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Just left Baltimore on #98 and saw an Acela going south.

Ah ok I see it cancelled when I try to book for the 15th. But everything looks OK for the 16th.

174 is still showing "No status available" for 3/15 on my Amtrak app thingy, not "cancelled". My ticket is for 174 to BOS on the 16th.. urg

How long does it take after such a storm for the trains to be running again? I am holding an NER NYP-BOS ticket for Thursday afternoon...

That "significant snow Tuesday" is what I am worried about.

More like 10 inches in Boston. They have those big snow-blower trains don't they? How quickly do they typically clear things along NER? Should I schedule my trip for just after, say Thursday?

Say we arrive at NYP on a sleeper ticket and have to wait a few hours for our outgoing NER train to BOS. NOT an Acela. Are we entitled to use ClubAcela to wait?

Is there a set schedule by which Amtrak publishes new timetables? For example, the latest New England Regional timetable came out Feb 6, but the latest Silver Meteor is still from Nov 2. I may have to take a trip on these lines in the near future.

If you are staying in St Augustine, Orlando is a very long drive to get your flight home. In St Augustine there is an airport shuttle company that comes to your door and drives you to JAX airport. Two people for $75.

As I understand it, Viewliner II sleeper cars do not have plumbing in the Roomettes. Is the Silver Meteor upgraded to using these cars yet? The Amtrak web site naturally says nothing about these and only has pictures of the old model.

97 had some breakdown just yesterday and is just now approaching FLorida 6 hours late. While Switzerland is a very small country (the size of Maine) they have an interesting approach to train scheduling. Many of their long distance sections are single track. What they do is run passenger...

There are hotels within a 2-3 block 8 minute walk from South Station. But we are talking $250 per night. As mentioned before, downtown Boston is not cheap! But for that sort of price you can have a modern room in a very ritzy hotel, overlooking the harbor.