Joe Makowiec wrote:
>>>> I've taken the NYC - Albany portion a number of times, and
>>>> it's indeed very scenic. Although I've never taken Albany -
>>>> Montréal, I just tracked the route. It follows the New
>>>> York/Vermont border, then the shore of Lake Champlain for
>>>> most of its route, so that should be very nice, too.
It is. The best scenery is on the west side of the train
south of Albany, and on the east side north of there, so you
might try to change seats, if there's space available.
B Vaughan (me@privacy.net) writes:
>>>I've taken that train all the way twice. It's indeed very
>>> nice scenery, but northbound a lot of the route was passed
>>> after dark.
Alan S wrote:
>> Must depend on the time of year. I went AMTRAK Penn (NYC) to
>> Buffalo (Depew) in July; broad daylight all the way.
B Vaughan (me@privacy.net) writes:
> That's a different train. We were talking about the Adirondacker,
Not to nitpick about spelling, but for the benefit of those using
search engines, it's called the Adirondack, not the Adirondacker.
> which doesn't turn west at Albany, but goes up through Vermont to
> Montreal.
It leaves the route that Alan mentions at Schenectady and
goes north, but it runs on the west side of Lake Champlain,
through New York state. It doesn't enter Vermont at all.
It's a daytime train. Arrival in Montreal is scheduled for 18:30
weekdays, 17:50 weekends. Even though it often runs late, you
should arrive before sunset in spring and summer. Most of the
best scenery is south of the Canada-U.S. border, and this should
always be traversed in daylight, unless a disastrous delay occurs.
Perhapos Barbara is thinking of a completely different train,
the Montrealer. This was an overnight train between Washington
and Montreal. It didn't go through Albany. From New York it
ran east to New Haven, then turned north through Hartford,
Springfield MA, and Vermont, and finally Montreal. It was
cancelled in 1995. In its last year, it left New York at 20:45
and arrived in Montreal at 10:45 the next day, so most of the
trip through New England would have been in darkness.
Tom Box Toronto, ON, Canada
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