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Yep I will plan to do that on a future excursion. To respond to the OP original query, I took the Carolinian from Wash DC to Cary and recommend for its reliability. The times were also favorable - all day riding.

I had not known before that Greensboro is such a busy stop, until riding the Carolinian from Charlotte-Durham. When boarding, the Amtrak agent directed all Greensboro-bound passengers to one part of the train, left, and all the other stops to the last car, to the right. The stop isn’t long...

No 350/351Wolverines this morning. Guessing they have equipment out of place after yesterday, since 371 is operating.

It’s something a little more than zero. Let’s just say I have seen how these things work in the airline world, but I also don’t want to expound further, which would also get me into off topic territory.

I don’t know, I don’t remember that Amtrak ever had these large scale systemic issues before. As far as Southwest, we don’t even know the full story there. Reportedly their flight crews were in contract negotiations. There are answers, hopefully.

This is sad. Something needs to change.

In the App it now shows the midday Wolverines cancelled also, with the evening trains still operating (354 and 355). Hope the issues get resolved.

So just to understand, what was the explanation… was the room taken out of service for repairs, maintenance fixed and returned to service, only to be resold to someone else?

They don’t share route for too long, I don’t think. And for a good portion of Michigan services Amtrak owns the tracks. Wish I understood these issues better. Clearly there are intricacies involved that the train knowledgeable people know how to interpret. When I hear PTC or servers it sounds...

Sure, in the abstract. As I said I don’t know what happened. There’s too many “shoulds” in life that don’t pan out, though and sometimes the alternative isn’t necessarily better.

So 6 passengers accommodated and you still got a roomette.. I don’t know what happened but that seems like a good decision was made.

Whether a traditional cab works better or worse than Uber/lyft is heavily location and time dependent in my experience. Do the drivers benefit from the surge premuim? I would hope so. Drivers do seem to pass on inexpensive/shorter trips. To make it worth their while I tip cash, ex. 5$ for a...

Basically admitting the rules for classification were too weak to begin with. Also I’m not reading anywhere that ECP brakes would have prevented the accident; instead would have been more effective in stopping the train and thus mitigated the damage.

The carcinogens, particulate matter and other health risks to that area aren’t going away any time soon.

How can they not know what chemicals are burning? Doesn’t NS have to provide firefighters with that info?

Weird documentary. Appears thorough in how they point out the flaws of every theory. But they left out several details regarding the suicide theory, such as the 41000 feet and other stuff he practiced on the sim.

Budget airlines almost never have a good business model. As much as we love to complain about the legacy carriers, they are so much better positioned to absorb shocks to the system. Well, that used to be the case anyway, pre-pandemic. After they took bailout money and failed to maintain...

Didn't even know this happened this morning, busy. Was it just the NOTAM system that was offline? If so, that's not any kind of safety issue that should have diverted flights, if the rest of ATC and ground to air communications were functioning properly. NOTAMs are for major airport/airline...

Finances permitting, avoiding the shared restrooms on trains is a top priority. No need to go into details about things I've heard and seen. In regards to the comments about airplanes and sports or other public venues, yes, I will avoid eating and drinking for hours in order to avoid having to...

Yes I have and I would recommend to anyone looking to stay within a budget. I wasn't solo (except for a couple of business trips) but I did it as a single mom with 2 little ones. In fact, back then the only way I could afford Chicago was to book one of the hotels along the Blue Line, near...