Crescent discussion 2025

Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum

Help Support Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.
The Boston section of the Lake Shore gets cancelled and bustituted between Boston and Albany annually in the Fall for a CSX maintenance blitz, too.
 
Other routes do not have to shut down every single year for half of the schedule due to track maintenance. The Crescent has been doing this since at least 2000.
My impression is the Eagle route gets heavy work quite often. But it's interesting to me that I can't recall any major blitz like this on the ex- Capitol Limited route or on the NS portion of The Pennsylvanian.
 
Last edited:
Currently on the Crescent Southbound. Excellent crew. Best I’ve encountered in a long time. All pleasant. In the baggage dorm. Sad how they just let these relatively new cars deteriorate without internal maintenance. Filthy, too. If a hotel can turn over in a few hours, these things can be cleaned by a dedicated cleaning crew or service. Clearly it’s not an Amtrak priority.
 
Rough shape
That's sad to see, I have been wanting to take a trip in a V2 car but apparently some of them are already looking worn out. I know the equipment should be built tough, but the way I see some passengers treating airline seats, lounge furnishings, etc I have to wonder if people were raised in a barn with no regard to treating things like they were their own property.
 
People are disgusting, yes. I messaged Amtrak. Their response was to tell someone to clean it. I won’t. This is not a surface clean. This is just neglect and none of the crew members should be expected to deep clean when on a trip.
 
Back
Top