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Once that's done, use your timetable and add specific trains to
the rough itinerary.
Arrival or
Departure
Date
Time
Train
Depart from
Washington
Capitol Limited
(train 29)
June 8
4:15 P.M.
Arrive in
Chicago
June 9
8:40 A.M.
Depart from
Chicago
City of New
Orleans (train 59)
June 10
8:00 P.M.
Arrive in New
Orleans
June 11
3:32 P.M.
Depart from
New Orleans/
Arrive in Atlanta
7:05 A.M./
7:52 P.M.
Crescent
(train 20)
June 14
Depart from
Atlanta
Crescent
(train 20)
June 16
8:21 P.M.
Arrive in
Washington
June 17
10:10 A.M.
As you book sleeping-car space, reserve rental cars and hotel
rooms, and decide on specific activities, your itinerary could go
through many changes. One of my finished itineraries is repro-
duced at the end of this chapter (page 64) as an example.
A Word of Warning About Connections
If you're flying, a missed connection probably won't turn out to
be a very big deal. Chances are there'll be another plane from
either the same airline or another before too long. It's different
with Amtrak. There are no other passenger railroads, and most
of Amtrak's long-distance trains only run once a day. The Cardi-
nal, for example, operates just three days a week.
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