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long time no post, but i thought i'd write up our year-hinge trip for anyone who'd like to read it. first installment coming to you live from the chicago metropolitan lounge. pictures and updates to come after we've wandered around outside a bit: Step one: NYP>WAS This was supposed to be the...

hi everybody. at the end of this week, the gf and i will take a regional from nyp to was, then the capitol limited to chicago (and then the blue water to battle creek, after a visit to the chicago christkindlmarkt :) ). we have a roomette on the CL, coach on the others. we'll be carrying a...

hi gang. excuse me if this has been covered elsewhere (no doubt); i didn't have any luck searching for it. does the TE carry a lounge these days, or just the CCC? we're riding from chicago to little rock in december. usually we get a roomette, but the price was just too high for us this time...

I was recently in western NC for a wedding. In part because of weekday cancelations (trackwork), I decided to drive down from NYC and take the train back up. The drive — via Skyline Drive and parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway — was beautiful, despite plenty of rain. After the wedding, I...

hey gang, i'm taking the carolinian from greensboro to NYP -- 11 hours and change. is business class worth the $40? i do have a guest rewards membership, if that matters. basically: will my ride be more comfortable/pleasant, or am i just buying a $40 can of pepsi? thanks for your wisdom.

Hey Gang, Thought of ya'll last night as I rode a boat around Manhattan Island. Tons of drawbridges, but the only one that had to open for our little ship was the Amtrak bridge at the top of the island -- the one for the tracks going to Poughkeepsie and beyond, that the LSL takes. Anyhow...

sorry if this has been covered a million times; i couldn't figure out a good search term for it. 3 of us will be taking a regional (in coach) from NYP to Williamsburg, VA this summer. Do these trains have places where 2 seats face 2 seats, so that we can chat easily? i can't remember. thanks!

hey folks, y'all have been such a help in the past -- now i've got ANOTHER question! i'm headed from new york city to williamsburg, va, in july for a wedding. on the amtrak site, i see a few regional trains a day that make the trip. they're fine, but is there any alternative (on trains)...

Hi gang, I like reading the trip reports y’all post here, so I thought I’d write one of my own, about my Christmas/New Year’s travels. We went from New York to Little Rock, then to Chicago for a week, then back to New York. I’ll embed a few pictures, but you can see many more here...

hi folks, i've just booked a trip from nyc to nola in march, and i'm wondering about car rental down there. anyone know if there is a place convenient to the station? is it likely to be open when the train comes in? i'll be coming in on the crescent on a saturday evening. (i'm visiting a...