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They already have a way, they just don't use it. But Amtrak used to assign seats in First Class on Acela when it first came out.

It was right at the entrance to the High Peaks rest area. If you were selected for further interrogation, then they would order you to pull into the rest area.

Not very hard at all. And there are alternatives to I-87. Not to mention the fact that someone sneaking over the boarder north of that area would be far more likely to board a bus, or maybe the Adirondack, than to rent/steal a car.

Actually, most of the times that I encountered it was on either Memorial Day or Labor Day.

The I-87 check point has probably been gone for at least 10 years now. Might be a bit longer than that, don't really recall just when they abandoned it.

You raise an interesting point. In all my years of riding the LSL, typically 2 or 3 times a year, only once have I ever seen the CBP walk through the sleeping cars. They generally only swept the coach cars.

They're allowed at a port/point of entry. But only at that specific point of entry; unless they are within 100 miles of a border. So the CBP can show up for example at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona to check people. But they cannot board the SWC in Phoenix because it's not within 100 miles...

Or, assuming that no one changed the setting over the past year or so, once it reaches 10 embedded quotes you will no longer be able to post your reply.

After the first few accidents, they installed a whole bunch of warning signs. IIRC, the first one's appeared 5 miles away from the actual inspection point. Might have been 3. Despite those warning signs, the accidents continued. :( I used to drive that highway with some regularity, going to...

Doesn't change things. The ship is just like the airport; they can board the ship because it's coming from abroad. But they cannot board the train at ALB because of that. Albany itself is not within 100 miles of a border.

It could be that those inspection stations are in a safer location, or perhaps the amount of people being caught continues to justify the risk. Do they stop you at those places right on the highway in the travel lanes? Or do you have to pull off the road? On I-87, they stopped you in the...

I suppose that there could be another reason that the plan went no where. They used to have an inspection point on I-87 well south of the Canadian border, but still within the 100 mile limit. The problem was that they literally stopped you right on the road to ask you a few quick questions...

Airports are not considered a border. A border is defined as an ocean or between Mexico or Canada. So for example, a CBP agent could not board the LSL in Albany, NY because Albany also happens to have an international airport. Which is why they always target the LSL in either Erie, PA...

I saw the CBP on my recent trip this past July coming home on the LSL at Buffalo. However, their inspection from what I could tell seemed very targeted; as in they had some info and were looking for someone in particular. And we didn't take much of a delay at all because of it. This IMHO has...

That is most certainly a refurbished Superliner car. That most likely means that it is one of the older Superliner I cars, although there are a few newer Superliner II cars that had been wrecked that also got the same treatment.

That is correct Jishnu, On one trip I had an attendant open up the electrical cabinet on the lower level. As someone who's done electrical work, I could easily and immediately tell that the breakers and wires were original. And he mentioned that most other systems had the same issue, what the...

My best chuckle of the day!!!! Thanks for that!! :) :)

Perhaps the shells, trucks, and exterior stuff is different between 8400 and the potential, future dinners is different. But the entire point of 8400 being dragged out of mothballs, sent to BG, and rebuilt inside; was to match the exact layout & equipment of the new upcoming dining cars. Any...

Joe, Another performer, of sorts, that I know was very dear to Eric was Peggy Fleming. He had worked with her many years ago when he toured with the Ice Capades. And whenever the two of them were in the same city, they would get together for lunch and memories. :)

The staff did that earlier this morning around the same time that Bill posted the sad news.