man & nature # 42 ~ Amtrak's Adirondack
Monday, September 22, 2008 at 09:58AM 
Along Lake Champlain • click to embiggenAs far as I am concerned, a window seat on the Lake Champlain side of Amtrak's Montreal - NYC Adirondack is worth its weight in gold. The train spends much its travel time along Lake Champlain perched right next to the shoreline and, on a glorious day like last Thursday, the views are a treat.
From my neck of the woods, the trip into Manhattan is a 7.5 hour ride. Virtually all of that time is spent along a waterway - above Albany (the 1/2 way point), along the West shore of Lake Champlain, and, below Albany, along the East shore of the Hudson River.
It really is a bit of a magic-carpet ride 
Westport Train Depot • click to embiggenmade all the more so for me because of the transition that I experience from boarding the train at a classic rural depot and disembarking in the center of one of the biggest cities on the planet.
It is, as they say, a real trip.
Reader Comments (1)
I lived in Poughkeepsie and my grandfather worked for the New York Central RR before it was the Penn Central and I remember many times riding with him to Albany and down to the city.
As far as stations, I guess they are going to do something with the Ft. Edward station, it is to nice to let go.