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I was supposed to take the Texas Eagle from Fort Worth to Chicago Thursday but found that it had been cancelled shortly after arriving via the Heartland Flyer. I had to take a tortuous bus trip to Washington, D.C, before thankfully getting on the Vermonter and am due into Meriden, CT around...

When we go long distance like to daughter's wedding, to visit son, or on business, I have the same feeling of having all of the tension from work draining out pretty soon after I board the train. No other transportation mode beats it.

I'm fortunate to be in a place where I can take Amtrak, CT Rail, and Metro North. To go see my daughter and son in law, I hop a CT Rail or Amtrak train to New Haven and then take Metro North to her place.

I'm like you with finding an excuse for train travel. My wife like it ok, but I'm really gung-ho about it. Our daughter got married last July in Florida and we took a sleeper back and forth from CT. My wife at one point floated the idea of flying and I told her that I would still take the...

The author acts like building dedicated bus lanes could be done with the wave of a magic wand. The expense would be astronomical.

Those pictures brought back memories of my college days (1978-1982) travelling from Ohio to Connecticut. The bus would get into Breezewood at some wee hour of the morning and I would be rather groggy getting out. I recall the food looking pretty good, but being a typical college student on a...

I'll give them credit for extending the double tracks north of Hartford I think around the time CT Rail started. I'm glad that they are going to extend the double tracking.

It's probably a pipe dream, but the best thing that could happen on the Hartford line would be to get the section through Hartford double-tracked.

I'm scheduled to take the Cardinal, Train 51 Friday on an overnight trip. The roomettes are sold out but a bedroom is available. I put in a decent bid for a roomette in the event that someone cancels. Now I'm wondering, should I change my bid to the bedroom, given that it is still available?

From what I have seen on a video about the Falmouth, MA active rail branch, some of those rails to trails types are vultures. One of the absurd arguments is that converting an active rail line to a bike path is better for the environment. Yeah, like adding hundreds of trucks to the road is good?

Our SCAs on both north and south bound trips to Florida recently was right on the ball. They helped us get the luggage in, asked us if we had ever been in a sleeper, gave us instructions, and had everything ready when we in the dining car. They were also right on the job in the morning. On...

This discussion makes me wonder if Amtrak has some kind of racial quotas (i.e. affirmative action) going on. If so, this would expand opportunities for some but would reduce opportunities for others.

I think you are wise to do so. We recently went to Florida from Connecticut. There was only a 9 minute window between trains in New Haven so I was going to take an earlier train. I got our ticket amended for an earlier train. I called Amtrak about it and they said that had we taken the...

We had something like that on our recent Florida trip. Either the SCA or conductor just checked all of the people off who entered the sleeper. I'm sure it was all recorded later. On the Amtrak Hartford Line/Metro North which I travel quite a bit, the Amtrak conductors always scan my ticket...

We went from CT to FL round trip last week and on both north and southbound trips all of the staff were fine. Our SCAs were fine and attentive. One even warned us not to lower the upper bed as someone had gotten injured doing it recently, despite being warned themselves. I did an Amtrak...

I'm surprised they didn't have traditional dining. We did on our Silvers trip last week and it was fabulous!

It was a fantastic trip, including the wedding of course! The roomette was definitely cozy, but wasn't any problem at all. We also had one of the older cars with the commode in the roomette; my wife particularly liked that. The only negative things we dealt with, which I suppose is to be...

My wife and I returned from a round trip Connecticut to Florida (our daughter's wedding) yesterday on the Stars. We had a roomette both ways and therefore were able to eat in the dining car. I didn't know for sure if they had the flex dining or what I call "real food" prepared by a chef. They...

Wow, my wife and I rode that train just a few days before as we went to our daughter's wedding.

I don't care much about greenness, carbon footprint or unions, but I can't stand air travel or long distance car travel. Not only that, most likely airline employees and highway workers are probably unionized also. For me the train is part of my vacation rather than a vehicle to get to my...