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05-19-2010, 08:47 PM #1
US Border Patrol on Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited
I saw this post on another board.
http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewt...p?f=46&t=72356
On my recent trip on #48 [train between Chicago and NYC] , I stepped off the train at Buffalo during the short crew-change stop. When I got off, there stood four armed US Border Patrol officers. They asked everyone if they were US Citizens.
Then one (perhaps two) boarded the train - going through each car asking the same thing. I asked the car attendant about it and she told me that they do this all time - and in fact take people off the train frequently. She said they do it not just at Buffalo either.
I was surprised to see this, as I had not heard about it elsewhere. It struck me as a bit odd to be doing this on the LSL.
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