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I am looking at this, in a similar way. Alternating the Silvers, at common stations, means that all these stations will be kept open for 7-days. Not much savings doing that. I assume the Lounges will be kept open daily, to serve the remaining First Class and Sleeper Class passengers...

Yep, when congress gets involved, it always fixes things for the better. 🤪

I agree. And I'll add that cruises used to be that way too. For breakfast and lunch, in their MDR, you will be seated with strangers, different strangers each time. My family likes to sleep late, but I am a morning person. I would like to go to the MDR for breakfast by myself, and get...

The last time I took the Vermonter to/from White River Junction, the station was staffed only by volunteers.

I thought they only served a fixed number of tables, regardless of the equipment they are on for that trip. If you sat yourself at one of those two tables, you would probably never be served. Do you really want that?

No, its just the reality of restaurants. My kid is a chef. He will bake "X" chicken pot pies, or "Y" regular pies, as part of this daily prep tasks. If there is an atypical run on them, the waitstaff will have to apologize and inform customers they are out. Restaurants that regularly...

It was a double header today with a second severe storm, complete with tornado-like wind rotations, hitting Philly at around 7:45pm.

I thought these more restrictive cancellation policies were an attempt to stop agencies from fully booking a train, and then later returning any un-sold tickets. They did that because they faced no penalties, at the time.

Its been a long time, and not directly related to the OP's question, but the one-use-only voucher I have gotten were for a courtesy (good will) refund. Given, like, if you complained that your mash potatoes were too lumpy. :D

I thought it was the military. The highway can and would be used to move military supplies and as air fields. Its just that between major wars, the government is nice enough to let the people who paid for them, to use them too.

The trip is cancelled by whom? Amtrak cancels the train (the train doesn't run)? You cancel your ticket (you don't go, but train still runs)?

The reality is that nothing is going to change. The virus isn't going to give up, and go back home (China?) on June 3. I know the feelings here (AF), but the virus was worse in NYC, and you can see how NYC residents tried to escape it by heading west, bringing the virus with them, first...

OK, then this ... Keystone module - Wikipedia ;)

I wonder what true color the floor will turn out to be?

Yep, Philly's lounge is the best. That might also be due to the great staff it has., which includes their attention to keeping the snack area fully stocked.

An excellent point and very well said (wrote?). 👍 Even with all the negatives people here can come up with, about toilets in the roomettes, the fact that I am in 100% control over how clean (and virus free) it remains over the course of my trip is, IMHO, priceless. 💰

With the silence here, is it correct to assume that Amtrak (or AGR) hasn't announced any expiration extensions to these coupons?

I was on a Silver that was stranded for over 24 hours. The conditions in coach deteriorated quickly. For example, the restrooms became more "unclean" than the worst roadside gas station restrooms, and it was not Amtrak employees that were dirtying them up. Conditions in the sleepers stayed...

Can one join in, by honking our car horn at 3pmET ? BTW, all our local schools, will light up their empty stadium lights at 7pm this Friday, to honor all their athletes who can't play. They are asking the public to turn on their front door lights, at that time, too.

Will they still allow your meal to be microwaved, if you brought your own? ;)