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When John Madden hosted Saturday Night Live in 1982, they filmed him traveling on Amtrak to get to New York to host the show. It's on Hulu here: (train footage starts around 1:30 in)

You can always bring your own travel one. We used ours on the Silver Meteor last year to great success. http://www.amazon.com/Chicco-Caddy-Hook-Chair-Red/dp/B000A7V1EM/

I was assuming it was in pull mode; usually southbound Downeaster trains are in push mode; northbound in pull mode.

Now now, everyone; as someone who, in the past, has lived in both New Jersey and Florida, I can assure you that there are at least 15 whole square blocks in Miami Beach that are a quite pleasant place to live. Outside of that, the entire state should be fed into a woodchipper, panhandle-first...

"He's from Ohio."

I'd like to see a daily Washington DC - Portland, Maine overnight train (including sleeper and diner), circumventing Boston by way of Worcester. And during the summer months, the train runs through to Rockland for ferry connection to Bar Harbor.

Say goodbye to Talgo, Wisconsin:

Do they even have an option for a lottery winner to remain anonymous? The requests from deadbeat extended family and acquaintances would be relentless, I'm sure.

Boardman's quote from the article is hilarious in its utter lack of compliment: Ouch; that's about as meaningless as Human Resources saying "Yeah...he worked here from 2003-2010."

We got lunch out of Orlando on the Silver Meteor (this was back in early August); however, the train was on time.

Yep, that's the slightly fancier one; ours (also Chicco) is a bit cheaper: http://www.amazon.co.../dp/B000A7V1EM/

Re: eating in the dining car Before traveling on the Silver Meteor with our 18-month-old daughter, we purchased a portable high-chair that clips directly to the table. Looks like this: It ended up working perfectly; it attaches/deattaches in seconds, our daughter was safely and securely able...

Um...can't he just go get a replacement ID?

$450 Is cheaper than buying the points (not that you could buy 25,000 at once, but still). Take the points, transfer the points, use the points, downgrade the card again next year.

"Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets."