Riding the Rails

Recently, I decided to forego the car and try the train for a trip from Charlottesville VA to the Boston, MA area. The time was just about the same with either transportation, but it was a lot easier to sit and knit, sleep, and get up and walk around on the train. I chose "business class" for the ride up - from 7pm to 9am. It was quiet, comfy seats, and being the last car on the train, very few people walking through. We did have a 3 hour layover in NYC. I think this was to delay the train long enough to make it convenient for the early morning commute from NYC to Boston. But it meant three hours of very good sleep.

On the way home, I was in the "normal"  car. Still very comfortable, and relatively quiet. We were never so busy that I had a seatmate. I did decide to try the cafe care food. Let's just say I will not do that again! Terrible sandwich. But with very little luggage restrictions, bringing my own food would be no problem. We didn't have the layover on the way home, so the ride was 3 hours shorter.

My final take-away is that I will do this again. It is anything like the trains in Europe? NO. But nonetheless was not too bad. Just bring your own food and maybe some sanitizing wipes!

Here are some of the photos I took during the ride.