Now this is dedication:
Yeah, it was said on a different thread it was planned for the VIOr not. I see the relaunched sleeper is a Viewliner I. So the only assignment for all those new sleepers is the Sliver train and one car per the four trainsets.
There have been two Viewliner II cars on several Silver runs. The train set consists are not fixed and keep changing all the time.Or not. I see the relaunched sleeper is a Viewliner I. So the only assignment for all those new sleepers is the Sliver train and one car per the four trainsets.
I did not even think that was possible to book any ticket from BOS to BBY on Amtrak!
Also if your going to spend that kink of money to ride the first day (which I actually can understand) at least go to Providence, it couldn't be that much (if any) more. Anyhow it looks like you had a good time!
I thought Rte 128 made more sense also( and in Normal times the Fare was the same to/from all 3 Boston Stations).You'd have to overnight in Providence to do that. Rte, 128 has a train going back to Boston, though.
This gave me a good laugh!
I think I saw the old blankets, although Amtrak advertises "Private rooms feature comfortable seating that folds into a bed, newly-upgraded bedding, pillows, towels and linens" for the new Northeast service.
Do the folks who write this stuff ever actually see the trains, or only the text written years ago already, when "upgraded bedding" was promised to be coming soon?
I can see spending a lot to be on a rare mileage trip, or maybe on the last run of a train whose route is being abandoned, perhaps. But just to ride from South Station to Back Bay on a daily train that has had sleepers in the past? To each his own, I suppose...
I wonder how he would have felt, if after the ride, if say, he found out that they actually started running the sleeper the night before, and others had beat him to being on the "first run"?
If being 'first' was his desire for distinction, I'd bet buying a sleeper for that short a trip is a much more distinctive action....maybe he should submit it to Guiness for consideration?I'm with you there I can't see paying that amount to do that short of a run. And I'm a buff but if I'm doing a first run I'm going a much longer distance.
I can see spending a lot to be on a rare mileage trip, or maybe on the last run of a train whose route is being abandoned, perhaps. But just to ride from South Station to Back Bay on a daily train that has had sleepers in the past? To each his own, I suppose...
I wonder how he would have felt, if after the ride, if say, he found out that they actually started running the sleeper the night before, and others had beat him to being on the "first run"?
If being 'first' was his desire for distinction, I'd bet buying a sleeper for that short a trip is a much more distinctive action....maybe he should submit it to Guiness for consideration?
A railfan riding the inaugural run of a new (or restored) service. Seems like something we would celebrate, not disparage. Just a guess, but there are at least of few here who have done, or at least attempted to do, the same thing.
I would too, but that's a lot different than something you could do anytime...but I suppose the 'yuo-tube' explanation makes it more understandable...Count me in too! Railfans have been known to do things like that!
For me.....I once found out VIA's Ocean would be doing a 300 mile rare mileage run/detour. I booked a trip from Halifax to Montreal and was on my way to the station within two hour.....then a flight home the next night. Nothing like a spur-of-the-moment weekend trip!
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