Amtrak Fall Foliage trips out of Philly

[Acela150]

Thinking of making a Friday points run from PHL to Paoli and back on Friday afternoon 4pm and back by 5 or so. Cheap tickets and 400 points. Dinner to follow.

Anyone interested in joining us.?

I may be interested. If my train is in on time, I will be there.

Penny you are aware that the Silver Star is running a modified schedule?

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Thinking of making a Friday points run from PHL to Paoli and back on Friday afternoon 4pm and back by 5 or so. Cheap tickets and 400 points. Dinner to follow.

Anyone interested in joining us.?

I may be interested. If my train is in on time, I will be there.

Penny you are aware that the Silver Star is running a modified schedule?

You're asking the "Silver Queen" if she knows the schedule? :giggle:

 

[Acela150]

Thinking of making a Friday points run from PHL to Paoli and back on Friday afternoon 4pm and back by 5 or so. Cheap tickets and 400 points. Dinner to follow.

Anyone interested in joining us.?

I may be interested. If my train is in on time, I will be there.

Penny you are aware that the Silver Star is running a modified schedule?

You're asking the "Silver Queen" if she knows the schedule? :giggle:

I think it's a 6 hour difference! That would be a real wrong turn!

 

[Ryan]

But only 1/4 as much as I was off on the Joliet turn.

 

[pennyk]

Thinking of making a Friday points run from PHL to Paoli and back on Friday afternoon 4pm and back by 5 or so. Cheap tickets and 400 points. Dinner to follow.

Anyone interested in joining us.?

I may be interested. If my train is in on time, I will be there.

Penny you are aware that the Silver Star is running a modified schedule?

I am scheduled to arrive around 11:30am (instead of 5:30pm as originally ticketed). With the track work in Florida, my guess is that I will not be arriving at 11:30am, but hope to be there before Bill's afternoon points run.

 

[Acela150]

Thinking of making a Friday points run from PHL to Paoli and back on Friday afternoon 4pm and back by 5 or so. Cheap tickets and 400 points. Dinner to follow.

Anyone interested in joining us.?

I may be interested. If my train is in on time, I will be there.

Penny you are aware that the Silver Star is running a modified schedule?

I am scheduled to arrive around 11:30am (instead of 5:30pm as originally ticketed). With the track work in Florida, my guess is that I will not be arriving at 11:30am, but hope to be there before Bill's afternoon points run.

I think it's been around 2 hours late as of late into PHL. I'm just guessing though.

 

[mignyc]

We're just a week away, folks!

I'm doing the Sunday excursion so I'm dying to hear reports from the Saturday crew!

 

[Acela150]

If ANYONE is interested in the group dinner on Friday please PM me by 10PM tomorrow so I can set something up on Thursday.

 

[Railroad Bill]

My present plan calls for trying to be on the 3:45 Keystone to Paoli on Friday and turn around and be back after 5. 400 pts RT :unsure:

I would like an earlier one, but the only westbound is around 1:30 and I think that would be cutting it too close for us and others who would be arriving in the middle of the day. If this all works out, we would be looking at meeting everyone at 30th Street after that for a supper/get together, etc.

But do not want to stay out too late since Saturday looks to be a very long day. and need to ride SEPTA back to Eastwick after the rush hour crowds have died down Friday. Weather and car traffic into Philly may affect this plan since we are driving from Baltimore. And I just love that I-95 traffic. :help:

 

[AmtrakBlue]

My present plan calls for trying to be on the 3:45 Keystone to Paoli on Friday and turn around and be back after 5. 400 pts RT :unsure:

I would like an earlier one, but the only westbound is around 1:30 and I think that would be cutting it too close for us and others who would be arriving in the middle of the day. If this all works out, we would be looking at meeting everyone at 30th Street after that for a supper/get together, etc.

