You have to work through Trans Texas Rail to do this, as you are doing a move from zone to zone rather than city to city. Trans Texas Rail has to manually set up the move.

The alternative to taking the time to do these steps is an $1111 charge each way from the Union Pacific. The Union Pacific will bill Amtrak if your car is not in the waybill system and Amtrak will pass these charges on to you.

Service Adjustments

Empire Builder – Detour Due To Trackwork

Due to trackwork on the CP Railway between LaCrosse, WI and Winona, MN, the Empire Builder, Trains 7/8, will detour between Chicago and Minneapolis - St. Paul on April 26, 27, and 28. On these days, the train will miss stops at:

Auto Train and Silver Service – Service Adjustments Due To Trackwork

CSX will be installing 58,000 concrete ties, 46,000 wood ties, and 9,000 feet of rail between MP 506 and MP 561 (between SAV and JAX) on the Nahunta subdivision. Much of this work will be performed by a P811 machine, almost identical to Amtrak's own TLM, a highly productive and complicated piece of machinery. This project will be performed in three phases between April 11 and June 30 and affect the following Amtrak services:

Phase I of the project will be from April 11 to April 21. During this time, work will be performed on double track railroad; which will allow Amtrak trains to pass on the adjacent track. There will be no modifications to the schedule during this phase. Trains operating thru the area may be expected to receive some delay from the resulting congestion.

Phase II of the project will be from April 25 to June 23 and will be the most disruptive. The track gang will be working Sunday thru Wednesdays from 6:00AM until 4:00PM on single track railroad and no trains will be able to pass thru the affected area (Tuesdays and Wednesdays the gang will clear at 2:00PM after the first week). During this period, Trains 97/98 will be cancelled between New York (NYP) and Miami, FL (MIA). The equipment normally used on 97/98 will be added to trains 91/92 to help preserve as much Northeast-Florida capacity as possible. To ensure Train 91 will be thru the work area before the start of work, Train 91 will depart NYP 1:45 minutes earlier at 9:45AM. Because of the expanded consist of Trains 91/92, Train 92 will depart MIA 2 hours earlier at 8:35AM to ensure that the extra long train arrives before the beginning of the afternoon rush hour.

Phase III of the project will be from June 27 to June 30. During this time, the track gangs will clear off the track to allow Amtrak trains to pass. All trains will operate normally but may be expected to receive some delay passing thru the affected area due to congestion.

The first cut at the operating plan during Phase II is included below:

Equipment Plan

The consist for the expanded 91/92 will be as follows:

Sunset Limited – Service Adjustments Due To Trackwork

CSX will be performing trackwork on the P&A Subdivision between TLH and PNS from April 13 to May 7. The track gang will be working between MP K715 and MP K803 Tuesday - Fridays. During the work, we will terminate Train 2 that would normally pass NOL on Tuesday evenings. We will also cancel the turn for the Thursday departures from ORL. Passengers who have already booked accommodations on Trains 1/2 will be handled by alternate transportation between ORL and NOL however, we will not allow any additional sales. The specific departures affected by this change are:

Train #1 Cancelled ORL-NOL:

Train #2 Cancelled NOL-ORL:

The equipment off the terminated Train 2 at NOL will be held and turned for Train 1.

There will be 3 busses in each direction as follows to protect the passengers:

If you have a scheduled trip any of the trains listed above during the affected dates, please contact us.

Thanks, Don