sounds good!
As for newark delays - yep, I can attest to Friday's madness. My friend was trying to get back from FLL to SAN, thru EWR. Got as far as EWR, and sat on the tarmac for 2-3 hours. A front which stretched from boston down the eastern seaboard and over to Houston (almost) had all westbound traffic halted.
The train sounds interesting though!