RTE_TrainGuy
Train Attendant
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I was watching a behind the scenes show on the NHL Boston Bruins, Behind the B, and the team travelled on an Amtrak train. The video is available for free here, and they show the train part from 9:15 to 10:40:
http://video.bruins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=1405&id=604067&lang=en
According to the show, they took the train on March 29th from Washington DC (presumably WAS) to the PHL station, after a day-game against the Capitals and the day before a day-game against the Flyers. The show said they chartered a three car train, and they show a 'First Class Conference Car' and a business class car, which I believe is the 1x2 business/cafe cars usually on the over-night NE Regional. They didn't specifically mention if they had an entire train or if they had their own cars added to a normal NE Regional, but I suspect given their scheduling needs they had their own train/engines.
I figured some here would find this interesting. Does anyone know how common taking the train is for sports teams? It seems like a good option for the short trips, when a charter flight is so short and the train stations are often close to arenas and team hotels. I had never heard of or seen a 'First Class Conference Car'.
Go Bruins!
http://video.bruins.nhl.com/videocenter/console?catid=1405&id=604067&lang=en
According to the show, they took the train on March 29th from Washington DC (presumably WAS) to the PHL station, after a day-game against the Capitals and the day before a day-game against the Flyers. The show said they chartered a three car train, and they show a 'First Class Conference Car' and a business class car, which I believe is the 1x2 business/cafe cars usually on the over-night NE Regional. They didn't specifically mention if they had an entire train or if they had their own cars added to a normal NE Regional, but I suspect given their scheduling needs they had their own train/engines.
I figured some here would find this interesting. Does anyone know how common taking the train is for sports teams? It seems like a good option for the short trips, when a charter flight is so short and the train stations are often close to arenas and team hotels. I had never heard of or seen a 'First Class Conference Car'.
Go Bruins!