I haven't posted here in ages (not that I ever posted here very much in the first place) but I saw this story on the NPR site and came here, where I didn't see any mention of it. Sorry if I overlooked it.
Here's a link. This was on Morning Edition February 6th and focuses on the Empire Builder...
This happened Sunday afternoon (the 27th) about 37 miles east of Syracuse. No injuries were reported, at least as of last night. Here's a link.
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2013/01/car_hits_amtrak_train_in_oneid.html#incart_river_default
My Amtrak trip to Boston is this week. If anything of note happens during the trip or if it takes me three hours to get from Back Bay Station to my hotel :rolleyes: I'll post an update when I return.
Thanks for all the information. I'll take this post with me (though I wonder about access to the mall around 9 p.m., when I think the train is due; while most stores are probably closed, there might be some restaurants or other places open). I'll have printed directions with me and the hotel...
Thanks for the quick response. I'm at the Hilton Boston Back Bay, at least for now. I was mostly wondering about the station itself. When AlanB was discussing the subway stations, he mentioned something about some stations being easier to navigate than others. That made me wonder about the ease...
I'm scheduled to take the Lake Shore Limited into Boston Back Bay in March, and reading this thread has raised some questions for me about my luggage and getting around the area. I have a conference in Boston I'm supposed to be attending and have a reservation at a hotel that's supposed to be...
A man's been arrested after flying from NY to LA with someone else's boarding pass that was a day old. As you'll see (if the link works), he's done this more than once.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/06/man-from-nigeria-flies-to-lax-without-valid-boarding-pass-and-identification.html
This was posted on this site at a little after 5:00 p.m. Eastern. As of now, it's unclear if it's "a freight or a passenger train", according to the story.
http://ithaca-cortland.ynn.com/content/top_stories/546176/train-derails-in-rome/
The Toledo Mud Hens. The Hens don't play where they played when I lived in the area. There's a new (at least relatively new) ballpark in Toledo. I have no idea how close the new park is to the Amtrak station, but it has to be closer than the old place was.
Associated Press is reporting that Joseph Boardman told a Senate panel that "trains more vulnerable than planes".
That's from the headline on the Boston Globe site. Here's a link to the story. Sorry if this was already posted somewhere else...
Here's a link to a commentary from U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (from New York State) about high-speed trains. This was in the May 9th Syracuse Post-Standard.
http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2011/05/mondays_commentary_rep_louise.html
And a link to the editorial that appeared in that...
Another commentary from the CNN site about high speed trains. It was written by a faculty member at the University of Dayton and posted this morning. Sorry if this is in another thread and I missed it.
"Why all the anger over high speed trains?"...