Don't book any Amtrak tickets for October, 3... Amtrak Workers Plan Strike to Protest Lack of Financing:

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 ? Six Amtrak unions are to announce on Wednesday that they will stop work on Oct. 3, shutting the railroad for the day, to protest Congress's failure to pass a $1.8 billion appropriation for the railroad for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.