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Post #Ay8fi3SgGGnS86MUQC by [email protected] |
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Checking out the “NextGen” Acela train. Definitely less scruffy than the or… |
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Post #Ay8fvDlLH2ZpqHMunY by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze finally, the full InterCity Express experience (don't get me wro… |
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Post #Ay8g4D1DPREY8o4xN2 by [email protected] |
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The lack of luggage space is actually worse than a 737, and there’s no checke… |
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Post #Ay8gXLqjefXRva4bPU by [email protected] |
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I really wanted to like this. |
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Post #Ay8h8eiuRgcfB7CVpw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze The seats face a single direction whether coming or going, because t… |
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Post #Ay8hNPbQwhJsctjxia by [email protected] |
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@badtux no. Ithe train is pointing the opposite direction from what the seat ma… |
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Post #Ay8hXbO9ysE24kOHlw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Do they not have luggage storage areas at the ends of the carriages?… |
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Post #Ay8hXbUBcT2uNRD6AK by [email protected] |
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@FediThing tiny. Like room for three suitcases. A total joke |
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Post #Ay8haVTMQvL2b0Cyrw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @FediThing Many British trains have less space for luggage than that! |
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Post #Ay8hh4sFiy5883z6fo by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze The Shinkansen had sufficient luggage rack space in 1964. (Even comm… |
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Post #Ay8hiOLonMrOpDRMVE by [email protected] |
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People are telling me that I’m wrong about the train that I’M LITERALLY RID… |
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Post #Ay8hrFjuBLKkitvqlc by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Oooh, no checked bags? And no luggae space? Yikes. I wonder if they … |
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Post #Ay8i3JGgt6Ph8u154y by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze NO YOU'RE NOT |
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Post #Ay8iAExlIElpoiT2H2 by [email protected] |
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The previous Acela configuration was preferable to this in almost every respect… |
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Post #Ay8iJVo42RfUf9LuUK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I really appreciate your review of the train! |
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Post #Ay8iQq0rJHf5MIpXSi by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze we experienced similar trying to get from Milan to South Tyrol. It … |
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Post #Ay8imFnIePtFOohShU by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze is there a lip on the shelf or would it be possible to reorient the … |
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Post #Ay8iwjbkeus4lEIPwW by [email protected] |
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@TindrasGrove a normal size roller bag would be teetering precariously. If they… |
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Post #Ay8iyaxhm7lMWcS4cy by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze this is a very mastodon vibe |
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Post #Ay8jFQtYSOlmE4XV6O by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I'm sorry for you! But it's still a train, trains are cool, … |
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Post #Ay8jOyi06lHdhfgdHc by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze On the plus side, facing rearwards is far safer if there's a cra… |
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Post #Ay8kDJ9WN999aWYfLM by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze no, you’re not. ;-) |
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Post #Ay8lI51sPSwnBgp1Ci by [email protected] |
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The train has a European-style two-tone horn that you can just barely hear in t… |
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Post #Ay8lOAL3aBIROLh9wO by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Not gonna lie, if the Acela managed to pull into Gare du Nord I woul… |
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Post #Ay8ln0YR652WHnnabI by [email protected] |
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Post #Ay8nCDPWXDehLwDJtA by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze If I'm not mistaken, there are also separate luggage areas at th… |
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Post #Ay8nCDWc6rKJhvWywK by [email protected] |
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@apicultor @mattblaze WHAT?!! No end-of-car storage? That's a showstopper f… |
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Post #Ay8nCDdLhoiM2ogMRE by [email protected] |
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@oclsc @apicultor there’s a tiny rack at the end. Room for maybe three normal… |
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Post #Ay8nS41lBnjCsteip6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze ew. I’m pretty sure the almost-commuter-train I take often has bet… |
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Post #Ay8p83gmwAF1x5R1LE by [email protected] |
