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Okay, let me see if I can clarify these points: Baggage The only Northeast Regional train that carries baggage between New York and Washington is #66/67. The southbound #67 leaves New York at 3:00A. So if you want to take the Capitol Limited and have a checked bag in New York, you would...

WMATA doors do not automatically reopen. If someone is obstructing the door, the door can't close, but all the other doors on the train have closed. The only way for the operator to get that person unstuck is to open all the doors on the train. But it's not automatic. Of course, when that...

This is not accurate. The Atlanta region has voted serveral times on MARTA: 1962: Statewide Constitutional Amendment to enable a tax to fund transit. FAILED 1964: Atlanta Region State Constitutional Amendment to enable a tax to fund transit. PASSED in all 5 counties (passed in Cobb with only...

I was actually on the Crescent southbound departing Washington on Thursday April 10. The train only had *2* coaches. It normally runs with 3 or 4. My friend and I were in sleepers, so I don't know how crowded the coaches were, but I thought it was odd that there were only 2 coaches. Also, it...

When will the Silver Line (Phase I) open? In the year 2525, if man is still alive; If woman can survive; They may find... In the year 3535, still gonna need to take the bus to Tysons. Everywhere you live, work, and play, is on the bus you took today. In year 5555, your arms are hanging...

Up until 1999, Pittsburgh mixed PCC streetcars with modern LRVs, including in the downtown subway. Even today, you'll note that the older downtown stations have a low platform at one end, that is cordoned off. This is the exact same setup as in Stuttgart Germany, where streetcars (Straßenbahnen)...

Yes. The cherry trees line the river throughout the park . The main concentration, of course, is around the Tidal Basin, though.

The cherry trees will be visible out BOTH sides of the train, just before you cross the Potomac River. NOTE: There are 2 water crossings. You'll first cross the Washington Channel and then you'll cross the Potomac a few seconds later. The cherry blossom area is between those two water courses.

Let's think about this logically. Amtrak can only test new ACS64s at a certain rate. Probably with just 1 or 2 going through acceptance on the corridor at any given time. Regardless of how many are at Wilmington, they can only run a few test trains/crews. So if Siemens delivers them faster...

As Ryan noted, I was at the event (as a member of the Press) reporting for Greater Greater Washington. The way the event was held was this: Rail Operations took Track 2 out of the rotation. Track 2 is the track closest to the B&O/CSXT railroad. Metro Transit Police used barricades to cordon...

I generally commute a little later than most people (I shoot for a 9:30A arrival at the office, and leave around 6:30P). I use Prince George's County Transit (bus) plus the Metro Green and Red Lines. I have not seen a huge drop in riders during that time period. It is noticiably less, espcially...

They weren't really "extra" trains. They simply moved two trainsets from later departures to earlier mid-afternoon departures. There were the same number of trains on all three lines.

If the 3 states are NY, IL, and IN, then the list of routes is: New YorkEmpire Service Adirondack Maple Leaf (south of Niagra Falls) IndianaHoosier State IllinoisLincoln Service Saluki/Illini Illinois Zephyr/Carl Sandburg And presuming they don't ever come to an agreement, it would also...

Well, it's here. October 1. PRIIA deadline for state funding agreements. I haven't heard that any trains have disappeared, but I also know that some states had failed to come to agreements, including New York state and Indiana. So, did Amtrak blink or are these trains gone as of today?

To clarify what The Traveler means: Most of the trains that run between Washington and New York do not have baggage cars. So while you can check bags between New York Penn and Washington (both have baggage service), if you travel on a train that does not have a baggage car, your bags won't go...

Just FYI: I'm the guy who made the map. You can see it in context here: http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post/3467/washingtons-rails-part-5-unbottlenecking-baltimore/. It's part 5 of a series on the railroad network in the Baltimore/Washington region. Everyone, please keep in mind that when...

Nice. Two quibbles: >New Carrollton is spelled with two Rs. >The Red Line doesn't go to Virginia. It stays in super-blue Montgomery County, Maryland (and Washington, of course).

That won't be too much longer. The Viewliner IIs will replace all the heritage bags and diners soon. On the other hand, aren't the Viewliner Is only rated for 110?

I'm not speaking to sanitary conditions, just to describe the faucet. These faucets are turned on by pushing up on a doohickey that extends down out of the middle of the spigot.

Well, crossing the Potomac is pretty scenic. That happens just as you're leaving Washington. And crossing Lake Pontchartrain is scenic as well, though I forget whether the southbound Crescent does it after dark. Other than that, it's pretty boring. Trees and farms. But then I grew up in the...