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I once took the Metro out to Alexandria from DC (it was on Columbus Day after the 2015 gathering) to catch the Carolinian back to NYP, which runs discharge only from DC to NYP. I booked the Carolinian because it was at low bucket and half the price of any of the evening Regionals, when I booked...

Thanks for the inside tidbit about Charlotte operations! As a train enthusiast I hope you make it to our little airport/railway station soon. You can actually see the South Shore Line platform from the ramp. Gate 9 is maybe 50 feet from the platform. I've watched (and photographed) the South...

Brunos pizza is also the name of a local pizza chain where I live in South Bend, IN (it's terrible).

That's ridiculous and I'm sorry about the lack of cuffs, especially since isn't PSA a wholly own subsidiary of American's Corportation? Also, are the gate agents who dispatch your flights PSA employees or American Employees in hubs like Charlotte? I know in outstations like South Bend where I...

You can also take the Rail Runner commuter train from downtown Santa Fe to ABQ which is the main destination people are going to when they get on/off in Lamy

By law they have to be accomidated under the ADA as long the chair and passenger wiegh less than 600 pounds (mobile lift capacity) and fits through the doors, can make the corner of vestuble and reach the securement area. Some trains might be able to accomidate a heavier scooter dependening upon...

One trick I would also recommend is choosing a Northeast Regional that originates in Penn Station and not one that's coming from Boston or Springfield. It should be easier to find searing on a train entering the station empty.

I remember this incident, the Bar Cars still existed on the New Haven Line only, it happed in the mid-2000s, but on the Harlem Line which lost its bar cars a few decades before that.

There was an Acade Car on the Coast Starlight within the past decade. Basically a few Arcade machines in a converted coach baggage car that I believe was formerly the "kiddie car" but I don't know what was in it as the Kiddie Car, I just remember reading about the Kiddie car in timetables.

Kingston is an Amtrak station and definately allows overnight parking. Wickford Junction is the MBTA station but is operated under contract by RIPTA the Rhode Island Public Tranpsortation Authority, I would call RIPTA to see if they allow overnight parking at Wickford Junction.

I've generally had good experiences getting off early. I've told the crew most of the time. Generally this has involved getting off Empire Service trains or the Adirondack in Yonkers instead of Penn Station. My parents live in Northern Manhattan so sometimes they would pick me up there by car or...

What Amtraks doing is mind-boggling to me, will timetables no longer be posted in stations? At least state supported routes from states that have their own websites list timetables. NC By rail has all Atlanic coast services and the crescent Crescent Schedule | North Carolina Amtrak Service...

The idea of most/all stations needed to be staffed seems like huge overkill in the modern age of book online/eTickets there so many stations that no longer really have a facilty for a ticket office.

Masks will still be required in Santa Fe Depot inside (but not outdoors, the TSA has updated it's guidenance last week to no longer require masks when waiting outside at a transit hub, like on a rail platform) because the Mask Mandate on Public Transportation Remains in effect. One of the...

The most obvious trip to me that can be made without an overnight in coach (by stopping for the night in For example Savannah) is the Northeast to Florida by taking the Palmetto from the Northeast to Savannah and then picking up the Silver Star or Meteor after it's overnight. A trip that I've...

You shouldn't have any trouble. Amtrak on long distance trains is pretty good about putting parties of 2 together in the same set of seats (at least pre-pandameic) the attendant will either assign you a pair of seats or should have some blocked off and reserved for parties of 2 or more. If they...

My partner and I routinely (pre-COVID) would use the Lake Shore Limited and Capitol Limited for the 90 minute ride home from Chicago to South Bend. We would often get to Union Station 9:00 to 9:15ish and be some of the last people to board, generally we were able to seat together (I can only...

That Thurway bus is primarily disigned to provide connections between St. Louis, Carbondale and New Orleans, including stops inbetween (replacing the former River Cities through coach that used to be detached from the City of New Orleans at Carbondale). The fact that Arrow has been programmed to...

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A separate project will build a station accessable to Metro-North and LIRR trains in Sunnyside Yards. Construction won't begin until East Side Access is up and running. Adding stations in Queens on the Hell Gate Line would be good. I think the main issue is the engineering and community impact...