Originally Posted by
BobH
Give Julie a call at 1-800-USA-RAIL and see how today's train is doing at say, Syracuse, Buffalo, Cleveland etc.
You can also check the train status of today's (and IIRC the past 3 days) train(s) online on the bottom of the main amtrak.com website. It will show the estimated or actual departure/arrival times - usually shortly after departure.