| Amtrak Train Number 177 is classified by the U.S. passenger rail service as a "Regional". Train 177 operates in the northeast corridor between Boston's South Station in the north and Washington, DC's Union Station in the south. Each day, Monday through Friday (except May 29, July 4 and September 4 in 2006) 177 departs South Station at 5:35 PM and is scheduled to arrive at Union Station at 1:30 AM. |
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In 1876, at the time of the National League's inception, the only reasonable way for a baseball team to travel from New York (home of the Mutuals) to St. Louis (home of the Brown Stockings) on a regular basis was by train. Stagecoach was too slow. Buses, and roads good enough to support them, were over half a century away, and jet airplanes over three-quarters. Major league baseball teams therefore relied almost exclusively on the railroad for nearly 80 years... (Alex Reisner, "Baseball Geography and Transportation") |
Train Notes
In the first half-century of World Series travel, the train was a way of life. In 1927, the year Charles Lindbergh made the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and the Yankees took a train from New York to Pittsburgh for Games 1 and 2, won both, and then took a train back. They played bridge, they told stories, they laughed along the way, and then they won two games at home for the sweep..."When I first went to Brooklyn in '48, everybody rode the trains," said retired Hall of Fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell. "Around the mid-'50s it began to change a little bit...[Don] Zimmer has watched first-hand as the national pastime has co-existed with planes, trains and automobiles. "A lot of things changed when we stopped taking trains," he said. "On trains, we were together. You get on a plane, and you're only talking to one person -- the guy next to you. There isn't the closeness now that there was then. We'd eat in the same dining car, we were always together. I'm not saying it was better, that was just the biggest difference." (Mark Newman @ MLB.com, 09/21/2003 ) 
My train ride began in 1976 in Elmira with many stops along the way, but today, that train has pulled into Cooperstown, New York (Wade Boggs, Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Speech, July 31, 2005) 
The Associated Press circulated the following article on October 25, 2005 WESTERLY, R.I. -- An Amtrak train from Boston to Washington was delayed for more than two hours Tuesday evening as law enforcement investigated a bomb threat, authorities said. A man called Amtrak in Boston and said there was an explosive device ''set to go off'' on Train 177, which left Boston at 5:35 p.m. carrying 115 passengers. The train was stopped in Westerly, the next available stop, at about 7:30 p.m. Passengers got off the eight-car train and a thorough search was done, Westerly police Capt. Lauren Matarese said. Passengers' hand-held luggage also was searched before they were allowed to get back on the train, she said. No explosives were found. The train proceeded after a nearly two and a half hours delay, and five other trains also were delayed by the bomb scare. There had been no arrests as of Tuesday night, authorities said.
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Inn. 1: MidAtlantic
Oldsaybrook [Starter]
NewRochelle BB . . X
NewYork BB . X X
Newark 1B X . X
- NewRochelleX-@Home X . X
Metropark BB X X X
Trenton HR . . . 4
NewHaven [Relief]
Philadelphia BB . . X
Wilmington HR . . . 2
Baltimore BB . . X
BWI 4-6 FO . . X
NewRochelle HR . . . 2
NewYork 2B . X .
Newark HR . . . 2
Metropark BB . . X
Trenton K . . X
Inn. 1: New England
BWI [Starter]
Boston 2B . X .
BackBay K . X .
RouteOneTwoEiBB . X X
Providence BB X X X
Kingston 2B X X . 2
Westerly BB X X X
Mystic BB X X X 1
NewLondon BB X X X 1
NewHaven K X X X
Boston BB X X X 1
BackBay K X X X
Inn. 2: MidAtlantic
Philadelphia 2B . X .
Wilmington HR . . . 2
Baltimore BB . . X
BWI 1B . . X
- Baltimore X-@3rd . . X
NewRochelle K . . X
NewYork K . . X
Inn. 2: New England
RouteOneTwoEiBB . . X
Providence BB . X X
Kingston K . X X
Westerly 2B X X . 1
Mystic BB X X X
NewLondon BB X X X 1
NewHaven K X X X
Boston K X X X
Inn. 3: MidAtlantic
Newark BB . . X
Metropark BB . X X
Trenton K . X X
Philadelphia HR . . . 3
Wilmington K . . .
Baltimore BB . . X
BWI K . . X
Inn. 3: New England
BackBay 2B . X .
RouteOneTwoEiHR . . . 2
Providence BB . . X
Kingston 3B X . . 1
Westerly HR . . . 2
Mystic BB . . X
NewLondon 1B X . X
NewHaven 1B . X X 1
Boston K . X X
BackBay K . X X
RouteOneTwoEiHR . . . 3
Providence BB . . X
Kingston K . . X
Inn. 4: MidAtlantic
NewRochelle HR . . . 1
NewYork K . . .
