Using Passenger Rail to replace airplane flights in the NortheastUSA

On Dec 2, 7:58 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@> wrote:
> On Dec 2, 6:01 pm, hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote:
>
> > Peter Trilitron Daniels wrote:
>
> > > I don't read newspapers.
>
> > If I may ask, how come?
>
> (a) very timeconsuming
>
> (b) they pile up
>
> (c) they cost money

Yep, all of the above.

I'm so glad I kicked the stacks of newspapers habit.

Phil "rural delivery" Kane wrote:
>
> I have never traveled "sleeping car" on Amtrak (although I was kicked
> out of one by a rude conductor who ignored the fact that I was there
> only to take pictures, not to stay there) ...

Yeah, sure you were buddy. Move on.

Peter Toodle Daniels wrote:
>
> I just changed from the 6 to the 4 at Grand Central and had the above
> query in mind -- when the train stopped with the left edge of the door
> at least a foot aft of the edge of the "Stand Clear" marking on the
> platform edge, which is several inches wider than the doorframe! I've
> never seen such sloppy stopping before.

Shocking. Perhaps the monitor was out, so they didn't give a damn.