superwarp1 posted:I find all this very interesting as the wife and I are planing a DC vacation for 2019. I was also thinking doing Acela one way and regional the other.
What MA station are you boarding at? If not in downtown Boston, board the train far to the front. Easier to find 2 seats together that way. In D.C., you approach the train from the rear, so it depends on how many boarded before you.
A "trick" if boarding any NER train in NYC...give a red cap a few bucks to carry your bag. He will get you on the train before the mobs are allowed to go down to the platform (the train sits in NYC for 15 minutes).
