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I think the soda machine was on its way out pre-COVID. The last couple of times I was there, it was completely out of order. It seemed to 'die' one function/flavor at a time over the last 6-8 months of 2019 and then 'dead'. If I were to speculate, given that lounge has, by far, the most...

This past April, while aboard train #174 from WAS, the Wifi wasn't working. As a result, the cashless lounge car was 'out of business' for the duration. Only after numerous complaints and a new onboard crew at NYP, they FINALLY got it fixed about Stamford. Or, perhaps, they took my advice and...

WARNING to all current BofA credit card holders: They've come up with a 'new' payment screen popup that shows all your CCs with them (they've bought the companies that had 2 of mine, plus my 2 AGR cards). When making an online payment, if you're not careful, it will default the payment date to...

For a number of years, the bustitutions were the result of Cheap Skate Xpress doing trackwork Between Worcester and Springfield. That was while I was still working at CSX Intermodal in West Springfield so I was always aware of the work. They were doing 'drainage work' as well. Riding 449 from...

Being that you'll be riding the Crescent, which is Viewliner equipped, being too hot or too cold won't be a problem. Heating/cooling controls in each roomette are far better than those on Superliners out west (and the Capitol Ltd) If it gets too hot/cold, simply adjust the thermostat as...

I got 3 of the AGR survey emails. Answered the first and ignored the other two. Apparently it isn't related to AGR status as, like PennyK, I'm select executive as well. And, for what it's worth, I got a survey on Friday about 'how was my trip on the Acela First Class NHV-BOS on Tuesday the...

MainerTrainer - What a difference of experiences from what I had on Tuesday the 13th and you had on the 14th & 16th. It's obvious that Amtrak is literally grabbing any SCAs available and tossing them the BOS-WAS run without adequate (if any) Viewliner training beforehand. I lucked out and the...

I think the biggest problem with routing either the LSL or Cap through Detroit is it would add about 4 hours to the total travel time either way. Westbound, lose an hour+ TOL-DET (Dearborn?), and then approximately follow train #351's schedule to Chicago with its 7 stops and single track vs 3...

As a DP manager in my early thirties before I went back to being a techie, and confirmed by my now ex-wife 10 years later as she was a middle manager at a regional bank at the time... It's all about a 'range' of monthly pay for each pay grade within the company (think military pay grades based...

The blanket was not as heavy in weight as the old woven ones, but I think it was somewhat warmer. Perhaps it's a lightweight 'foam' with a slightly fuzzy cotton (or ?) covering on each side. I'm a 'heavy blanket' person and keep a couple of all wool surplus Army blankets on my bed in...

As promised, here's the writeup of my trip last night on #67 in roomette #2... A person on another forum indicated he was planning to ride the restored sleeper on #67 BOS-WAS on the thirteenth, so I figured it would be a good time for me to 'get back into training' since the start of Covid. I...

If I recall, during the summer when the LSL went to GCT rather than NYP account the bridge at Spuyten Duyvil was temporarily removed to be repaired, Amtrak ran a 'stub' train BOS-ALB with cross-platform transfer for all passengers. The stub train ran with 2 coaches and a cafe. The sleeper was...

The end of May is only 3 weeks shy of the longest day of the year. Throw in daylight saving time, it should be daylight until somewhere around Utica. I've always enjoyed watching the Mohawk River (left side, westbound) versus a couple glimpses of Lake Erie and later, Lake Michigan as we...

I got mine and answered it yesterday. Then I got another one today. Maybe they're checking to verify 'consistency' to make sure I've responded how I really feel. I trashed todays' without responding.

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Pre Covid, I'd be on the Cardinal a couple times per year. I considered doing an overnight at Charlottesville and checked out the hotels near the station, but have yet to do it. However, I've done the BWI hotels several times, primarily to avoid the over-priced hotels in the WAS area...

Unless things have changed since Covid, every time I've ridden #448/449 ALB-SPG or BOS-SPG (I live in the Springfield area), there's been both a conductor and an assistant conductor to handle 'all those passengers' in the 2 coaches. Maybe they've cut back due to low passenger counts? I don't...

Pre-Covid, I was a couple-times-per-year visitor to the BOS lounge and never had any problems with their Wifi. There's VERY FEW passengers in the lounge that is larger than that in WAS. I always found a seat at a table to plug in my laptop and access the web, email, etc and nary another...

Don't ride train 66 WAS to NYP! Full volume announcements, consistently less than 10 minutes apart, repeated by assistant conductor. Repeated more frequently approaching next stop. Throw in lights on full brightness....10PM-2AM give or take! Try sleeping through THAT!

1) A sucker is born every minute. Some fool will pay the exorbitant sleeper fares. 2) Priced at 'what the market will bear'. When you have the only game in town (private room, facilities, beds), you can charge whatever someone is willing to pay. 3) If the prices don't succeed in killing...