Recent content by Devonbloke

Dear lordsigma and OBS, Many thanks for your replies. Cheers

Hello, On December 24 at 12:03, my husband and I are travelling 1st Class on the Acela from NYP to PVD. We will have quite a number of suitcases. We last used the Acela 1st class service about 5 or 6 years ago - before the new Moynihan Train Hall was built. On that occasion the Red Cap service...

In the "B.C." (i.e. Before Covid"), I used GWR trains a lot between my home in Exeter and London - on the reliable Intercity 125s. The new Hitachi 800 series trains that were brought into replace them felt cheaply made and poorly designed...and the seats were/are incredibly hard and...

Good morning @west point 😁 , as @JontyMort has just stated, it's the Queen Mary 2 :D (and sorry @JontyMort that your crossing on the QM2 won't be happening in September). My husband has many relatives both in New York and in Rhode Island - so it's become something of a small tradition, once...

Good morning Rebel Rider, I figured as such. After I had posted this thread, I did a search on the web and came across this report from the Philadelphia Inquirer from June 2020 ( In crisis, Amtrak works to get new high-speed trains operating in 2021 ) in which Caroline Decker, Amtrak's vice...

Good evening from the U.K. We are hoping to be in New York Dec 22-24 (having sailed across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary 2, from Southampton, England) - Covid restrictions allowing, of course. We are booked to go first class on the Acela from NYC to Providence on Dec 24. Is there any more...