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As per the subject... there's a huge ( nearly 1000 rider ) yearly bike trip along the Erie Canal in NY between Buffalo and Albany, and a substantial number of people use the Maple Leaf to return to the start with their bikes. As of a couple days ago, Amtrak started notifying people that they...

Hi All: My son and I are taking the LSL from ROC to Penn Station next month, to start off on a bike trip down the coast. By any chance does anyone know of a hotel near the station that's OK with bringing in bikes? I've called a couple, and none were particularly enthusiastic about it, but I...

Hi All: My 15-year-old son received an email with a $30 voucher earlier today. The text indicated that it was in response to his "Email inquiry about service", with an apology for his "trip interruption." A second, longer form letter showed up a little while later with the usual corporate...

The title of this article in my local fish-wrapper caught my eye, especially as I just saw my wife and daughter off on the LSL on Friday: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130331/NEWS01/303310023/Troy-Zabawczuk-Amtrak-Lake-Shore-Limited My reaction is "The only person responsible...

Hi All: My family and I took a semi-spur-of-the-moment trip from ROC to NYP and back again over this weekend. We've taken short train trips with a kid each before, but never the whole family at once, oddly enough. I had asked last week about the best boarding process at NYP that would help...

Hi All: I just got my first e-ticket for a family trip between NYP and ROC on an Empire Service train, for me, my wife, and two young kids. I'm not exactly optimistic that we'll all be able to set together when we leave NYP, which made me think; What happens if my wife and I need to, say, sit...

Sounds like he must have tried to get back on the train after being denied re-boarding: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20120222/NEWS01/302220022/Amtrak-fatality-Rochester-train-tracks?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home