Newark BB . . X
Metropark 2B X X .
Trenton HR . . . 3
Philadelphia BB . . X
Wilmington K . . X
Baltimore 1B X . X
BWI K X . X
Inn. 4: New England
Westerly HR . . . 1
Mystic BB . . X
NewLondon 1B/E-8 . X . 1
[PH] Stamfor K . X .
Boston K . X .
BackBay BB . X X
RouteOneTwoEiBB X X X
Providence HR . . . 4
Kingston K . . .
Inn. 5: MidAtlantic
Bridgeport [Relief]
NewRochelle K . . .
NewYork K . . .
Newark BB . . X
Metropark BB . X X
Trenton K . X X
Inn. 5: New England
Westerly 2B . X .
Mystic K . X .
NewLondon BB . X X
P-Ball X X .
Bridgeport 1B . . X 1
- NewLondon X-@Home . . X
Boston 2B . X .
- Bridgeport X-@Home . X .
Inn. 6: MidAtlantic
Philadelphia BB . . X
Wilmington BB . X X
Baltimore 1B . . X 1
- Wilmington X-@3rd . . X
[PH] Washing 2B . X . 1
NewRochelle HR . . . 2
NewYork 2B . X .
Newark 2B . X . 1
Metropark 1B X . X
Trenton HR . . . 3
Philadelphia K . . .
Wilmington 2B . X .
Baltimore 1B X . X
Washington 2B X X . 1
NewRochelle K X X .
Inn. 6: New England
NewCarrollton[Relief]
BackBay K . . .
RouteOneTwoEi2B . X .
Providence BB . X X
Kingston HR . . . 3
Westerly BB . . X
Mystic BB . X X
NewLondon 1B X X X
Bridgeport 1B X X X 1
Boston 2B X X . 2
BackBay BB X X X
RouteOneTwoEiBB X X X 1
Providence HR . . . 4
Kingston HR . . . 1
Westerly BB . . X
Mystic BB . X X
NewLondon 1B X X X
Bridgeport 5 (Foul) X X X
Boston K X X X
Inn. 7: MidAtlantic
NewYork K . . .
Newark 3B X . .
Metropark BB X . X
Trenton K X . X
Philadelphia K X . X
Inn. 7: New England
BackBay K . . .
RouteOneTwoEiHR . . . 1
Providence BB . . X
Kingston 3B X . . 1
Westerly K X . .
Mystic BB X . X
NewLondon 1B . X X 1
Bridgeport 6-3 X X .
Inn. 8: MidAtlantic
Wilmington 3B X . .
Baltimore 1B . . X 1
NewCarrollton7 . . X
NewRochelle HR . . . 2
NewYork K . . .
Newark 1B . . X
Metropark 2B X X .
Trenton HR . . . 3
Philadelphia HR . . . 1
Wilmington K . . .
Inn. 8: New England
Boston K . . .
BackBay K . . .
RouteOneTwoEiHR . . . 1
Providence 2B . X .
Kingston K . X .
Inn. 9: MidAtlantic
Baltimore 1B . . X
NewCarrollton1B . X X
NewRochelle 2B X X . 1
NewYork K X X .
Newark 2B . X . 2
Metropark 3B X . . 1
Trenton K X . .
Philadelphia K X . .
Inn. 9: New England
Westerly K . . .
Mystic BB . . X
NewLondon 1B . . X
- Mystic X-@3rd . . X
Bridgeport K . . X
Inn. 10: MidAtlantic
Wilmington K . . .
Baltimore 2B . X .
NewCarrollton1B X . X
NewRochelle 2B . X . 1
- NewCarrolltX-@Home . X .
NewYork K . X .
Inn. 10: New England
Boston K . . .
BackBay 3B X . .
RouteOneTwoEiBB X . X
Providence BB X X X
Kingston HR . . . 4
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Game Time |
This was an unusual baseball game and not because non-humanoid cosmic players played and were represented by Amtrak stations served by regional train 177. It was an unusual baseball game because 83 players crossed the plate running counterclockwise, covering all the bases from first through third, under different circumstances. There were 24 home runs in this game. Moreover, despite the stratospheric numbers the game was very much in balance. Tied at the end of regulation, the game went one extra inning. It was won when the Kingston Amtrak station hit a phenomenal grand slam home run in the bottom of the tenth. The New England team won by 3 runs but had eight less hits then the Mid Atlantic team. The combined 46 bases on balls did much to elevate the run numbers. |
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