Cincinnati to Manhattan on Amtrak
As I wrote in a previous blog entry, our short trip from our hotel to Cincinnati Union Terminal in the middle of the night was uneventful... and very quiet. Catching this train in the middle of the night was a piece of cake. It was still about 90° outside but it was nice and quiet with absolutely no logistical problems. The only remarkable event on this night was that we had to check our large rolling luggage... four pieces. There were four of us and we had packed for a two week trip anticipating sweaty clothes everyday so we had quite a bit to pack. We each had a rolling piece of luggage and a small carry-on bag. Fortunately, we planned for this possibility (needing to check our big luggage) so had already put everything we might need on the train in our carry-on bags so this was a painless change of plans. We had already planned for this because we knew that these new Viewliner II train cars had very limited luggage sto...