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This is a really cool thing to do. (Not to mention convenient.)

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I'm 15 minutes away from the Trenton NJ

train station. Only a 1 hour 10 minute trip to Penn Station on NJ Transit. 35 minutes on Amtrak.

A lot of people live where I do and take the train every day up to Penn Station to work in Manhattan.

by PhillyCub on Oct 27, 2009 12:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Very retro,

not to mention practical!

Hey, it's a new century!

by cowsarecool220 on Oct 27, 2009 12:44 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Did they take the "A" train?

No, that would have been Anaheim silly…

"Pain don't hurt you none" - Sparky Anderson (1987)

Obviously Sparky was never a Cubs fan...

by Zeke on Oct 27, 2009 12:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I was thinking about this as the game ended on Sunday

Of course, I figured that MLB would never consider it, because — after all — the players might have to actually bump into real people.

by San Diego Smooth Jazz Man on Oct 27, 2009 12:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Chartered Train

According to the article, it was a chartered train. So no bumping into real people.

by kofspades on Oct 27, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Sure they had to bump into real people...

… once they got off the train into Penn Station.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 27, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Lots and lots of real people

Assuming they arrived sometime between 5a and, well . . . 2a.

by madcow256 on Oct 27, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Trust me they met lots of people just getting on the old escalator

The escalotors at Penn are old and very narrow and would be cover at least two tracks. My least favorite part of train travel in New York out of Penn.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Oct 27, 2009 7:54 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Penn Station?

"Brant Brown...DROPS THE BALL!!!!"

by cubswgnrocks on Oct 27, 2009 5:08 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Had I known they were coming

I would have gone to Penn Station to cheer them on. Absolutely the easiest and best way to get to NYC from Philly. Will be interesting to see how the Yankees plan on going.

"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim

by Doggie Stalker on Oct 27, 2009 5:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

TRAVELING BY RAIL........

Nice story about the Phillies something positive . We take the Amtrak to Chicago whenever possible . No traffic to fight and parking fees to pay . Rail travel seems to be picking up in the midwest .

by cubs north on Oct 27, 2009 9:55 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That would be great

Rail is easily my favorite form of transportation for short to medium distances (4 hours or less) . . . no security, very few delays (compared to air), generally more space, sometimes cheaper. If only more people used it so they could afford to have more travel times to most locations.

by madcow256 on Oct 27, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

That's one reason I like driving on road trips.

Flying these days… something I’d rather stay away from.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 7:34 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I'm in a line of work that puts me on the road about 80% of the time

For most people at my company, that means weekly roundtrips via air. I’ve been lucky enough to do a 2-year commute from Chicago to central Wisconsin (4 hours via car) and now I’m doing NY to Hartford (3 hours via rail) with only about a year of weekly flights.

Some people like racking up the status and points on the airlines, but I’d much rather have the quality of life from not wasting hours at terminals with security lines, delays, and whatnot.

All in all, very cool that the Phillies took the train. Wonder if the Yanks will “stoop” to that when they make the trip to Philly.

by madcow256 on Oct 28, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

If they don't...

… they’ll probably bus it, because flying would be silly — it’d be like flying from Chicago to Milwaukee. You’d waste more time in the airport and getting to your hotel than you would on a bus.

"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra

by Al on Oct 28, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Right

I should have thought of that.

by madcow256 on Oct 28, 2009 1:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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