Recent content by fredandgingermad

Thanks all very much :) Not been on the Acela before so another train to add to my collection :D

I'm in Boston at the end of the month to see an exhibition and have opted to spend the weekend in New York, i'm taking the Acela on the Saturday morning so i can maximise time spent, however my starting point prior to Boston is the UK so unless i can make arrangements with where i'm staying in...

Hoping to do something similar next year, but to different places obviously!!!

i've found that community dining is one of the nicer parts of eating in the dining car on Amtrak, i've met some really interesting people :)

Tuesday 28th June We set off from London, England on Tuesday June 28th, leaving wasn't a problem, the temperature had dropped to 20 degrees C (68F) compared to 32 C (90F) on Monday. Had checked in online so that solved having to queue at the airport Security was quick and easy for once and...

Absolutely fantastic trip :) think my 4 year old enjoyed all the train travel more than i did! Amtrak were also very helpful when she got sick whilst on the train and didn't charge any extra for us to continue our journey two days later after we had to detrain (had ambulance at station and...

i can't actually remember if i took my sandals off while sleeping in coach on the CL or SWC, then again i didnt put my shoes on the actual seats either

We've done GBB-KCY and KCY-LAX rtn and we got as far as Winslow, AZ yesterday on the SWC (had to detrain as lil un got sick :( ) Its a really nice route, got some great scenery, hopefully we'll pick it up again tomorrow to get back to LAX :)

When i took the 6 on Thursday it was running 3 hours behind, but compared to the 5 we'd taken on Tuesday being 4 and a half hours late it was almost nothing :)

Hows the situation going with the CZ at the moment, I see Omaha is still being bypassed but Amtrak.com has no information on this and when i checked for Tuesday (when we're supposed to be going to Omaha) it had nothing, is it still buses from Creston? I also noticed that #6 is suffering service...

If it was only a day trip then it'd be ok for me, my 4 year old is far to independent :cool: but overnight i'd much rather she be with me and i'm guessing most people would agree with that

apart from all the flooding? :mellow:

Thats very good to know, thanks :)

i'd rather pay 1st class to get to the united states in the first place, riding Amtrak is vacation :lol:

The first trip i took on Amtrak i got confused by no reserved seating, i get far to used to trains where it is not advised to even travel if you don't have a reserved seat :ohboy: Slightly worried now, only on two of the trips that we'll take on Amtrak in July will we board at the starting...