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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida


@JoyFilled Warrior wrote:

I appreciate @skatting44  posting this "original news," & as well as her "source,"  esp since it pertains to news & updates I'm quite interested in.

 

I appreciate @fairygodmother  providing us with additional info concerning this, important developing news.

 

I appreciate @skatting44  acknowledging & thanking @fairygodmother  for posting her additional info.  @skatting44 also apologized that her news was brand new, & absent some addt'l info that some would find even more helpful.

 

All 'round, to the ppl of this entire Forum, I appreciate the news & info I read by the many contributing, generous people on this entire Forum,  as well as the incredible compassion here that so many share, from their heart, in their kind effort to help others.

 

May this Forum continue to be filled with such special ppl. Heart

 

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida

I wish we had the passenger train systems here like they have in Europe. 

 

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida


@skatting44 wrote:

@fairydogmother  @JaneMarple 

 

 

I had not read abt those details of the story you mentioned . The news article I read did not include this added info.  Thanks for  posting the additional info .


I probably came off as snarky. I apologize for that. 

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida

@fairydogmother Exactly!!! Also, in my opinion if you are going to travel with your pets a train is not the best choice... drive your own car or rent one so you can stop and take breaks as needed. 

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida

Many years ago I took the amtrak from KC to St. Louis, it was great with no problems.

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida

It was the AutoTrain that started in Lorton, VA.  It appears to have been a mishmash of AMTRAK problems.  The original crew apparently had served the maximum time on duty.  They had to call a crew that was "certified" to operate the train on the alternate routing around the derailment.  Only AMTRAK could fail to extricate itself in a timely fashion.

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Re: Amtrak from DC to Florida

When my daughter was a freshman in college she would take Amtrak from RI to NJ when she wanted to come home for the weekend.  It was NEVER on time.