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FY 2022 was 110% above FY 2021 in terms of passengers and is now 85% of pre-COVID passenger levels. https://wtop.com/business-finance/2022/11/amtraks-northeast-corridor-ridership-doubled-in-fiscal-2022/

Not sure why anyone is surprised by this. Boeing's chief U.S. competitors are almost all headquartered in the DC area: Intelsat, Iridium, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics. Some of Boeing's main overseas suppliers and competitors are also headquartered in the area: Rolls...

AA had already had an order for 260 A319s/A321s on the books at the time that American And USAirways agreed to merge. A pretty significant portion of the planned fleet - most of which was designed to replace American's aging MD80 fleet. As to the paint scheme (or lack thereof), the bare...

Looks like 66/67 is cancelled through at least March.

Would love the chance to do the bid up program - if there was availability. Last Saturday night's NER 66 was 100% sold out in both business and in the sleeper car. One seat may have been available in biz until Baltimore, but that passenger showed up. A good ride until the engine failed...

Any other anecdotal or concrete reports on sleeping car occupancy? The GF has been flying recently so no new Amtrak reports on this end.

My GF has taken this train now twice from PVD to WAS (and back). The sleepers have been sold out on the days she has travelled and were sold out on the other three days she was considering for travel.

Interesting, family and I booked our first overnight train in probably 30 years for June (I'm almost exclusively a NEC rider). We were going to Orlando and opted to waste a bit of time and to the train (also since I had about 30,000 AGR points, I wanted to cash some in). The fare for the...

All going to depend on the time of day and the time of year. If you're connecting to the Capitol Limited, that would mean probably an early afternoon train. From BAL to WAS, they won't be terribly full. Chances are better than not of getting two together. It is only about a 40 minute train...

Hope the fare delta is worth it to you. The Acela from PVD to NYP runs maybe 20 to 25 minutes faster than the regional. I've taken the Acela from WAS to NWK and WAS to NYP and found the regional almost a better bet because the Regional usually has some open seats in Business whereas the Acela...

There are FL9s still out there that are available for use???