As many of you have read me go on and on about my trip next week to NYC. via Crescent... A few questions:
We want to go to Baseball Hall of Fame. It seems to be in the middle of no-where! any idea how to get there from NYC. We are staying on Long Island.
Also how does the Acela work? I want to go to Washington DC or Phily to show kids some historic sites. Any suggestions? Prices and length of trip ? I find it hard to read the jumbled time table.
Thanks for any suggestions. Becki
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
If you are traveling New York to either Phila or DC, there is roundly hourly service in each class (Acela or Regional).
You should be mindful there is a whopper of a Premium to ride the Acela. In the absence of a Disneyland Ride experience, a leisure traveler will really have to "think twice" as to whether the 45" time advantage is worth it - especially after you visit the web site and note the fare difference.
As for the Baseball Hall of Fame, I should rightly defer to others around here. All I know it is "somewhere near Albany". If you choose to use rail to there and rent an auto onward to Cooperstown, I can report from first hand experience that the transfer to a Hertz auto is quite "smooth".
Posted by canoe86 (Member # 3099) on :
I am not from new york but have spent a lot of time around cooperstown to brainbridge. I do not recall trains real close to cooperstwon itself but binghamton (sp?) is not real far away, if they have train service. Staying right in cooperstown proper is expensive and the whole town has locked out most major retail business. there are some nice places just south of town. also about 1/2 hour away in oneaonta and oneonta has a lot of places to eat. I usually stay at a spot just north of town where the prices are a bit better. I always come to town from the south so i cannot speak of how to get there from albany.
Posted by George Harris (Member # 2077) on :
??!! Binghampton has not had passenger service since before the advent of Amtrak! Even if it did, Albany appears on the map to be marginally closer to Cooperstown.
Looking at Mapquest, it appears that train to Albany and rent a car would be the best bet. Go west on I-88 to save tolls on the NY state turnpike. For exact route if you do not hear from someone with local knowledge, get a good map and work it out for yourself. (Sometimes the map method still comes out better even if you do hear from someone with local knowledge.)
Posted by Gilbert B Norman (Member # 1541) on :
Also of interest to rail historians and enthuiasts would be Oneonta. This community, located along I-88, and a line of the D&H (now CP, no passenger service long before A-Day), hosts a railroad caboose in which, during 1883, the railroad labor movement was formed. There, a group of Brakeman decided to organize the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and accordingly to petition their employer to collectively baragin an Agreement covering Rates of Pay and Working Conditions with them.
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Posted by yummykaz (Member # 475) on :
Thanks all for the help...
Looks like we are going to maybe rent a car and drive. I am hoping to find some snow still for a sled ride!