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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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

I've only been on Amtrak once before and that was in a roomette. I'll be doing NYC-Montreal on the Adirondack in a few weeks and have a question about sitting in coach for the first time. I realize that seats are not assigned, but how does one go about keeping a seat they are already using if...

I've sent this question to Amtrak, but the canned response didn't help, so I thought I'd ask the forum... I will be arriving in NYC Penn Station on the Silver Meteor on a Saturday and then taking the Adirondack to Montreal the very next morning. We will be using checked baggage service on the...

My wife and I live in FL and we LOVE taking the train (we do not like to fly). We also like to travel when we take our work vacations and we take the train whenever we can. We would love to be able to go out west, but we are frustrated by the lack of (shorter) Amtrak routes to get there. For...