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While this is tangential to the thread, it does have to do with connections and short checking. A few years ago on the trip from h**l our first problem arose when the Acela we were to take to NYP did not op due to the New London bridge debacle. We took 449 to ALB where we were to do the across...

While I don't consider this off topic it is tangential. That is I'd like to discuss the tip our author gave to Mr. Friendly. I've ridden Acela first class between Boston/Washington and return on a number of occasions. I especially like the trip to Boston, my "home" station as it gets me "home"...

Maybe it's the product of too many years in "Manpower and Equipment Standards" (time/motion study) for a once major airline but it seems from the timing of my/our booking roomettes/bedrooms that Amtrak does indeed understand the above noted "science". In all cases the earlier the booking the...

This is relatively "relavent" to the subject: We've gone through the check-in in the station with the conductor at King Street a couple of times with no problems being "early" on the train. We especially like to be "early" on the Superliners, so we are sure to have room for our baggage in the...

I had to look twice. Did I actually see someone suggest "a buck a bag" for Redcap service in NEW YORK! Maybe twenty years ago, but not today. See what YOU can buy for a buck in Penn Station besides the daily newspaper, and not that on a Sunday. When I travel solo and require Redcap service...

DAXOMNI, While it is TRUE, I never availed myself of the "convenience" of travelers checks/cheques; I seldom traveled alone and observed as my traveling companions attempted to write their names numerous times in a hotel in Cairo the same way they did at their local bank some weeks before...

During more than 30 years traveling as an airline employee on business or pleasure in the US and possessions as well as Europe, the Middle East and Africa I NEVER used Traveler's Checks/Cheques. They were/are a waste of time and have always been difficult to exchange outside of banks or large...

A few years ago, for GeezerFest (a reunion of sorts with folks who worked together in the airline industry back before re/deregulation) I booked the trip about 10 months out. Planned to take Acela to WAS, change to SM and continue to ORL where I transferred to the bus for the final leg to SRA...

If there is any justification for seat selection/assignment one only need to transit (or worse board) NYP on any Acela first class car on trains operating BOS/WAS/BOS. To use the term "first class" with the free for all among boarding passesngers and their baggage, carried either by themselves...

Caveat: When traveling alone I book a roomette. When traveling with the bride of some 46 years (and counting) we book a bedroom. That said: I prefer a Viewliner roomette to a Superliner. I prefer to sleep in the upper and there is beau coup vertical room between the mattress and the ceiling...

If exterior door locks on sleepers were a "problem", some enterprising inventor,handyman, whatever would fabricate and market (probably on tv for $19.95 plus s&h, a second one free pay only the s&h) a portable lock that could be used by the individual traveler on any roomette, room on sleepers...

Okay, I give up. What's an "SSL"? Thanks, Best regards, Rodger

Go to Amtrak's website and pull up the screen to order publications. Request Arrive. It, to the best of my recollection, has schematics of the Acela Clubs in BOS, NYP, PHL and WAS. Best regards, Rodger

While it smacks of locking the barn door after the horse has been stolen; the change might better have been made at SAC. A couple of years ago, not wanting to chance a miscon between trains 11 and 6 we opted to layover a day in SAC. We shouldn't have worried...11 wasn't on time it was EARLY...

We've left bags at Club Acela facilities in BOS, NYP, PHL and DCA. Never a problem...YET! NYP was a little dicey. We arrived on an NER with a connex to the Crescent. We checked the brides cases at NYP for NOL, but left my two carry on's in "the club" while we walked up to 37th Street for...

I can only speak for the Meteor. On recent trips for Annual Geezerfests in Sarasota I've taken the Meteor from Washington down to Orlando after taking the Acela from Boston. I then bus to Sarasota...not an unpleasant experience. My primary raison d'etre is the timing of the Meteor vs the...

This seems to have devolved into a critique of VL vs SL, rather than LSL vs CL. In either case, I prefer VL roomettes over those on the SL when traveling solo. When in the company of my long suffering companion of nearly 46 years WE prefer the SL bedrooms over the VLs. Primarily becauses...

The system time table gives the boiler plate info about meals served at appropriate times of day, etc. but I find no info on specific trains. As for the CAP, on our trips CHI/WAS, dinner was served out of CHI and breakfast the next morning. Unless we were running late into WAS I don't recall...

It's my opinion sleeping comfort in a room/roomette is more a function of LOCATION than direction. Rooms closer to the center of the sleeper are the more comfortable. When I travel solo I take a roomette and when the bride is along we take a bedroom. We've found over the years that LOCATION...

It has been our experience the number of times we've either arrived or departed from Los Angeles that they either have too few red caps, too many passengers requiring assistance or BOTH. Los Angeles is, in our opinion, one of the most pleasant Amtrak terminals and at the same time the most...