Does anyone knows how Amtrak passenger trains are announced via speaker when they arrive at penn station or grand central?
I want to make a tape for my layout with train announcments, and that should be prototypically, so does someone knows the exact sentence?
Thanks,
amtrak train number (fill in what you want) is now arriving on track (fill in the blank for the track)
csx engineer
Michael,
I remember visiting New York about ten years ago, and while the Amtrak arrival and departure announcements were much as described, the departure announcements included the cities served and the destination, and the “final call” included the traditional “all aboard!”
What really impressed me were the MTA trains to Long Island, which apart from the interesting sounding town names, the conductors were having a competition with eachother for the longest and most distinctive call of “All Aboard”. I guess you find your fun where you can, but the announcements were clearly memorable and in a long American tradition - quite a few people were smiling, not that common in New York!
Peter