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Very prescient. Any thoughts on lottery numbers or upcoming sporting events. Also willing to listen to your thoughts on the stock market.

There is one room left on the Crescent for 26 May. What is the over/under on my bid up being accepted? I have a few lounge passes that are not being used in my area of the country so either way we are raiding the snacks at the lounge on arrival.

What is the cafe food. I microwaved hamburger or cheese pizza slice for most. I am no fan of the flex meals but, flex is still a step up from the cafe car choices. Though since both options are reheated there ought to be a choice to go either way for a meal if one is in a sleeper. If someone...

Get SC to start funding these trains and they will happen. I imagine NC would be happy to fund part of the costs for trains that provide service to NC cities. Ball is really in SC's court.

Most recent article it seems. https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/05/16/federal-railroad-administration-amtrak-tunnel-baltimore/

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/05/14/union-station-renovation-progress-update

I am hoping leg 3 runs late so I can get a breakfast AND it will be easier in Indianapolis. Looking as ASMAD it seems that is likely not to happen.

I have a 5 segment round trip at the end of June and all in roomette so I will be getting more than few flex meals. I am wondering what to expect in the amount of meals, assuming the train is on time. 1. Crescent Greensboro to Charlottesville (7:30 AM to 10:54 AM) so I expect one meal being...

Well at least I have confirmation that at one time it was used for something. I need to ask the station agents if they even have the capacity to do anything with the physical card now either at their work stations or at the kiosk machines.

My physical AGR card is showing signs of age so I asked about a replacement and was told they do not issue cards anymore. I am not surprised by this. I have never needed more than the number on the card and that can be issued via email. So this raises the question, was there every a time there...

A bit more room in BC. Passengers tend to be a bit less loud and rowdy, but generally I have never had problems except the last time I was in coach on the Carolinian. A grandmother was using foul language to her grandchildren. I did not mind the language, I have been known to use the same...

True. I wonder what I will find in a few years. I clearly don't read every word of these magazines, but I do skim and sometimes fly past interesting notes and sometimes one word pops out and I pause. Hopefully I don't miss anything about NY Penn station a few years.

Trains magazine February 1955 page 10. More than 200 architects signed a nopen letter to Robert R. Young and Pat McGinnis in Architectural Forum, requesting them to save Grand Central's famed concourse in the event air rights over the terminal are sold. The concourse is "probably the finest big...

SE NC study can be found here. Dated April 2024. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/649c7228e2109c2801c8f2f3/t/6622fb82122a1e1538343ded/1713568652062/SENC+Passenger+Rail+Feasibility+Study+DRAFT+20240417.pdf

And I am not anti tourism and certainly don't mind getting people downtown. Block a street, we do it a few times a year. One more weekend is not going to kill business and it likely will bring in some more foot traffic. Just leave the parking alone at the Depot.

Well the pickleball tournament was rained out. I am hearing it is to be rescheduled. So any Amtrak, PART, Greyhound passengers still had to walk from non on-site parking and likely during the rain.

NC By Train prints palmcards and small foldables that expend to show the Carolinian and Piedmont trains. Crescent, Silver service, and Palmetto trains are not included.

I regret I can only like this once time. There needs to be a Super-Duper Like.

I'll take 4 to a table just to have a conversation actually. I can eat plenty of meals with just my wife. Travel is special enough to treat it special.

I'll take that over having to stay in a private room. That is a nice option for some but I do like to sit in the dinner and talk to a stranger.