Recent content by 4krysia

i just left #66 @ NY Penn @ BWI the station clerk said that a tree plopped onto one track, cutting power and taking out signaling.

Airtrain to Jamaica, LIRR west To NY Penn: neither long nor uncomfortable, unless you're going during the morning rush hour(s).

we live 3 blocks from a Long Island Rail Road station. an easy trip to company HQ, which is across from the BWI RR station: LIRR to NY Penn, Amtrak to BWI. nearly door-to-door sans personal motor vehicle.

50 million times the percentage of Americans who ride trains ?!? edit: posted the following to http://willmydoghateme.com/dog-travel/how-...ts-are-involved, of course the Thought-Police moderators refused to post it: Amtrak allows dogs, and loses one customer (me). And lots of others...

http://lirr42.mta.info/sfweb/faces/index.jspx , pick your station, date, and good to go.

thanks for the recommendations... they seemed pricey to me too. if the trips had super-luxurious accomodations (justify the price), i figure they probably would have loudly noted it in the literature / website.

can anyone describe their experiences with amtrakvacations.com ? think its an outfit in Massachusetts that Amtrak works with. we're thinking of trying the 'eastern seaboard and french connection' package http://www.amtrakvacations.com/index.php?id=827 ... good /bad ? any opinions/info appreciated.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/20/us/20rail.html more studies... <sigh>