National Train Day at Grand Central was well attended. In fact, it was packed on Saturday. I was surprised at the long line of people inside Grand Central waiting to go to the exhibit. I almost decided not to wait, but the line was moving quickly enough.
What I didn't realize was this is the first of many lines before entering the exhibit. Many, many, many lines.
At one point, they boarded us onto parked commuter trains for 20 minutes so we could ...
Grab your camera, check the website, and head to your closest National Train Day exhibit. I'll be headed to Grand Central Station at noon today for the Parade of Trains to view more than 20 classic trains including:
FL-9 Locamotive
20th Century Limited Hickory Creek Observation Car
Montana lounge car
...and more. There are a number of exhibits ...
On a recent trip from New York City to Washington, D.C. I opted to take Amtrak's Acela service in business class. I tend to fly this route, as often American Eagle has ~$80 one way fares that are cheaper and faster than Amtrak. But since I had never taken Acela before, and had an expiring $100 credit on Amtrak I decided to "splurge" a little. Remember, "business class" on Acela is two by two leather seats which would normally be called Coach on other Amtrak trainsets. But in the overpriced ...
I live just a flew blocks from Philadelphia's 30th Street Station when I am in Philadelphia and conveniently for me, United Airlines has codeshare service with Amtrak out of ZVF to Newark Airport, allowing me to easily make my connections west. Even better, when adding on a ZFV-EWR to just about any itinerary ex-EWR, prices tend to drop, sometimes dramatically. But today I learned something new...
Today is actually my last trip--I'll be leaving Philadelphia for good in a couple weeks ...
Amtrak has just announced a 3 day sale for travel between New York and Philadelphia/Wilmington between April 9- May 2. The fares are $26 and $30, respectively.
I did a quick check and availability is wide open, but it's drying up quickly. Compare to flights and buses, Amtrak is the quickest and most reliable way to travel in the tri-state area. Amtrak fares go up steadily closer to departure and the typical advanced purchase fare for NYC-PHL is around $36 so I don't ...
The last couple days have been cold, and I mean cold. As a California native who has spent a handful of winters on the East Coast (and Germany), I honestly cannot recall weather this cold before. It was 13ºF when I walked home from the gym last night and the high barely breached 20º today. Oh, to be sure I've been in much colder weather before, but I've never lived in such cold weather. There was only one solution: escape to California.
Actually, this trip has been planned ...
