Recent content by rmgreenesq

I fear the INS now known as the Dept. of Homeland Security's Immigration & Customs Enforcement. Without a plaintiff, the ACLU is toothless. Seriously folks, ticket stub checks are very common. They happen all the time on the Acela on the NEC. Since there is lots of turnover at NYP, there is...

Having ridden the LSL in both coach and a sleeper, I can report with authority that the Border Patrol does not talk to the passengers in the sleepers. So if you are an illegal alien, spring for the sleeper! Rick

I agree, this makes no sense at all. I recently madr my first redemption of AGR points for a bedroom to ORL to take the family to the house of mouse. AGR is mailing me the tickets. Not sure why as between now and the time I get the tickets, I will wander by four different banks of QuickTrak...

GML: I'm a lawyer and there are days I would like to be an Amtrak conductor. Rick

Interesting..... I was always given as many as I wanted. To save me the walk though three cars, one attendant would give me a cup of ice and two 8 oz. cans of diet pepsi. Rick

Greetings all: Long time no post. I'm just back from a business trip from Boston to Norfolk, VA. I rode #95 south, #66 north and the thruway busses under the water. Both of these trains are Regional trains, and I rode in Business Class. When my ticket was lifted on the ride down, the...

Im not sure why this is news now. I've seen the sniffer dogs and the TSA people swabbing luggage at Boston Route 128 for several months. They are generally unobtrusive and seem to focus on passengers boarding the Acela. It must have been a slow news day. Rick

Breakfast is served upon arrival into the Los Angeles Basin. I usually disembark at Fullerton, Ca and the chief ususaly starts serving breakfast in San Bernadino. The OP is going to Temecula. I'd recommend disembarking at Riverside to avoid doubling back through the Santa Ana Canyon by car...

Yep... same ole same ole. President Regan never budgeted a dime for Amtrak. Somehow Amtrak managed to operate from 1981 to 1989. Rick

for a look at the economics of Amtrak and the history of its founding take a look at Amtrak in Perspective: Where Goest the Pointless Arrow? Edwin P. Patton The American Economic Review, Vol. 64, No. 2. It is a short article, but has lots of citations which is useful for a place to start. Rick

6' 7" tall, 320 lbs and I've slept in the upper bunk on a superliner many many times. It is awful coffin-like, and getting up there is easier than getting down, especially if you have to go to the bathroom B) . Rick

And the food court sells Coke products. Usually by the time I hit ABQ I've had enough Pepsi. Havn't been brave enough to buy a burrito from the platform. A moving train headed out to the middle of nowhere would be a very bad place to get food poisoning. Rick

I just booked the tickets from London to Brussels. I have to wait to 90 days out or April 3rd to book the rest of the trip as Mrs. Rmgreenesq wants to travel during the day. I'm not too worried about passport checks. Under the Schengen treaty, my passport will be examined by european...

If by checking yo are referring to the Border Patrol, unfortunatly, it has become a standard part of the Lakeshore's trip between Chicago and New York. On my trip, they actually boarded the train twice. Once in Erie, PA and and once in Rochester, NY. The second time, they just stared a...

Monday, January 07, 2008 Greetings from train 48, the Late For Sure Limited. ™ My wife, five year old daughter and I are on our way home from spending three weeks in the Los Angeles Basin over the holidays. This Amtrak adventure started on Friday night at the train station in Fullerton...