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Check out a motel near the North Beverly station:

Beverly Garden Suites
5 Lakeview Av
Beverly MA 01915

Riverside Press Register reported on Friday 8/13 that service is to begin 12/14/15 if work stays on schedule.

Thanks for the thumbnail about Wilmington station. I only knew what I'd seen from the window til now. Perhaps I'll change at that place some time. With regard to Amtrak ticketing I have, well, reservations about the way the system defaults to transfers at DC Union station. It seems to me that if I a...

Some transfer points are better than others. I'd like to know if Wilmington DE is a place one would choose to spend a few hours to change trains. I always plan on about three hours for a connection. I have gone west on the Cardinal starting from the NEC a few times and as they parallel for a long di...

The new Kate Shelley Bridge at Des Moines IA was placed in service by the Union Pacific in 2009. It replaced the old Kate Shelley Bridge built in 1900. There is a page on wikipedia about Kate Shelley explaining who she was and why the railroad has a bridge named after her.

As Dick H posted, if connection to the Downeaster is missed a bus alternative is available. If it becomes clear that the Lakeshore is running way late and you are intent on continuing by train, consider stopping at Worcester. The station there is a good one and you can resume your trip east as early...

It is a distance of several miles from New Orleans to the Huey P. Long bridge. A car is needed to get out there, or a ride on a Jefferson Parish bus. The area of the east bank bridge approach is both safe and accessible. The rail trestle runs along Clearview Parkway; opposite is the Elmwood shopping...

Regards your NOLA trip, freight moves thru three public parks. Each park can be reached by a streetcar line. The waterfront car shares the right of way with the Belt RR. In the Quarter they pass along Woldenburg Park, which lies between Decatur St. and the river.

Mr NJ: Freight rail passes thru three of NOLAs public parks, each of which can be reached by streetcar. The Public Belt R.R. which handles goods for the wharves runs along the waterfront the length of the city. This includes the French Quarter waterfront from Esplanade Av to Canal St; the wharves in...