A little over an hour ago, we were told that our train was "officially" late and connections would be missed. I pressed the call button for our car attendant to ask for advice. He suggested we contact Amtrak's 1-800 number to see what could be done. Since we were still on the outskirts of Kansas City, MO (it looked like such a nice city, even in the rain), I still had 3G service.
A wonderful gal was able to get us on THE LAST SLEEPER BERTH on the Lake Shore Limited that leaves Chicago tonight at 9:30 PM. Had we not been able to make the reservation we would not been able to catch a train into Cleveland until 6:10 PM on Wednesday. She even made notation about the missed connection so we would not have any additional charges. We just ate lunch with a couple from Pittsburgh who have no idea how they will get home. We are grateful we have a sleeper because our train won't get into Cleveland until 5:35 AM. Grandpa Long will transport us the rest of the way to Fernbank, as originally planned.
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