If you insist on using the internet to get your tickets, then yes, you may not have been able to book your train but there was always the 800#....In the long run a person was always able to get or arrange for a ticket.

And regarding when airline computers go down...maybe it's taken care of right away but the results will last for hours since planes are not where they're supposed to be and people will be repeatedly be bumped because flights are fool. Give me Amtrak anytime.


" No one suffered thru(sic)this whole "ordeal" ".
Except maybe those of us who were trying to book a train trip over the internet, & didn't have the time or gas money to travel to our nearest Amtrak ticket office.
BTW, the computer ticketing system is back up as of Tuesday AM; however operating very slowly.