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@badtux @mattblaze If a given run will operate in a particular direction, the s… |
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Post #Ay8p83moZl3uFmFpjc by [email protected] |
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@oclsc @mattblaze The train goes to one end of the track, stops at the station … |
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Post #Ay8p83tCC2AMZZEvgG by [email protected] |
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@badtux @oclsc I know how trains work. And I’ve been a regular rider on the N… |
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Post #Ay8pOez82XKGFwvhI0 by [email protected] |
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@badtux @oclsc Also, there are several places where trains can be turned on the… |
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Post #Ay8qYNivAjgtZSY2vQ by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @badtux @oclsc I mean, they can turn the train around, if they want … |
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Post #Ay8qcuqPyHeXS5DV7g by [email protected] |
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@sophieschmieg @badtux @oclsc yes. My complaint about this is about the seat ma… |
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Post #Ay8qewNjE7ZSnalMtk by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @oclsc OK. So the booking app, not the train car, is your issue. Got… |
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Post #Ay8qr0WReqzZ7EatKi by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @badtux @oclsc oh, I was mostly making fun of the idea that the phys… |
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Post #Ay8qvwd5Yi7sUS3WAi by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @badtux @oclsc The original original Metroliner? Like when they wer… |
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Post #Ay8qzgVJSFkxdWCaGG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze That’s really disappointing—not having to fight for bin space in… |
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Post #Ay8r61KavthFy5D4cK by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @badtux @oclsc And the old Acelas allowed the station crew to twist … |
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Post #Ay8rAtcn0rh5Vy2ruC by [email protected] |
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@VE2UWY @badtux @oclsc I don’t think I ever rode the Budd Metroliner under Pe… |
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Post #Ay8rhee5j2WIc9H5PM by [email protected] |
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@overholt Amtrak seems to be slowly trying to replicate the modern air travel e… |
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Post #Ay90I8XAsTKPMzwj7Q by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze aww. (I spent july/august in sweden and rode lots of trains, and w… |
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Post #Ay91sXpYP48aCkT3IW by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze now that would be cool. Imagine getting a trans Atlantic high speed … |
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Post #Ay92EnXWg3glISe8n2 by [email protected] |
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@Bwacton gravity tunnels! |
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Post #Ay92PE7KiYAmcaMrI0 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze ok my knowledge of quantum physics is very sketchy. I got my chemist… |
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Post #Ay92r1DyFMG6k7izLc by [email protected] |
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@Bwacton It’s the same principle on which they built the Alameda-Weehawken bu… |
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Post #Ay94mi8vRseSJTRFHE by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze you Americans have some amazing technology that you’ve been hiding… |
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Post #Ay958n9dUreiE7Idwu by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze Expectation: |
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Post #Ay9BEDyln2QcaxBtNw by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze @badtux @oclsc Based on your academic degrees, we're about the s… |
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Post #Ay9DE2dc9k2rKTKtkG by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze To be fair, people are always telling you that you're wrong.I im… |
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Post #Ay9DKx6p6vigD0IGh6 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze FYI, my most recent trip in an original Acela had the seats in the s… |
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Post #AyGvcz8A5b1jmT32Uy by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin @mattblaze @badtux @oclsc I am so tired of trains that don't… |
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Post #AyGvczGfZxpgCr1plA by [email protected] |
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@nomad @SteveBellovin @mattblaze @badtux @oclsc Like this (you can also move th… |
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Post #AyGvczOT6y4Sb2g3uq by [email protected] |
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@PeterLudemann @nomad @mattblaze @badtux @oclsc The previous Acelas did that, a… |
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Post #AyGvdVOa85AvqeybXE by [email protected] |
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@SteveBellovin @nomad @mattblaze @badtux @oclsc Progress is not always improvem… |
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Post #AyGvenCHQerzLfpuT2 by [email protected] |
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@mattblaze I am reminded of a Fred Grampp story. One day (he told me) he was ri… |
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Post #AyGvenKQwLOLkxeQAy by [email protected] |
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@oclsc @mattblaze I guess they weren't Flangists… |
