In reply to Camille.

I couldn't agree with you more. I did a cross-country trip a couple of years ago doing what you did with the Empire Builder and then Seattle.
I have never liked flying and knew if I want ed to see the West Coast Amtrak was going to be the only way I could do it. I stayed a couple of days and then took a train down to San Francisco. There is no better way to see our beautiful country. I use amtrak often but this was my first western venture.
I was just planning another cross-country trip doing the lower half of the US and now they have cut the trips to 3 times a week which means I have 2-day day layovers in certain places. I'm going to wait to see if they restore daily service..
What we don't need a more cuts to this valuable service.