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Does the Ann Rutelege routinely make the connection to the WB Southwest Chief?

Yep, so far as I know

Yes, and they can and due hold the Southwest for a while.

Thanks!

It kind of got lost in the thread on Connections and Networks, but the connection going the other way, from Southwest to an eastbound train to St. Louis requires an all day stay in Kansas City.

This is not to demean Kansas City or the museum and other interesting sights around Union Station, but with a little tweaking of the schedules, passengers could make a very timely connection. IIRC the SWC arrives at 7:26, but the train to St Louis leaves at 7:15.

If the SWC arrives early, you have no checked baggage and good legs, you might makes it, but it would require separate tickets. Seems like it would make sense to tweak the schedule a little.

Railrev Wrote:
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> It kind of got lost in the thread on Connections
> and Networks, but the connection going the other
> way, from Southwest to an eastbound train to St.
> Louis requires an all day stay in Kansas City.
>
> This is not to demean Kansas City or the museum
> and other interesting sights around Union Station,
> but with a little tweaking of the schedules,
> passengers could make a very timely connection.
> IIRC the SWC arrives at 7:26, but the train to St
> Louis leaves at 7:15.
>
> If the SWC arrives early, you have no checked
> baggage and good legs, you might makes it, but it
> would require separate tickets. Seems like it
> would make sense to tweak the schedule a little.


Last January I was ticketed with the full day layover as the schedule then was just close. We made it with about an hour to spare and made the connection with the morning train to St. Louis. According to the station agent that was the norm and they regularly transfer checked bags if the connection is available.

The schedule that you are seeing now may be the results of adjustments made to accomodate the major trackwork of last summer and next. Hopefully it will be adjusted back when this work is complete.

Ron Zimmer

Don't do it..last June we left KCY and arrive STL
at 620am next day, almost 8 hrs late..all we got from
'ambush' was ''SORRY''..never again