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Thank you for posting the beautiful pictures—I especially love the ones of the towns with the narrow streets and old buildings. Glad you are having a good trip—thank you for sharing it with us!

Alexandria is a very nice station with helpful staff. Lyfts are plentiful — I just did a test booking from the Alexandria train station to Rosslyn, and pickup was in 6 minutes and the ride time was half an hour, for about $15. Of course, that will all vary, but this is just to give you an idea...

Welcome! I’m a retired editor, too!

Best of luck to everyone there in your state.

I just saw this after I posted. Definitely put your large luggage in the luggage rack at the front. And I would keep row 8 to be closer to the front door. Hoping someone else will chime in with advice on Newark/Penn Station (I never got off there) and also help with other suggestions...

You’re very welcome. I’m not very good at measurements, but others on here are. I think the space behind the row 14 seats is good for small or medium suitcases but probably not large ones. Plus there’s no guarantee someone else won’t have grabbed it first. I would put the large ones in the...

Well, having just read the above from Acela150, and since nobody else has chimed in, i will add my two cents here. It will have open metal overhead racks above the seats—no closed bins. Also I believe there’s a luggage storage area at the front on one side when you first enter. The seats in...

Oops—sorry, misread as 171 so just deleted my reply. Not sure if I’ve been on 176.

Washington Post article seems to have the latest. Google “Amtrak derailment today” and it should come up. No injuries reported, passengers moved from the two affected cars to the other cars, which were then taken to L’ Enfant Plaza station for “unloading.” Doesn’t say anything about people...

Thank you! An excellent and very clear explanation!

Yes, you’re absolutely right about Amtrak being transportation and not sightseeing. I wasn’t clear—I meant see if a private company would be interested in doing a few excursions a year.

No argument from me! When I go to Albany, I take the Ethan Allen and stay at the Hilton (with points if the rates are high). When I was growing up, we had Trailways and Greyhound, and Trailways was considered better. Then they seemed to disappear—perhaps bought out by Greyhound—which is why I...

Thank you. That was very helpful. The bus looked clean, and the driver sounded very helpful. I looked up the timetable, and I could see myself using it from, for example, Albany to Glens Falls during the day.

Would you let us know how Adirondack Trailways works out? I didn’t realize Trailways buses were still around—unless this is a different company with a similar name? I have friends who live in upstate New York along the Adirondack route so am interested in other transit options there. Thanks.

I have only been to Chicago once—going through on the way to and from the Portland Gathering—but that was way before the pandemic and I wasn’t impressed with the food offerings even then. However, since I stayed overnight in Chicago in both directions, I was going between a train with a dining...

You meant Philly (PHL) when you said PHI, right? I agree with you completely about Philly and WAS. Since WAS got its redo, the better snacks and coffee machine are a nice surprise. As for Philly, they seemed downright embarrassed during the lean times of minimal snacks and delighted to be able...

I’m sitting here at home getting absolutely nothing done because I couldn’t stop reading this report! Excellent and enjoyable, as it is every year—thank you! You certainly went through a lot and handled it well. I would have been totally confused trying to figure out which lounge/waiting room...

Is it my imagination or do these issues happen more in NJ than in other parts of the NEC? When I worked in Princeton Junction and commuted on NJT, I remember I kept an overnight bag with toiletries and a change of clothes in the office in case I couldn’t get home. It never happened but did come...

But the bathroom floor is heated! 😁 I enjoyed the video but think I’ll pass on shelling out $4,500 to do it in person.😁

That’s a shame—I’ve encountered some odd people on a train, but never anybody as creepy as that guy. She should have tracked down a conductor right away and told him. For the protection of others as well as herself. And yes she would know to do this if she rides NJT. I do think it’s worth the...