Airplane alternative: Amtrak train travel is a hit with this Gadling blogger

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I agree I love to travel by train. How ever you got lucky. One thing people HAVE to realize (and I can not stress this enough) is that since your traveling on the ground lots of things can stop the train and cause delays. Last time I traveled by train I had 3 Delays totalling 1 day and 12 hours. (1 doesn't happen that often and was truly a shocking experience to me. It caused the train to stop, the engine to be shut off meaning the air conditioning to stop on a hot summer day in Washington DC. Plus the train staff gave us no information.) The second time was leaving family in New England, a Train wreck delayed the train an entire day. The good thing is Amtrak put us up in a hotel room for the night. The third time was nearing home another train wreck forced amtrak to send a bus to finish the trip. Don't get me wrong I love the train, but if I have to be there by a certain time, give me a plane ticket anyday, however if the train is part of the trip I would prefer that.

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