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  1. Silver Star rider

    So how does charging your meal on your credit card work onboard?

    Normally, when you charge something on your credit card, it is reported real time. Most businesses use the internet to connect their credit card machines to the bank. They use a POTS (Plain old telephone service, a Telco term) line as a back up. On board the train, there is no internet, and...
  2. Silver Star rider

    Sleeper room etiquette

    I am curious, what things should one be conscience of being in a sleeper so one doesn't have to worry about disturbing other sleeper passengers? People who travel with scanners have been warned about using headphones when listening. I am guessing that is more for coach then sleeper passengers...
  3. Silver Star rider

    So what electronics do you take on your train trip?

    With the talk of scanners that some people take with them. What electronics do you take with you just for use on the train? I travel in a roomette, but if you travel coach, what do you take? I take a power strip, laptop, GPS, DVD player, Mifi Hot spot, Smartphone (cell phone) chargers for the...
  4. Silver Star rider

    Do you carry a scanner to listen to Amtrak radio chit chat?

    If you do, does the train personal know that you are? I assume you use ear phones while you listen. What was the most interesting things you heard that maybe they didn't want passengers to hear? Bruce-SSR
  5. Silver Star rider

    Do you ever get asked for your AAA card if using the discount?

    Now I have been using the AAA fare discount for my yearly trips to Orlando and back since 2005. I have never been asked for my card checking in at NYP or ORL, or onboard the train either. Tonight, I switched my departing train from the Star to the Meteor (are you listening Penny? Need to pick...
  6. Silver Star rider

    3 hour bus ride or a extra day at Disneyworld?

    So I was having lunch when my cell phone rang. it was a 866 number. I answered and it was a pre-recorded message. My return trip in mid September from Orlando Station to NY Penn now starts with a bus ride from Orlando to Jacksonville, a 3 plus hour trip. I blame Penny. She caused the...
  7. Silver Star rider

    Rules leaving Penn Station

    While watching trains leaving NY Penn heading towards the Trans Hudson Tunnels, I noticed NJ Trainsit trains dont make any sounds, but Amtrak constantly rings their bell, why the difference?? Bruce
  8. Silver Star rider

    Silver Star rider arrives on track 11 east

    Hi, my name is Bruce and I live in Brooklyn, Coney Island section of Brooklyn. I grew up playing with a Lionel train set. I currently have two layouts in my house, a HO and a O gauge layout. I have taken Amtrak between NY Penn and Orlando every year since 2005. I did it twice in 2009. In a...
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