Once again, logging my progress home for informational purposes. Entries to be added during the day, and a separate write-up of my convention experience will follow.

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--06:54a: Dp. Doubletree
--07:11a: Ar. Pittsburgh Amtrak station. Boarding has already begun

AMTRAK:
--07:14a: Seated aboard Train 42, coach #25100
--07:28a: The Capitol Limited pulls in alongside us. I was wondering why there were still people seated in the waiting room during our boarding call. Usually train #30 has long gone by the time we're boarding. Amtrak's train-tracking site shows it was 2 and a half hours late upon its arrival in Pittsburgh.
--07:37a: Dp. Pittsburgh station
--08:17a: Ar. Greensburg, PA
--08:18a: Dp. Greensburg, PA
--08:28a: Ar. Latrobe, PA
--08:30a: Dp. Latrobe, PA
--09:10a: Ar. Johnstown, PA, between two NS manifest freights, an eastbound moving, and another not.
--09:14a: Dp. Johnstown, PA
--10:07a: Ar. Altoona, PA
--10:10a: Dp. Altoona, PA
--10:33a: Ar. Tyrone, PA ("Ya Better call Ty-roo-oooone..." -- Erykah Badu)
--10:35a: Dp. Tyrone, PA
--11:01a: Ar. Huntingdon, PA
--11:01a. Dp. Huntingdon, PA
--11:38a: Ar. Lewistown, PA
--11:41a: Dp. Lewistown, PA
--12:58p: Ar. Harrisburg, PA
--01:05p: Dp. Harrisburg, PA

From this point we switch from Norfolk Southern freight tracks to electrified Amtrak-owned ones, with high-level platforms and higher speed limits (up to 110mph or 177km/h) We're still hauled by a diesel till Philadelphia, so our speed will max out at around 100mph (160 km/h)

--01:20p: Ar. Elizabethtown, PA
--01:21p: Dp. Elizabethtown, PA
--01:35p: Ar. Lancaster, PA
--01:40p: Dp. Lancaster, PA
--02:18p: Ar. Exton, PA
--02:20p: Dp. Exton, PA
--02:27p: Ar. Paoli, PA
--02:28p: Dp. Paoli, PA
--02:52p: Ar. Philadelphia, PA
--03:25p: Dp. Philadelphia, PA

Now we transition to an electric locomotive for the trip up the Northeast Corridor, at speeds up to 125MPH (200 km/h)

--03:52p: Ar. Trenton, NJ
--03:56p: Dp. Trenton, NJ
--04:23p: Ar. Newark, NJ
--04:25p: Dp. Newark, NJ
--04:40p: Ar. NY Penn Station

NYC TRANSIT:
--04:49p: Ar. 34th Street Penn Station subway station. By the time I reach my usual spot on the platform, my train is arriving
--04:50p: Dp. 34th Street Penn Station subway station, #2 subway
--05:38p: Ar. Gun Hill Road subway station. This isn't my home station, but it has an elevator, making it much easier to reach street level with 90+ pounds of luggage. and board a local bus paralleling the subway route.
--05:41p: Ar. Local bus platform
--05:44p: Boarded local bus
--05:50p: Ar. local home stop
--05:54p: Ar. home

So...11 hours, door-to-door