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Re: new member plans to come Monday
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On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 11:01:45PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote:
> Anyone have any idea how absolutely horribly Amtrak's running nowadays?
> Or are we better off going NJTransit?
As a matter of fact, I had some first-hand experience with Amtrak this
very day, returning to Philly after a weekend in Cambridge. My train,
an Acela Regional, left South Station about 5 minutes late. The
schedule, which is admittedly optimistic, has a three minute stop in
New Haven. Instead we were stopped in the dark for close to 20
minutes while they changed engines. I thought they stopped having to
do that a few years ago, but hey.
They seemed to be having electrical problems between New Haven and
Penn Station. The lights went off probably a dozen times, for
anywhere from 30 seconds to a minute. Fortunately they regained a
little time in New York, and the train was running a lot better. The
train, originally scheduled arrive at 8:03, got in at about 8:15 --
just enough time for me catch my commuter train home. If it had been
a few minutes later, I'd have had to spent another hour at 30th St.
> My brain says the 5:09, my gut says the 4:45.
But having said that, please feel free to catch the later train. I
promise to personally beat up Dieter if he tries to start his talk
before our honored guests arrive. :-)
Walt
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