COMMUTE: Thu Oct 27, 2005; #642 and #177

My commute for Thursday October 26, 2005.

Morning leg - I took Amtrak Train #642 (PHL-NYC):

• PHL ???
  
• TRE 9:54, +44
  
• NWK 10:59, +77
• NYC 11:14, +74

Huge delays this morning. Train departed late and I did not check amtrak.com train status before I left. Likely it would have informed me that it was 20+ minutes late. So I sat around for a while at 30th Street Station. I think there was an Amtrak signal problem that further delayed things in NJ. Had an empty seat next to me, this train a little over half full by my estimation.

Evening leg - took Amtrak train #177 (NYC-PHL):

• NYC 10:43, +38
  
• NWK 11:05, 43
  
• TRE 11:54, +54
  
• PHL 12:23 am, +50

I was planning on getting the 11 so the fact #177 was late allowed me to leave 'earlier' though it still ended up getting in at the same time as the 11 o'clock. Had empty seat next to me but a pretty full train, surprising for how late it was.