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[EARLY VIDEO] Amtrak Night Owl from Boston to DC - Apparently a Trip Report
Added 2024-08-21 21:00:05 +0000 UTCBeen a couple months since we've had one of these!
Comments
Oh no! Maybe it's US only.
Miles in Transit
2024-09-09 20:10:34 +0000 UTCDid you know that promo code POORBID doesn't work if you're trying to pay in 🍁Canadian🍁 dollars
David M
2024-09-05 14:06:54 +0000 UTCit would be funny if he got seat 11F
Random Transit Adventures
2024-08-31 14:56:53 +0000 UTCQuite possibly!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-28 18:07:02 +0000 UTCFunny thing was that right before this was posted I realized that we haven't seen Jordycakes since the Great Race to New York. Willing this into existence?
Jason Bereza
2024-08-28 17:24:06 +0000 UTCOh geez, that's VERY lucky! Would've been an interesting interaction with the conductor.
Miles in Transit
2024-08-28 15:28:05 +0000 UTCLast time I did this train south from NYC to DC, we had a four-hour overnight layover in DC and I decided to get some sleep since we weren't moving and get off at the end of the layover. Welllll, that didn't happen. Luckily I woke up in Alexandria and not Newport News
E-Machine
2024-08-23 13:19:50 +0000 UTCJORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKz
Nick Albanese
2024-08-23 01:22:25 +0000 UTCI knew I should have said "except Auntie Anne's" but I get it
jake conarck
2024-08-22 23:55:12 +0000 UTCI was gonna take it from New York to Boston on the literal night when they cancelled it, and I had to find alternate plans! I had put in a Poor Bid for a room too, it was INSANELY cheap (like $40 for a roommette and $80 for a bedroom? I picked the bedroom hoping it would be my first time in an Amtrak bedroom, but alas).
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 23:23:07 +0000 UTCThanks so much!!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 23:22:08 +0000 UTCOh gosh, if I'm eating at a station, it's usually with the goal of getting something fast! Like...the Auntie Anne's at Penn Station. Or the Auntie Anne's at South Station. Or the other Auntie Anne's at Penn Station.
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 23:21:58 +0000 UTCIf only you did this for real three years ago when the sleeper existed on this train (and not for just five minutes! Double Lol'), I rode it in sleeper July '21 and it was the best way to do Boston to Washington overnight (I actually was going to Alexandria). I acknowledge you, and especially the Tribal King for going through this for our delectation! Always love the "Poor Bid!" "Ned!" "Foamer Meter!" as well as those "Bathroom reviews!" and I guess the "Menu Shot!"
Matthew Betzner
2024-08-22 20:03:26 +0000 UTCI love my Manta mask. My fiancé stole mine, so I had to order another one
E-Machine
2024-08-22 18:01:33 +0000 UTCI took this overnight service (with the 9 PM departure) in 2014 on my Rail Pass trip. At the time I liked it okay...the hard part was spending 12 hours in DC waiting for the Crescent. It also makes a lot more sense financially as a RP segment.
Matthew Harris
2024-08-22 07:50:30 +0000 UTCI love the electric to diesel engine switch Moment of Zen at the end there. Miles, I don't know if you've answered this before, but do you have a favorite eatery at a station in the NE corridor? I miss Bridgewater's in Philly so much...
jake conarck
2024-08-22 06:58:34 +0000 UTCHaha, I had a feeling you'd love this one! I was excited to see your comment.
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 03:40:47 +0000 UTCThis was perfect. This is peak Milesintransit
Toronto Transit Channel
2024-08-22 03:39:17 +0000 UTCBELIEVE IT OR NOT IT WAS ***HIS*** IDEA!!!!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 03:26:37 +0000 UTCHeck yeah, thanks so much!!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 03:26:29 +0000 UTCI don’t know how you convinced Jordycakes to do this
Billy Anderman
2024-08-22 03:23:40 +0000 UTCI'm going WAS to BOS on this train in a few weeks, so I just ordered a POORBID sleep mask
Max
2024-08-22 03:05:03 +0000 UTCOh for sure, I am always curious how the price compares to flying since I am fine paying a little more to get from A to B faster by plane than take FOREVER on a bus/train. But I do think you still got the point across, the value for money is not there.
Calvin Witt
2024-08-22 03:01:47 +0000 UTCIf only this train HAD roomettes...
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 02:50:01 +0000 UTCI tried!!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 02:49:47 +0000 UTCOh no! This is a "YOU STUPID IDIOT" comment waiting to happen...
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 02:49:39 +0000 UTCHe was perfect for the job!
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 02:49:17 +0000 UTCOh man, I meant to talk about flight price comparisons in my post-mortem and forgot! But "it's really expensive" still gets the point across, I think.
Miles in Transit
2024-08-22 02:49:05 +0000 UTCI checked on Southwest and the "worst" flight I could find from DCA > BOS was 9 hr 30 min with a 5 hr layover in Chicago! $164, booked 1 month in advance, on a Wednesday.
Calvin Witt
2024-08-22 02:33:04 +0000 UTCI used to take this one about every other week. But just from BAL to RVM southbound and reverse northbound due to the better business class (and timing worked great for me). Though sometimes especially Fridays they put a regular business class car on it which sucked.
NedsKid
2024-08-22 01:43:21 +0000 UTCI saw the title and I was like oh I wonder if Jordan will be in this one. And then he was.
Max
2024-08-22 01:34:32 +0000 UTCoh no
Corey Rowe
2024-08-22 01:18:11 +0000 UTCTechnically there are other NE Regional trains with the half cafe-half business class car. #186 is an example (Newport News->New York), as well as #151 (New York->Roanoke) - this is because the southbound Night Owl terminates in Newport News, but the northbound Night Owl originates in Roanoke, so there are some other trains that are used to shuffle the Night Owl equipment from Newport News to Roanoke as a result.
Peter
2024-08-22 01:16:23 +0000 UTCMiles, you're supposed to sleep on a sleeper train, sleep!
JJRol
2024-08-21 22:49:35 +0000 UTCI think that the bottom bunks are 6’6”. Source: also 6’5”
Seth
2024-08-21 21:37:40 +0000 UTCMiles dragging Jordan on an overnight Amtrak train is a GREAT video premise
Kristen
2024-08-21 21:08:24 +0000 UTCI love overnight Amtrak trains it’s just that the roommate rooms are just too small for someone like me that is 6 foot 5
Cyrus Noori
2024-08-21 21:02:59 +0000 UTC
