Taking the Acela Express from Boston's South Station, to New York's Penn Station

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Well of course, I'm always looking at the wrong station board. (This is the local Metra commuter schedule, the Amtrak schedule is off to the left..
Push / Pull equipment with hazard bars on the windows.
My ship of fools.
The sleek acela electrics are silent, however these old FP40-PH's grumble and his even at idle.
Artsy!
warnings on everything these days; only slow darwin down.
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Of course, I was extremely excited to see some idling AEM7's near Providence. Nobody else cared.
What was really amusing on this trip was that a group at the other end of the car decided to booze it up something seriously, and on top of that they were surrounded by other innerbriated tired businesspeople, and a fight broke out right out of Jerry Springer. Fists flying, people screaming. It was pretty amusing. So the Conductor of the train has to stop this express in the middle of nowhere, call the cops, and they drag of the instigators, and the guy who threw the punches.