But do not want to stay out too late since Saturday looks to be a very long day. and need to ride SEPTA back to Eastwick after the rush hour crowds have died down Friday. Weather and car traffic into Philly may affect this plan since we are driving from Baltimore. And I just love that I-95 traffic. :help:

Well, at least you'll see DE from the car with the Friday traffic. On the train, if you blink, you might miss it.

 

[Acela150]

Ok for dinner I think we're gunna do the food court or a pub across the street.

Bill as for your plans on that PR. It's actually better to do those two trains. 645 at PAO connects to 42 back east to PHL. That's usually a full train from PGH. BC on that train varies by day.

 

[railiner]

Is anyone planning meeting for breakfast or dinner on Saturday, before or after the excursion?

 

[Acela150]

As far as breakfast goes. At 30th Street there's really Dunkin' Donuts and thats it. There's one on the Septa Level and one in the Food Court. Dinner on Saturday, some of us might be there, but the rest are looking to meet up for dinner Friday.

 

[FreeskierInVT]

Is anyone going to be on the Sunday train? Looking forward to the trip!!

 

[pennyk]

As far as Friday is concerned, currently there is an 80% chance of rain, which may discourage some of us from leaving our dry hotel rooms and making our way back to 30th street station. My current plan is to play things by ear for Friday as far as a points run and dinner. If I get back to the station, I will probably be inclined to eat/drink something at the station. There is a food court and a pub inside the station.

As far as breakfast on Saturday, I think the station will be a zoo. If I remember correctly, there is a Subway that sells breakfast sandwiches.

I know that several of us are leaving Philadelphia Saturday evening. Whether there will be time for dinner will depend on many factors beyond our control.

Here is the 5 day forecast for Philadelphia:

http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Philadelphia+PA+USPA1276:1:US

 

[jis]

As for dinner on Friday, I'd like to join, but whether I do or not will depend on several things, including when I am able to arrive in Philly and the rain factor. It looks like by the time I arrive in Philly, I'd probably be best off grabbing some dinner at the station and then heading off to the hotel. So if people happen to be meeting up for dinner around 30th St., then there is high likelihood that I might be able to join.

Breakfast for me will be at 30th St. Station, somehow, somewhere.

No chance of dinner in Philly on Saturday, since I have a dinner engagement in New York City that evening. I will take the first Amtrak back to MET after we get back from the excursion, drop my bag in my car at MET and then head off to NYP.

 

[SubwayNut]

JIS i have to ask,

Did you book an Amtrak multi-city ticket with a stopover at MET (and get 200 AGR points) or will you just take the next NJT train the rest of the way into the city?

 

[jis]

Amtrak multi-city with stopover in MET. Basically get off one train and get on the following train that stops at MET.

 

[pennyk]

Forecast rain for Friday is now at 60%. Earlier today I checked and it was 90%. Maybe it will be sunny on Friday. Who knows??

Five day forecast:

http://www.weather.com/weather/5-day/Philadelphia+PA+USPA1276:1:US

 

[CHamilton]

Keep checking, Penny--at this rate you'll have it down to zero by tomorrow!

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Per local news tonight, showers only in the morning Friday.

 

[pennyk]

Per local news tonight, showers only in the morning Friday.

Thanks. Do you think I need a rain jacket and an umbrella? I will be arriving around noon (or later) on Friday.

 

[Acela150]

Wouldn't hurt Penny.

 

[CHamilton]

You can practice your Mary Poppins yoga

 

[Railroad Bill]

Change in plans for our trip to Philly. (What's new :huh: ). Due to some health concerns on our end, we may not be leaving until Friday morning. Thus, our chance for the points run has run amok. Will probably arrive in Philly by 5, we hope, but will likely just go next door to Ruby Tuesdays for supper and see everyone on Saturday morning early. Yes, this getting old thing is a pain, but still hoping we can get through a major storm pattern tomorrow for Ohio and get going on Friday AM. "Trick or treeters" may get blown away by the 40 mph winds we are expecting.