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This isn't a real common reason, but my husband will wear some sort of brimmed hat pretty near everywhere these days, due to his eye condition. After his last operation (vitrectomy for a detached retina), he finds that light will literally "bounce around" inside the eye, and a hat brim is...

We have been approached for "gas money" several times in parking lots, most recently last week while we we actually filling up our own Behemothmobile. My husband gave the guy $5, he put that amount in his tank, and drove off! These people were not "street people" or obviously unstable, we feel...

We have between 18 and 24 inches here in Millersville, MD (near BWI), and it is still steadily snowing. BWI airport is closed down. It is very quiet here with no airplanes going overhead. At this moment, MTA website says "minor delays" for buses and light rail, subway is OK, major disruptions...

The boarding areas at Union Station are "jam packed" on a fairly regular basis, VP or no VP, especially near the MARC gate. <_< The Secret Service is well-known to be of the "better safe than sorry" school of thought, and they let very little get in their way. If they had their way, they...

Yes, thank you very much, I meant 10/20/09 :blush: No, she doesn't, she's just a lousy typist. :lol:

Very interesting- this also happened last Tuesday (10/30/09), but was confined to BWI. MARC passengers were encouraged to purchase their tickets for cash from the conductors, so that the ticket office people could concentrate on Amtrak passengers.

Macys! If you go to the Customer Service desk, you can get a special 1 day vistor's discount coupon, and they usually have some sort of sale going on. But watch your time if you have a schedule, the place is huge and it is really easy to get disoriented. :blink: There is also a lot of other...

Very sad- someone else killed after trespassing on tracks :( http://www.wbaltv.com/news/21269545/detail.html The train in question was Amtrak, and may have been Acela (haven't checked the schedule), but at least this writer seems to think it was going all the way to Florida... :blink...

We received an email the other day with our MTA alerts asking for volunteers to run a test of MTA's new "Charm Card", Baltimore's version of a chip-embedded "smart card"and AKA "TransitCard". We also saw a sign in the Baltimore Metro about it. The test will apply only to the Metro, and will run...

My favorite station is 30th St in Philadelphia, and I think this is an ideal model- an older building, properly restored and thus architectually pleasing, with services such as a reasonably complete food court, full newstand, and connections to other public transit. And once in a while, free...

Husband and I count a "pass-through" as having been in a state; but to have VISITED a state, you have to have actually got off the train/stopped the car/whatever, gotten out and gone somewhere or done something. Highway rest stops don't count. Dinner might :) .

NY Penn gets my vote, they are usually clean abeit crowded. I actually prefer the facilities at the Borders Bookstore or Macy's nearby. Philadelphia 30th St- the ones in the food court area are usually good in the morning, but at least once were appaling in the evening. However, there are others...

At least on the NEC, if you can carry it on yourself, they really don't seem to care. We once saw a young girl with the biggest wheelie bag I have ever seen, it was literally a squeeze for her to get it down the aisle. I'm sure it was well over 32 inches. No one said a word. I've no idea where...

Actually, the Great Hall gets rented out on a fairly regular basis. Regular travelers through WAS probably know about these events and plan accordingly, but those of us who go there only infrequently tend to get surprised by them. I was there in Sept on account of a conference in downtown DC...

I will pipe up sometimes, but mostly prefer to lurk and soak up all the accumulated wisdom here :lol:

Part of the problem may also be over-conditioning of passengers to expect conditions similar to airlines. This is especially when getting off the train. You know the drill (especially on the NEC Regionals), the Conductor announces the next stop, which is your cue to get up, collect your bags and...

About 2 years ago we were riding the NEC Regional home from NYP when this fellow boarded at Newark on a NJT ticket...somehow mistook a single level Amtrak train for a two-level New Jersey Transit commuter :wacko: ....the conductor just walked away shaking his head and the guy got off at...

The same ad also offers "seared turbo with bouillabaisse". "Turbot" is a fish; "turbo" is an engine. Might be a bit crunchy.... :P

There was a sizable number of police officers from at least 3 jurisdictions yesterday at BWI rail station about 7AM. They even had a rather noisy K-9 there. I did not see anyone stopped or challenged, and did not see anything out of the ordinary by the time my MARC train got to WAS about 8:15...

Many thanks, this answers a lot of questions. :)