Anyone riding Amtrak to GenCon?
Posted by aseroppgh 2 years agoon 5/22/2022 at 3:43 AM

I'm taking the Cardinal from Charleston.,WV which goes from New York to Chicago on Wednesday and arriving Thursday early morning.   I'm leaving just after midnight early Sunday morning to headback. Like to meet new people on board.

Posted by grognard262 2 years agoon 5/22/2022 at 2:37 PM

I'd love to take Amtrak, but sadly the train schedule is terrible and it takes twice as long as driving.

Posted by selene314 2 years agoon 5/22/2022 at 9:09 PM

Considering it but the timing is terrible.

Posted by raptorov 2 years agoon 5/22/2022 at 9:57 PM

If they ever get it daily, I would love to take it. I took it once for Thursday morning, but now that I volunteer, I have to be there Wednesday. My only option would be Monday arrival.
There has been talk of running three each day to and from Chicago according to Amtrak's draft plan, but sadly it feels like Ohio at least is stuck in 1960's thinking and no movement has been made on it.

Do you go to CharCon? It looked like that could be Amtrak-able from Cincinnati.

Posted by armadilloal 2 years agoon 5/23/2022 at 3:33 PM

I would have to drive to Chicago to even get on the train, which kind of defeats the purpose.

Posted by jbship628 2 years agoon 5/24/2022 at 8:20 PM

I live in a town actually on the Amtrak line going west, and if I wanted to take a train into Indy, it would arrive there at 2:45 AM!  What the heck would I do from 2:45 until you know, morning. lol

Posted by aseroppgh raptorov 2 years agoon 6/3/2022 at 3:45 AM

Yes I do go to Charcon, and I'm 2 miles from the Amtrak station in Charleston. 

Posted by cinnibar jbship628 2 years agoon 6/4/2022 at 9:20 PM

jbship628 wrote:
I live in a town actually on the Amtrak line going west, and if I wanted to take a train into Indy, it would arrive there at 2:45 AM!  What the heck would I do from 2:45 until you know, morning. lol
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Posted by qstor 2 years agoon 7/5/2022 at 2:23 PM

Yeah I looked at the schedule but the times are really inconvenient

Posted by qwaserity 2 years agoon 7/7/2022 at 7:15 PM

Trying to convince my Wisconsin relatives to come via Amtrak but they'd have a four hour plus layover in Chicago each way. Just faster and cheaper to drive unless you are travelling solo.

Posted by aseroppgh raptorov 2 years agoon 7/31/2022 at 8:52 PM

raptorov wrote:
If they ever get it daily, I would love to take it. I took it once for Thursday morning, but now that I volunteer, I have to be there Wednesday. My only option would be Monday arrival.
There has been talk of running three each day to and from Chicago according to Amtrak's draft plan, but sadly it feels like Ohio at least is stuck in 1960's thinking and no movement has been made on it.
Do you go to CharCon? It looked like that could be Amtrak-able from Cincinnati.
CharCon is Amtrak-able from Cincy. It happened 2 weeks ago, sorry for the late reply.  It was a lot of fun, and hoping to multiply that at GenCon.  If you go to the con by Amtrak on the Cardinal 51, I hope to see you on the train since you'll be on after me.

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