Montreal to NYP if the schedule works. You won't have to drag yourself off the train with bag and baggage for border inspection.I am returning from Brockville, On to New York the end of Oct and would like responses concerning whether Montreal to NYP or Toronto to NYP would be the preferred route.
Yup. You're also starting much closer to Montreal and the Maple Leaf from Toronto may still be a bus during your travel window.Montreal to NYP if the schedule works. You won't have to drag yourself off the train with bag and baggage for border inspection.
If you have found a dome car schedule for 2019, please provide a link.I found the dome car schedule at Amtrak - it's on the Downeaster for much of September this year, but then the Adirondack from maybe ~Sept 20 to mid/late October.
Just search for Amtrak dome car.
NGL, I wish Amtrak would work out an arrangement with one of the PV owners for a lease for a pair of domes for the relevant seasons on the Adirondack. The Great Dome is a nice treat, but it also really isn't put to terribly good use in some respects. Also, they really should look into selling reserved seats in the dome or something similar...that just feels like a wasted revenue opportunity.
That sounds like a great idea as the main complaint seems to be that it bleeds expenses but doesn't generate any revenue. However, either you allow foot traffic or station a conductor at the stairs. The latter would be preferred, as standing passengers would just lessen the view that you paid for. Maybe a gate that a valid digital ticket would open?
Would it be at all feasible for a manufacturer to modify the Superliner plan to build a car that would meet Eastern clearances, say a café/coach with dome on top?
As long as it fits in a height of 14’6”. So such is not feasible with a standard 4’ high floor for the lower level. With the bottom floor at a lower level multi level cars are possible and hundreds of them operate on the NEC each day.
But the whole point of a dome is for it to be above the roof line of the train. Since the roof line of single level trains are somewhere between 13’ and 14’6” there will be not much of a dome which fits through 14’6”.
Sure. no problem with that at all. The usual question is will there be a sufficient revenue stream from those over say 30 years so that someone can be convinced to loan the money with the revenue stream as collateral to make it happen.I meant the Eastern half of the country, NOT the NEC. Specifically thinking of the Adirondack and Downeaster, but no doubt other trains should be able to run this.
If the now retired domes would fit, why can't a newly built car with revenue-generating seats - top and bottom?
Yes.Did the dome car on the Adirondack only run as far south as Albany?
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