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Drink service in coach is not guaranteed -- the flight might be too short or there might be turbulence the whole way. I wouldn't call a small bag of pretzels, which is what I seem to usually get, a "snack." I think the airlines have discovered that they can run profitably with essentially...

I think it was designed to break up into pieces large enough for the cranes to pick them up, and they're going to clear the debris as soon as they get the ship out of the way and back to the dock.

They have "hot summer months" in San Diego? On my last trip there, in the middle of June, I neglected to bring a fleece jacket with me. I will never make that mistake again. Had the same thing happen to me on a June trip to LA.

Most coach passengers on US domestic flights don't get meals included in the fare, and there are limited options for sale. But they still serve food on intercontinental flights. Here's an example from my 2017 trip to China on United Airlines: This was lunch/dinner out of Dulles. I think...

While I get what you're trying to say, from the accounts I've read of the Santa Fe Super Chief and my experience riding Amtrak's Southwest Chief, Empire Builder, and California Zephyr (equivalent to the Sunset Limited), I gather that even the best of Amtrak's offerings does not compare with the...

As someone who was a semi-regular airline passenger between 1971 and 1978 (before airline deregulation), I can assure you that the food served to coach passengers, though much better than what is (or is not) served now, was not "the kind of luxury usually afforded cruise passengers -- or a Bond...

Not only is it 16-20 hours over flat terrain, but there's a market of people who are staying over long enough to make it worth their while to bring their car along rather than rent one. Maybe Chicago - New Oerleans might work, though I don't think there are as many snowbirds going to that part...

I've never seen OBS in the upstairs part of the Sightseer Lounge, so I've never seen anyone getting dinged for eating their personal food there.

Well, at least this time, they're running it to Saratoga Springs. And now that they seem to be considering running top and tails on Amfleet 1 consists such as the Northeast Regionals, there's really no reason why they couldn't run it up to Plattsburgh or even Rouse's Point even if the Canadians...

https://www.bayjournal.com/news/pollution/not-so-fast-maryland-high-speed-train-project-hits-skids/article_332ae686-fdbf-11ee-ae7a-8bb4a47e0084.html Not only has FRA stopped doing studies on this boondoggle, the company (Northeast Maglev) itself pulled their application for a water quality...

1. I suspect that the number of people in any event who are going to be connecting between Brightline and Amtrak is pretty miniscule, whatever their age. 2. Brightline as, to date, shown no interest in facilitating connections to Amtrak. 3. In fact, except for their planning to share...

I rode a Northeast Regional into Washington on Jan. 5, 2021. The train was full of people who were obviously there to participate in demonstrations protesting the results of the 2020 election, based on the buttons and shirts, etc., that they were wearing. I suspect that a lot of those people...

"Sarasota" Springs? That's quite a train route, New York to Montreal via the Florida Gulf coast. :)

I think the RIP for commuter travel as a result of the pandemic is a bit premature. My train to Washington lefy at about 0850, which meant I had to drive in the height of the rush hour. A year or two ago, there was no rush hour. Today, it took me a half hour for a drive that usually takes 15...

Back in 2015 they commemorated VE day in Washington DC by having a massive flyover of almost every WW2 veteran plane capable of taking to the air. A bunch of us took a long lunch and hung out by the Washington Monument and watched the planes flying over the WW2 Memorial. This included some B-29s.

Acela First has 2 dedicated attendants for 20, maybe 30 passengers max. The whole point of flex is to serve maybe twice as many sleeper passengers with only 1 attendant. Thus, the very simplified menu and less than stellar presentation. I generally find the food itself to be OK if prepared...

Well, I'm on the train now. We blew through Halethorpe at 120 mph, and usually we don't go faster than 100.

So I'm driving to the station this morning, and I get a text from Amtrak advising me of reduced speeds on my 9 AM trip Baltimore to DC due to heat restrictions. I looked at the outside temperature display on my dashboard, and the temperature as 67 F! A little cool for heat restrictions, I would...

Oh, now BNSF has an axle count requirement? I thought that was just a CN thing.

That's probably because it's a CPKC operation, and it's following the CPKC route, which doesn't go through San Antonio. The route used by the Texas Eagle and the San Antonio - Laredo route is all UP.