According to a representative last fall, the new baggage cars providing roll on service will be in place this year. The cars have been purchased. I brought this up with the ticketing agents at Union Station in Washinton ( the headquarters for Amtrak), they thought it was humorous. No, they laughed out loud.
Marc On Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 4:46:09 PM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 04/18/2015 10:54 AM, Bob E wrote: > > Thanks for that trilogy, Marc -- not only for the ride report and > > photos, but for the post-ride logistics, as well. That looked like a > > great trip! > > > > It would be nice if there was more than one train a day that linked DC > > with Pittsburgh so that you could arrive at a decent hour, and if you > > also weren't required to put your bike in a box to bring it onboard. > > But at least you can bring a bike on that train route -- while bikes > > can be brought onboard all off-peak NJ Transit trains here in New > > Jersey, Amtrak's Northeast Corridor trains (linking Boston, NYC, > > Philly and DC) allow only folding bikes. > > > > Amtrak keeps promising us roll on/roll off service on the DC to > Pittsburgh train, currently scheduled for implementation shortly after > the 2nd Coming. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
