Search results

I've seen them do that, too. I think it's what they're supposed to do all the time. I also recall that the Amfleet 1 cafe have two ovens, they both looks like microwaves, but at least one also can be a convection/toaster over, thus you can get the bun toasted. I really hate it when they nuke...

I rode the Empire Builder to Havre where I picked up a rental car to drive to Great Falls, Bozeman, and Yellowstone National Park. Probably the most remote Amtrak destination I've ever been at.

Also, no overhead luggage racks. Where do people store their luggage.

Flying is a better deal unless what you're interested in is the train ride. Unfortunately, if you want a train ride between Chicago and the east coast, all that's available is flex meals and high bucket sleepers On the Cap, they usually let you hang out in the Cross Country Cafe between...

Are there car rentals in Glenwood Springs?

Amtrak offers kosher meals on the long-distance trains. You need to give them 72-hour notice (by phone.) The meals are OK, basically flex meals with more food. A major problem is that the whole thing is stored frozen, which means that it has to be prepared just right, or you end up with...

Well, as they used to say at the Music Department of my first wife when we were in grad school, "There's always room for cello!"

In Harrisburg, the bus station is downstairs from the Amtrak waiting area and concourse.

Let's not forget Portland, Maine.

The airport is not that far from the train station. I would think it would be an easy rideshare or taxi ride from the train station to the airport rental car counters. One advantage of renting a car at an airport location is that the rental counters (at least at the larger airports) are open...

You can get a decent sandwich at Susan's Deli, of Course, which is located on Essex St, right around the corner from South Station. Here's their corned beef on pumpernickel. Not quite up to NYC deli standards, but good, nevertheless. The pretzels and soda came from the Metropolitan Lounge...

Or BART and Muni.

Back in 1973 I took the Broadway Limited home from college for term break. But first, I had to ride Greyhound from Beloit, Wisconsin to the modernist Greyhound terminal they used to have near Clark/Lake/Randolph. I was carrying a large backpack and a reel to reel tape recorder that must have...

There are two Turboliner trainsets rusting away on a siding just south of New Brunswick. Also a bunch of Heritage cars. I wonder if they could be at least cleaned up for a museum display somewhere. They've been sitting on that siding for quite a few years now. I don't know why they don't...

I guess I should go up there and check out the old place before it goes. I used it a bit when I was in high school and college. Mostly camp charters and suburban buses from Jersey.

What's labeled as track F, closest to Lanvale St. is now track 8 (at least according to the signs on the new platform.)

That wouldn't work if you were riding in an Amfleet 1 coach. They have no shades or curtains.

I think you're confusing that with the future Airo trains that will be dual mode but will only be used for corridor service. They're being made by Siemens, but they're not Chargers, they're Airos, and they're a semi-permanently coupled trainset, not a locomotive. Or New Jersey Transit, which...

As someone who spent almost 20 years riding a commuter train that did 120 mph, I can attest that there's not much experiential difference between going 120 mph and doing 80 mph, except that you arrive earlier. When I ride the Acela, the only way I know we're doing 150 mph is by checking my GPS...

Hey, I actually enjoy looking out the window. I'm just pointing out that many (most?) of the people who ride the trains probably don't care one way or the other. If I have to rely on a train to get me somewhere, and there's no window seat, I just suck it up and sit on the aisle. Also, it's...