US may add airports to electronics ban

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15. The Amtrak cuts suck - maybe Congress won't go along?

My husband and I took our first train trip last November - from Lakeland, Florida, to Arlington, Virginia, and back. I enjoyed it, my husband not so much. On the way up we had a "roomette" which did not have enough leg room for my tall husband.

On the way back I had up graded to an accessible room which was more comfortable for him but the engine broke down and our 20 hour trip turn into a 29 hour ordeal as the slower replacement engine and train were sent off route to try repairs and then to be replaced. It really messed up our return leg since we'd planned on having lunch with my Mom and sister before heading home. Instead we got home a day late and much tireder than we had planned.

I'd travel by train again and have always wanted to take a trip across the Northern Plains from Chicago to Seattle. Plus, Amtrak has been exploring re-instating the eastern leg of the Sunset Limited between Jacksonville, Forida, and New Orleans. That would mean a cross country trip to Los Angeles would be possible again - and the train station here in Tallahassee would open up again so train travel from here would be more practical. Getting my husband to go along might be a battle, though.