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@CNJ Jim posted:

Have there been instances of combative/disruptive/drunk passengers causing the train to make an unscheduled stop, so the police can board and drag him/her off? Have we got that far, yet? Or, is that still just up in the friendly skies?

My only AMTRAK trips were wonderful ...  two round trips between NYC and Montreal. All four legs were on time, or very close to it. The other passengers were great, and a couple of Budweisers (Or were they Coors?) with a cheeseburger was plenty good enough for me as I relaxed, watching the beautiful mountain forests go by.

I was on the Broadway Limited headed west bound around 1988 when we had the police pulled a drunken and disruptive passenger off in Tyrone, PA in the middle of the night.  It happens on occasion and the crews dealt with the issue professionally and appropriately.

My last long distance trip was 2014 on the Capitol and while we were held up by NS trains at the time, I enjoyed the trip thoroughly.  My Keystone corridor experience in 2016 running from the terminus to terminus on the Harrisburg to NYC route was like riding on glass.  Every seat had a 110 outlet and wifi did not have an additional charge.  We arrived on time on a completely non-eventful trip.  That is what we in the west crave for corridor routes.  For example in my case, Phoenix to LA would be a great route.

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