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I read your trip report and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’m glad it was such a good trip, with everything going well. The chocolates at the end were a lovely gesture.

That’s a shame. I’ve had the salmon on the Star (when it was still flex) and the bialy breakfast sandwich from the cafe car on a regional in the mid-Atlantic, and both were delicious. Not surprisingly, both trains had excellent crews. A bad crew’s attitude can seep into everything, including...

Thank you all for giving a plug to the LSL Albany-Boston section scenery😊. The NYC to Albany section gets a lot of terrific reviews for the trip along the Hudson (and deservedly so), but the LSL ride through the Berkshires in the fall is gorgeous and not mentioned as often. Even spring and...

Very, very nice! Thanks for posting it! I love the coat rack—I never know what to do with my jacket (I’m too short to reach the overhead rack and put it there or get it down again). I didn’t see a cafe car? Too short a trip? Or will they do carts? As an aside, I’m glad Mike kept the...

Thank you for the great trip report, Bill! Glad you had a good trip! I can’t do the EB all the way to the west coast again (I was scared of those really high mountains!😁), so I especially enjoy trip reports from AU friends doing it, and your trip reports always have such wonderful details.

Sounds wonderful—so glad you enjoyed it!😊 I may have missed it, but what was dessert? That’s a good tip to ask for the river side when you book. And I love the idea of brunch in the fall—I might see if one of my Connecticut cousins wants to do it—avoids them having to do night driving.

I think at WAS it’s justified. If the boarding is still the same as the last time I did it (I admit quite a few years ago— it might have improved since then), while you are politely waiting for the seniors and people with children to board, you will find millennials and gen z’s and...

I think it’s completely appropriate. There are enough red caps that you will not be taking one away from someone who needs them more. (Think of it like a taxi stand—by taking a taxi, you are not taking away another taxi from someone else.) A red cap is, in my opinion, the best service offered...

That’s a great idea, but I’m not sure “flex” and “organic” could ever appear on the same vocabulary list.😁 Although traditional dining is much better, I’ve found even with that, after a day of it, I feel I’ve had too much sugar and salt. Of course, perhaps if I skipped a dessert and a pasta...

I’m so glad you said that. It was my first reaction, too, but I thought maybe I was being too cynical. She must be doing something right if she gets to fly around in first class while other people are doing the work, but she’s made a basic mistake: Never bad-mouth the competition. You never...

I’m glad you got to the New York State Museum—I was there a few years ago and loved it. For your next trip, I’d do the Ethan Allan over NJT. I’ve gone as far as Albany on the Ethan Allan, and I would imagine it’s even nicer farther north with the Vermont scenery. Of course since I live in New...

Tomato sauce (or ketchup if there’s no tomato sauce) can only make it better, in my opinion.😊 Is it still the same small parfait they had before? If so, yes it is very sweet. But it’s also tiny, so for someone with a sweet tooth, it’s just right. But if it were larger, it would be too much of a...

I think he’s talking about altitude sickness and sinus congestion, both of which I get and two reasons why I don’t fly.

I was on the Star fairly recently and had the Sweet Earth plant-based burger and much preferred it to the black bean burger, but I don’t like black beans so that explains it. Strict vegans will have to be on their toes, though, when they are asked which kind of cheese they want on the burger!😁

That’s wonderful! Nice to hear a success story like this! I don’t know what day you’re traveling, but I think Saturday and Sunday might be quiet travel days because people near the ocean may be down the Shore for the weekend, and many others are visiting family and have already arrived and...

My tipping on the train matches yours exactly! I find fives go fastest so I take 20 of them and 20 ones out of the bank before a trip. If I’m running low on either, whatever hotel I’m at can usually change a $20. I give $5 to redcaps and leave $5 for housekeeping each time I have my room...

Oops! I actually forgot about that and had gone back in my mind to the good old days with real breakfasts.😁

Three hours late to your VA station actually sounds like a good thing if the schedule is the same as the last time I checked it. If on time, they toss you out in VA at the crack of dawn. If 3 hours late, you should have had time for a relaxing start to the day and a good full breakfast. That...

Yes, I can understand that — Trenton is my closest station and I often felt the same about coming home. Even now, I do like to see the bridge and sign when crossing the river. I phrased that part of my post above badly, and I apologize — I simply meant I didn’t think it was worth sitting on the...

I agree — this doesn’t seem to be a route that needs a sightseer lounge. The scenery is beautiful, but I like looking at our eastern rivers and farms from closer up — right outside the window — not looking down at them. And I realize I am in a minority of one, and I may get flex meals thrown...