<p>teri, what a relief for you! My son is home now too!</p>
<p>northeastmom - yea! enjoy it, and get some sleep.</p>
<p>We picked up our daughter in Frankfurt yesterday, and it is so good to have her back–hadn’t seen her since July! She had one two-hour delay, but plenty of time on the next connection, so it worked out just fine.</p>
<p>While we were waiting, we noticed a lady with a collie (you see dogs in public places like restaurants, department stores, etc., all the time here). A young woman in a Kansas State hoodie came through the doors and ran for the dog, hugging and kissing for a good long time. Then she stood up and said, “Hi, mom” to the lady. It was really cute!</p>
<p>Does rain/sleet impact Amtrak as much as it affects bus, car, and/or airplane schedules?</p>
<p>Rain, not at all. A foot of snow, yes.</p>
<p>H was riding Amtrak up the east coast last winter after a huge snowstorm. Don’t remember the amount of delay, but he described how the frozen snow actually made a tunnel between cars. Pretty cool.</p>
<p>I agree rain no.
But the year that Ds train had to come up from southern CA, it was due( in Portland) at 4:30 in the afternoon.
Because of heavy snow in the passes- they had to make visual checks at each crossing and they didn’t get to Seattle till about 10am the next morning.</p>
<p>Son was lucky to make his connections to come home via Minneapolis! No delays and all the bags made it safe and sound.</p>