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Ah, now that makes perfect sense and matches up to what I saw...thanks for answering!

By the way, I did see one thing I was curious about that maybe someone can answer exactly what was going on... In both directions, just a little before reaching the border and customs, the train would stop and the train personnel would put on bright-colored vests and exited the train. We'd go...

My wife and I just got back from a vacation to Montreal in July, taking the Adirondack from New York to Montreal as part of a round-trip from Florida (during which we also rode the Silver Meteor). I thought some people might enjoy a trip report, and those planning a future trip might also find...

No sooner had I posted my report and I noticed I forgot to mention how easy it was to have purchased our tickets on-line, and to have only needed a copy of the tickets (which I printed at home). In fact, I printed multiple copies of our tickets so that we had spares in the suitcases at all...

Before last month I hadn't been on Amtrak in almost ten years. However, my wife and I just got back from a vacation to Montreal in July, taking the Silver Meteor from Winter Park to New York, and then the Adirondack from New York to Montreal. Having spent a total of 60+ hours on the train...

I can confirm that as of my trip on the Adirondack this past week, we did still stop at St. Lambert.

On the New York end (before going to Canada) they did have a separate line you had to go through prior to boarding where they checked your passport, gave you special tags for your luggage and put stickers that matched to your luggage on the back of your ticket. Once your passport info was shown...

I am finally back home and wanted to update the answer to my original question... There was no special check of any kind leaving Central Station in Montreal. The only item required for boarding was the actual ticket. There was no special passport check or luggage tags or anything else like...

My wife and I are about to take the Adirondack back to NYC in a couple of days. When we came to Montreal on the Adirondack we had to go through a special check in NYC to get special boarding passes and special tags for our luggage. Can anyone tell me if the same process will happen in Central...

Lately, just for fun, I've been using the Amtrak website's "train status" feature to see how various trains have been running as far as being on-time, late, etc. While most of the time the results show trains on-time or running late, there have been a few times where it has shown trains running...

OK, thank you for those answers. I've been looking at maps of Penn Station and feel I'm prepared this time around :)

Could someone please clarify exactly where the desk/check-in is for the Adirondack within Penn Station? I'd like to know exactly where in the station this would occur...do they set this up right where the gate is for the Adirondack or would I need to go to a certain area of the station? I've...

My wife and I will be taking the Adirondack from NYC-Montreal (round trip) in a little over a week. I'm aware of the 1-2 hour stop at the border crossing each way for the passport check, but is there anything special I need to do at the station before we board? I thought I read something about...

Thanks to everyone for the informative and helpful answers about how dining works with a roomette. One other item...as far as the tipping the SCA at the end of the trip, ten years ago I gave $10 each way. Is that still about the average or is a "decent" tip more like $20 each way these days? I...

I last rode on Amtrak ten years ago but I’m VERY excited about an upcoming trip on the Silver Meteor (and also the Adirondack). Even though I also had a roomette ten years ago, I simply can’t recall how certain things worked as far as the meals (which I know are included with the roomette)...

Thanks for that info Tyler! It took me a minute but I've figured that one out now. I was thinking the arrows only rotated between the different types of rooms, but with two separate trains I now see where it will also rotate to a coach seat in one train as well as the rooms for the other...

I'm sure there are perfectly good reasons about why things work the way they do for what I'm about to ask, but I'd really like to know why reservations are set up like this... (Both questions apply to booking tickets through Amtrak.com) 1. Why does one have to book the multi-city method for...

Thanks for the reassurance FormerOBS. I'm sure once I'm on the train and enjoying every minute of it the worry about such an incident will (hopefully) be out of mind. I'd LOVE to see barriers like those in the video in use, but I can also see the extra costs associated with maintenance and...

Thanks Oreius. I certainly am planning to utilize the Red Cap and I will definitely be sure to tip them for their service--I know it will come in handy. I wasn't sure if we'd be able to use a Red Cap or pre-board with the extra screen that (I believe) takes place before boarding, but that will...

As one who will be taking Amtrak over the course of six days for an upcoming vacation (part of which will be on the Meteor), the news regarding the recent string of accidents is very disconcerting. And as bad as the Philadelphia incident was, I'm more concerned about these more common...