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I do think there is potential, especially with the fact that the North River tubes under the Hudson River being the biggest chokepoint on the Northeast Corridor to offer an "LLC" type product originating at Hoboken (where passengers can make easy connections to Path and ferries to lower and...

The Regional to Shuttle train (wait Valley Fyler, a new name since the trains were extended north in Massachusetts) is guaranteed that's why the train numbers are similar. It will wait if the Regional is late

In August of 2019 I once spent a ride for the 90 minutes from SBN to CHI on the Lake Shore Limited in the Viewliner Lounge and on the closed lid of the toilet of my friend and his now husband's Viewliner I Roomette. I was surprised how easy it was to hang out for the last bit of the journey as 3...

I've been to Worchester once and got on the Lake Shore (link to my pictures and a description on my website) it was back in 2013 when there was still a ticket agent and I still remember him using what looked like a red cap cart to bring checked baggage up to the train, no electric luggage cart...

I used to book add on points runs on multi-city when I was going somewhere already a lot of time under the old 100 AGR point minimum. Generally fares from Metropark are the same as from NYP when going to points on the Empire Service (on the Adorondak you could add a free one way from PHL), as...

Don't all longer NEC/Acela trains have two conductors? I feel that on most of my Amtrak trips which are normally CHI to SBN, the conductor will start at the Cafe/Lounge and make their way towards the back. if you get up before your ticket is collected the conductor will intercept you (I've seen...

Once I was going from New York to Bangor, Maine in one day on a Saturday schedule and had a plan that if my Acela train was at least 10 minutes early into Back Bay I would get off get on the Orange Line, take the MBTA to North Station and have more train time taking the Downeaster to Portland...

https://subwaynut.com/mnr/crotonharmon/crotonharmon22.jpg I have a photo of a P42 leading the Lake Shore into Croton-Harmon back in 2004 I believe what happened is that an AEM7 or HHP8 waited at the end of electrification on the Empire Connection (which has both third rail and catenary) in the...

Ls in time tables are also there because Railroads don't want Commuters to think their train is always getting them home late. for example the South Shore Line timetable has a clear note that at all stops after U. Chicago on Easthound trains trains may depart up to 4 minutes early...

Back in 2013 I redeemed 20,000 points for PHX (I was amazed they would include the shuttle)-FLG-LAX-PDX-CBS. I actually went PHX to MSP wanted to stop and see friends, my friend went LAX-CBS and transferred to coach there. Over 4 nights and 3 days we had two welcome aboard splits of California...

I was Select Plus from 2013 to 2016 when I lived in New York City and went into the New York Club Acela all the time when I wasn't taking Amtrak, whether it was to stop and use a clean restroom when I was in Midtown already or a couple times was seeing friends off I remember once it was someone...

I know (at least when I rode it back in 2011) the West Coast Express in Vancouver, BC had a cappuccino car. Metro-North had bar cars with drinks and snacks on the New Haven line until all the M2s were retired with the last running in May 2014. The reason they were discontinued was replacing...

Let's not forget the Hudson Line used by Empire Service Trains, the Lake Shore, Ethan Allen, Maple Leaf and Adirondack, 2.5 hours of seeing the river the entire way from New York City to Albany. On uncrowded trains it sometimes feels like the train might overly tilt to the left (going...

I am a Amtrak buff and one of my goals is to ride every inch of Amtrak. When I was living in New York City I ended up riding the BOS-SPG segment of the Lake Shore in two halfs (I'm linking to my blog, although the photos won't appear because I'm having a number of issues with my website), both...

As now a Hoosier and resident of the City Mayor Pete was once mayor of, I was happy to see that both of our republican senators voted to confirm now Secretary Pete.

Pacific Surfliner Buissiness class (especially leaving from LAX with lounge access) is such a good value. Just before the pandemic my partner and I on a longer trip needed to go from LAX to Oceanside, such a good use of a $50 travel voucher for me (lost a dollar, because tickets were $49) after...

I'm really surprised that South Bend, IN isn't on the list, the ramp up the hill from the former South Shore Platform I'm almost sure isn't ADA complaint.

Yes I currently live and work in South Bend. In non-COVID times we would normally try and take Amtrak home 90 minutes instead after trips of over 2.5 hours (2 hours on the weekdays express) on the South Shore Line. On our last trip into Chicago just before COVID we ended up driving to Hudson...

What's funny about Mayor Pete (he's not confirmed yet) is that he stopped the South Shore Line from continuing preliminary engineering work on the South Bend Airport relocation project after protests from the 10 rural residents that were going to have their homes taken and then wanting an...

I live in South Bend, and this would definately be much slower than the existing line, right now the South Shore Line's weekday once-a-day express trains between Mellenium Station takes 1 hour and 55 minutes, making just 2 intermediate stops in Indiana (plus two more in Chicago). About 9 of...