Originally Posted by
AndyPatterson
No motion sickness here, but I do have to agree that the Acela has gotten bumpier over the past decade -- think they are pushing the trains to higher speeds, but the tracks haven't been upgraded. I used to be able to do a lot of work on the laptop, and that is now less feasible with the bumpier ride.
There have been a few occasions where I have been walking back to my seat from wherever, gone around a curve, and nearly ended up in someone's lap. One time I almost dumped some coffee on someone. Thankfully I didn't. I just save the $$$, and take the NER now. I can live with the extra 15 minutes it takes me to get from PHL to WAS.
EXCEPT on those unfortunate times (has happened more than once on a Sunday afternoon), we get stuck behind a MARC train going 30 MPH. I don't quite understand how this happens, and it's certainly not scheduled this way.