It looks like apologies are in order for the exalted one—for whom the world turns and revolves around. We are merely peasants fetching relevant news for your entertainment and pleasure.
@Waymond_Womano your flagellation will take place in the center court in front of His Majesty and everyone in the village. Do not be late.
About time. I recently saw someone share a leaked memo regarding employees being able to trial it to familiarise themselves with the trains from a customer point of view. At that point, it was only a matter of time before the date is announced.
This page also has the start date of August 28th confirmed:
I only posted about that hot dog stand in case you were looking for a part-time gig, since I heard they needed extra help for the summer.
I am sorry you didn’t find it relevant.
Ha ha Waymond you are SO FUNNY. What makes you think I’m poor?
its like 7 dollars for a hotdog they make bank from tourists who dont know better
I think he’s joking, and doing so because while you’re probably saying things in good fun as well, it’s hard to tell people’s tone of voice in written word. Kumbaya, people. Kumbaya.
It’s back! 
Book by 8/20 for travel 9/2-11/13 -
breaking news -
I figured you would want to do the big reveal of the snack bar menu updates.
I have definitely been on the receiving end of more than my fair share of hurts donuts and knuckle sandwiches in the Amtrak cafe car.
construction of new Amtrak platform (high-level platform) in Brattleboro, Vermont
It is expected to open in Feb 2026.
Amtrak has announced which trains will be using the new Acela fleet.
The train numbers are as follows:
Weekdays: Trains 2153, 2154, 2170, and 2173
Saturdays: Trains 2250 and 2251
Sundays: Trains 2248, 2258, 2259, and 227
On August 27th, there will be the inaugural run of one of the new Acela trains from Boston to DC that will carry Amtrak officials and others, and press conferences will be taking place in DC, NYC and Boston with some space reserved for the media for interviews and documentation of the events.
Amtrak’s new Acela trains have entered revenue service today. Yesterday was a special press run with today being the first day regular passengers get a chance to ride.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5515654/amtrak-acela-trains-northeast-corridor-upgrade
Here’s a video that gives us a nice look at the features on the train along with the ride experience.
Amtrak has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
We spend hundreds of billions on roads for cars to drive on without asking for a penny (the exemption being the small percentage of roadways that are toll highway segments), but if Amtrak doesn’t make a profit from riders paying for their rides, Republicans won’t shut up about it. Hypocrites.
These same highways and roads (some of which many people will never use in their lifetimes) do not generate a single penny as well yet noise is made that Amtrak isn’t turning a profit. It’s extremely hypocritical and just shows truly how anti-transit a significant number of these politicians are.
What’s also strange is that Amtrak is getting significant ridership increases but they still want to find ways to cut funding.
