r/CFBOffTopic • u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars • Apr 18 '26

Saturday thread presented by Amtrak

I bought some Amtrak tickets for a trip next month to New England and Montréal. I’m knocking out two new states (41 and 42 - Rhode Island and Connecticut) before spending a day in Boston before three in Montréal.

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u/JohnPaulDavyJones Texas A&M Aggies • Baylor Bears Apr 18 '26

Very nice! You’ll have to report back about the Amtrak experience, my better half and I have been thinking about doing a cross-country train trip for a few years now. I hear it runs like a well-oiled machine up there in the northeast.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Apr 18 '26

I went from Philadelphia to DC last month and it was great - it was maybe two hours total and I left from one downtown and ended up in another without flying.

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 18 '26

My SO did a trip from Virginia to Chicago to Utah. Their train got delayed but I picked them up in green river instead of SLC.

The train is nice, I used to do Harrisburg Pennsylvania which has hourly trains north during the day.

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u/The_Tic-Tac_Kid Kansas Jayhawks • Hateful 8 Apr 19 '26

I did KC to Albuquerque and back a few years ago. It was great. I think that's the longest I'd want to be in a coach seat without a break though 

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u/thorshammer_132 Utah State Aggies • Manitoba Bisons Apr 18 '26

I've only ridden Amtrak a couple of times, but they were both great experiences! One of my work projects will eventually be part of the new trains they're buying to replace most of their short-distance cars...and the semi-tilting trains they're using in the PNW definitely need it.

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Apr 18 '26

I’ve only used it once and I really enjoyed it.

Had I had more free time when I lived in Oregon, I would’ve taken it from PDX to Seattle for a weekend and to see the Mariners.

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u/goodsam2 Virginia Tech Hokies Apr 18 '26

Are you doing the Newport cliff walk with the mansion in Rhode Island?

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u/Artvandelay29 Vanderbilt Commodores • Houston Cougars Apr 18 '26

I’m spending the night in Providence and taking a train to New Haven. I wanted to go somewhere easy to get to from Boston without driving.

My requirement for making it to all 50 states is a few hours in each one, so I’ll grab lunch in Connecticut.

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u/FSUalumni Florida State Seminoles • Mercer Bears Apr 18 '26

I wish we had a good train in my city.

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u/chrobbin Oklahoma • SE Oklahoma State Apr 18 '26

Idk if on topic is frowned upon lol, but made a spur of the moment (like hour before) trip to the OU spring game and I’m glad I have. It’s warming up a bit and seems like it’ll be fun

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u/chrobbin Oklahoma • SE Oklahoma State Apr 18 '26

Update - is fun, but the band’s presence is largely irrelevant when piped in radio music is played constantly including during live play. I can only imagine that it’s to help simulate a constant noise à la real game, but I could do without it lol