Yes, I was very excited for this.
I love the Viewliner II's except for the door. I personally really like the wooden finishes.
If Amtrak could just refurbish their superliners (and existing Viewliners) with this, it'd be much more appealing in my opinion.
I personally really like the wooden finishes.
They do that to conserve water but there are better methods. One would keep the water running if your hands were in front of the faucet. Another, like it seems they use in the sinks in the toilet room, makes it continue running for a bit but requires you constantly have to re-press the handle to make it run longer.I would also like a faucet that I don't have to hold for the water to run.
Reads like he's a shill for Amtrak.
He loves the new meals - guess he's never had real food in his life.
I like the comment about 20 hours non-stop to Florida. He must have thought he was on the Auto-train with that non-stop comment or he was dreaming about being on an MTA Express train.
Glad to see they have improved a bunch of things in the roomettes. Too bad they still haven't figured out how to keep doors closed when you're not in the room or come up with a better solution than those curtains.
If they had started gutting the VLIs during the pandemic and rebuilding them like the VLIIs, they might, in a few years, have enough cars to provide more service.
Too bad they still haven't figured out how to keep doors closed when you're not in the room or come up with a better solution than those curtains.
He may very well be a shill. Many of these social media "influencers" are paid and some disclose that while others do not.
I can assure you he's not, as he has critiqued Amtrak in many ways before. I'm sure anyone being paid by Amtrak would not go out to notice that the rooms are not deep cleaned.He may very well be a shill. Many of these social media "influencers" are paid and some disclose that while others do not.
The original viewliners had pull down vinyl shades for the windows. I liked those a lot.
Influencers are required by law to disclose if they received compensation or have a relationship with the brand.
The Superliner refurbishment program was funded only for the Superliner Is, and even that was a relatively superficial one. As AlanB used to remind us at each opportunity that the Super I's inards, including the electrical system is the original, and was never touched during the refurb.That’s pretty much what they were doing. Not sure if they stopped.. Anderson pulled the plug on anything nice for LD it seems so I wouldn’t be surprised. The fully refurbished superliners were quite nice I thought.
I hope so! The Superliners have been showing their age for many many years now. I think the exterior is fine, but the interior is old. If they refurbish them to get them up to par with the VII's, they will have a few more years in themThere has never been a full refurb program for the Super IIs. I doubt it has anything to do with Anderson, since rightfully they should have undergone a Super I-like refurb during Boardman's tenure. It is just that for whatever reason such was not funded. Flynn has an opportunity to fix that in the near future, now that he may be swimming in more money than anyone at Amtrak has in a while.
I personally really like the wooden finishes.
I like the comment about 20 hours non-stop to Florida. He must have thought he was on the Auto-train with that non-stop comment or he was dreaming about being on an MTA Express train.
The Amtrak station facilities are all in the new Train Hall. The trains can be accessed from the old Penn Station as well as the new Train Hall.I thought it a very fair revue. I liked seeing the new Moynihan train hall, I remember being super impressed when visiting the original post office building on my first visit to America, around 1998. Are all Amtrak train departures and arrivals at Penn station now accessed from this new facility?
Does Amtrak keep a presence in the old Penn Station when Moynihan Hall is closed?The Amtrak station facilities are all in the new Train Hall. The trains can be accessed from the old Penn Station as well as the new Train Hall.
I thought it a very fair revue. I liked seeing the new Moynihan train hall, I remember being super impressed when visiting the original post office building on my first visit to America, around 1998. Are all Amtrak train departures and arrivals at Penn station now accessed from this new facility?
The new sleeper car did not seem greatly different from the older ones, but looked smart and clean.
Let's all try and be pleased with some new passenger accomodations!
Do you think any of the new Acelas will be in service by July?Agreed. After this year, passenger rail is the best it’s been in America (or at least the east coast) in many years.
Moynihan Train hall, sleepers on the BOS - WAS route, new Viewliner sleepers, potentially a new Acela train, a train friendly administration, and the restoration of LD routes.
A very good year indeed, despite COVID. Now if only we can fix the food situation...
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