....  This will acutely be my first “real” meal in over a week.  Lol       7:00pm All I want to do is lay down.  So full.  Coffee....  Maybe if I had coffee. The Dinning Car is 5 cars away.  Quite a jaunt.  There’s 4 coaches and the Sight-seer Lounge car between my car and the Diner.  The Dinning Car serves formal, sit down meals.  It has a crew of 7.  3 chefs, 3 waiters, and the money man the Stuart.  They can serve 60 people at 1 sitting and be ready for the next in about 60 min or so. The Lounge car (or bar car) serves drinks, snacks,exc...  Food service on the lower level, sight-seeing on the upper level.  This car is the 90’s version of the old Dome Cars.