Any reports on timing of the eastbound LSL(#48) today? Is it on time at Utica? I couldn't find anything on the Amtrak site. Thanks for any updates.
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Any reports on timing of the eastbound LSL(#48) today? Is it on time at Utica? I couldn't find anything on the Amtrak site. Thanks for any updates.
BAR
Thanks for the information.
BAR
Are there club cars on the Empire Service trains west of Albany and if so is food service available (not the Maple Leaf or Lake Shore Limited)? Thanks very much.
BAR
In 1966 I took the B&O from Washington D.C. to Mitchell, Indiana and at the time they were substituting regular sleeping cars for the Slumbercoaches and one could pay the Slumbercoach fare and ride in a regular roomette. In the November 1966 Official Guide the B&O called their Slumbercoaches...
NaugyRR,
Thanks. I'll take a look at their website.
BAR
STrRedWolf,
Thanks. I will check it out.
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Nomis,
Thanks for the recommendation.
BAR
I am looking for recommendations for overnight lodging between Amtrak trains in Boston. Any suggestions other than the expensive big chain hotels? I would also consider something on one T lines out of South Station and close to the suburban station.
Thanks for any help.
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ExCon90, The toilet situation is why I preferred a slumber coach to a roomette on the LSL from NYP to Cleveland. Toilet was in the slumber coach room and did not require the roomette gymnastics to use it. It was not a matter of saving money for myself but for convenience since my expenses were being...
Tadman thanks for confirming. I checked out the VIA website and open sections are called "berths" and roomettes are called "cabins". Sounds rather nautical to me.
I believe that open sections are still offered by VIA on The Canadian and The Ocean. On The Ocean it depends on whether the venerable Budd cars are in the consist.
Sleeper is a venerable term in passenger rail history as well as in general public use. "To Niag'ra in a sleeper, there's no honeymoon that's cheaper." From the song "Shuffle off to Buffalo" featured in the 1933 motion picture "42nd Street". Times have changed and sleep...
Alan,
Thanks for the information. Reminds me a bit of the "transfer" at Yankee Stadium before the physical connection was constructed.
Bill
The MTA subway map shows a pedestrian connection between the Second Avenue Subway Lexington Avenue/63rd Street Station and the Lexington Avenue 59th Street Station. Is this a physical underground connection? My granddaughter just moved to Manhattan and tells me it is not. Any help appreciated. Thank...
Couldn't agree more. I guess their feeling is "If I have to be awake at this middle of the night then I will keep everyone else awake as well".
BAR
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