What did you do? Did you just walk back outside or did you wait for them to remove it?
New train (40-41 Floridian) between Miami and Chicago via Washington DC
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I know they do that on the cafe/bc car during the power change at Albany on the Maple Leaf.
Since the cafe/BC vestibule is usually closed, I just reboard through the Amfleet I's rear vestibule and lift the barricade to get back into BC.
I ducked under it. A crew member on the platform yelled at me that the cafe was closed, and I told him I was just trying to get back to my sleeper. He was OK with that.
I didn't know you could do that!
Well, that one wasn't fastened down. You could just lift it up.
It's really annoying that when cafes are close they're just like nobody in here! Like.. let people use the tables please. And of course the first instinct was to yell instead of just.. tell.
Qapla
Engineer
Not sure what delayed these trains by so much time ... but look what finally showed up on the map
Trespasser hit in Fredericksburg yesterday afternoon. 53, 41, 97 all affected (41 was already more than 3 hours late out of Washington).
Seems to be a trespasser event every other day along the Floridian route, as frequent as someone hit by a train in the NYC subway, though they run thousands of trains per day.This is not unique to this route. Yesterday, VIA Rail had multi-hour delays due to this near Kingston, ON.
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These types of problems always increase during the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays...
Qapla
Engineer
I think this may be the first time we had 3 Floridian #41 on the map at the same time ... making 5 Floridians total on the map together
acelafan
Conductor
Yes but the last 4 stations are still not showing on the train details page.
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There are severe delays on the NEC this morning due to catenary issues near Newark. See if that impacts train 40's departure from DC awaiting NEC connections.
I would LOVe to have that view from my front porch. I have some friends who don't like the noise of being next to BNSF's line, but I would love it. I can hear the trains from my house, but can't see em.
I have a Floridian trip in early February and am curious if anyone has information on boarding #40 in Richmond, VA. Is there any priority boarding for sleeping car passengers? Assuming an on time departure of 12:45 PM, will lunch be served to passengers boarding in Richmond? I am in car #4010 and #4110 on the return which I figure is the the VL I that follows the Diner. Any other nuggets of wisdom would be appreciated. Thank you.
Richmond, VA is an intermediate stop. No priority boarding. Ask the ticket desk if you are unsure where to wait on the platform. When the train arrives get on it.
If on-time then yes lunch will be served.
Enjoy
There are intermediate stop stations that have “first class” lounges. The 3 I can think of are St Louis, Philadelphia & Wilmington, DE. I know St Louis lets those pax onto the platform before the coach passengers. I believe Philly does too (via the elevators). Wilmington does not have “gate dragons” so the best they can do is maybe announce the train “early” and have the red cap escort them up??
Make sure you go to the correct Richmond station. #40 stops at Staples Mill Road Station (RVR) not downtown.
Wow ! Does AMTRAK make this clear to pax? Man, that would be annoying, finding out too late you are at the wrong stattion.
Septa9739
Lead Service Attendant
The tickets are clearly marked.
Good to know. Now if people actually READ the info... <insert smiley emoticon here>
Technically PDX does too as it's an intermediate stop for Cascades trains, and I think they can access the Metropolitan Lounge there. Used to be able to say the same for Los Angeles but I don't think Surfliner business class passengers have access anymore.
It was cool to see my favorite unit (301 - Day 1 livery) leading on tonight's (12/5) eastbound #41 out of Chicago. (It also has a phase 7 P42 behind it as well).
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