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The Texas Eagle was sold out as of this morning (Sunday, November 20th) on Wednesday between Austin, TX and Dallas, TX, except for a family room for $133. The train had seats for a Sunday return.  There were seats both ways for Thursday and Saturday.  Thus, for someone who wanted to be in Dallas for a Thanksgiving evening with the family, he or she could travel on Thursday and return on Saturday or Sunday. The Heartland Fly had seats north of Fort Worth for Wednesday and Sunday.  And the Sunset Limited had seats on Tuesday from San Antonio to El Paso with a return on Saturday.  Because the Sunset only runs three days a week in each direction, one would have to leave San Antonio early Tuesday morning to arrive in El Paso in time for Thanksgiving dinner, which makes a three times a week train appear even more ridiculous.  From Austin, one would have to take the train on Monday evening to get an early Tuesday morning connection to El Paso. The cost of a roundtrip coach fare from Temple to El Paso was shown as $324.  Had a person booked a trip 21 days in advance, the cost of a flight on Southwest Airlines from Austin would have been $264, although if they had waited until the last minute, the cost would be approximately $545.  The non-stop flying time to El. Paso from Austin is 1 hour and 40 minutes.  The train time from Temple to El Paso is 24 hours and 32 minutes, lengthened by the long layover in San Antonio.   I live in Georgetown, TX, which is approximately 35 miles north of Austin.  If I am traveling by air, I fly out of Austin.  However, if I am traveling by Amtrak, I travel out of Temple.  This why I reference Temple or Austin.
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