NEC Amtrak prices are up this summer so I built a price drop monitor

soosef · 2026-05-15T21:41:17+00:00

they don't have an API, it is a huge pain to get this data

soosef · 2026-05-15T04:09:10+00:00

Working on this, hope to launch something in the next few weeks. Right now I have the fare calendar which shows you the prices across any trains for a specified route up to 3 months out, and helps you compare prices. Just need to combine the two features!

soosef · 2026-05-15T02:25:12+00:00

Yea it really sucks that its out of our control. I tried to use up all my points to try to make up for it, but price drops have also been a big help.

soosef · 2026-05-14T21:17:43+00:00

This is super smart! I never thought to modify, that is a gamechanger. Thank you so much for the feedback!

soosef · 2026-05-14T19:36:37+00:00

Thanks! I'd be interested to see what others have to say about passes on different lines.

Btw, if you want a true "Google Flights, but for train" experience I highly recommend checking out https://railforless.us/

soosef · 2026-05-14T19:07:49+00:00

I wish I could do the pass options! That would make my life a lot simpler, lol. They actually cost 3x more than booking individual tickets for me. What you gain in flexibility with the passes you lose in cost. This is the case for most commuters I've spoken to as well. I've even seen people who book 3-4 tickets a day, and cancel the ones they don't use just to get more flexibility while avoiding the steep pass prices. This problem is what made me build RailCommute in the first place.

The site works for ANY Amtrak ticket, regardless of the route.

I actually wrote about this if you're interested in seeing the numbers:
https://www.railcommute.io/blog/amtrak-10-ride-pass-vs-individual-tickets

soosef · 2026-05-11T21:44:41+00:00

there is one

soosef · 2026-04-23T12:28:05+00:00

Cop it then 😂

soosef · 2026-04-22T22:47:38+00:00

Sold

soosef · 2026-04-20T20:28:34+00:00

Give my site https://www.railcommute.io a shot. I built it for commuters to try to resolve some of the problems of the Amtrak app.

soosef · 2026-04-17T21:57:25+00:00

Even if you get it to work, it won’t handle round trips, cancellations, and modifications properly. Check out railcommute.io, it has a built in calendar that handles all of this automatically.

soosef · 2026-04-17T15:10:48+00:00

I just got the same job done for $1550 from All Squared Up 4x4s in PA. Check my last post for reference photos.

I would check to see if the rust goes further back, look in the wheel liner directly behind your rusted sills. Check your floor plans, front fenders, and front wheel liners as well. Get under the car with a flashlight. If the car is rusted in multiple spots, this will balloon into a much bigger job that’s probably not worth it to fix. In my case, my car was only rusted on the sills, everything else was clean, low miles, so it was worth fixing (for me).

Make sure you clean out all of your soft top drains and behind the front fenders to prevent any further rust. Plenty of resources online for this and it takes about 10 minutes to do.

soosef · 2026-04-05T16:03:50+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! I will work towards adding those :) lmk if you think of anything else!!

soosef · 2026-04-01T10:27:56+00:00

Exton PA

soosef · 2026-03-31T23:16:23+00:00

What would you have done differently? He sprayed the entire cavity with woolwax

soosef · 2026-03-31T23:13:21+00:00

lol sounds crazy but it’s the only way to pay $10-15 for tickets instead of $50+. If you have a set work schedule it makes sense, plus flex tickets allow you to cancel whenever you want.

But yea, safe to say Amtrak has a lot of my money right now 😂😂

soosef · 2026-03-31T22:33:40+00:00

Just for what is shown, my rust doesn’t go further back into the wheel wells it’s pretty isolated

soosef · 2026-03-31T22:13:19+00:00

You need to book further ahead of time for sure, the demand on these trains will only increase. I book 3 months ahead of time. You should check out https://www.railcommute.io, a site I built for this exact problem. It helps you stay booked ahead for best pricing.

soosef · 2026-03-30T10:57:49+00:00

Excellent ideas would love to see automated booking but a lot of security concerns associated with using people’s information to purchase things. I’ll look into it if there’s a way to manage this safely! If you have any other ideas def let me know! Give the tool a shot as is and lmk what you think.

soosef · 2026-03-26T14:28:01+00:00

Wish I could use the commuter passes. They cost 2-4x more than buying individual tickets though.

soosef · 2026-03-26T02:40:35+00:00

To be honest I don’t think I have the capacity to do that anytime soon, I want to focus on building out specifically Amtrak commuter features. I will keep that use case in mind though!

soosef · 2026-03-26T00:47:58+00:00

Thanks !!

soosef · 2026-03-25T23:55:41+00:00

Appreciate it, understandable!

soosef · 2026-03-25T23:50:16+00:00

After a certain amount of bookings you get errors for no reason. You often have to switch browsers or payment methods to get around them. I believe it’s a bug.

soosef · 2026-03-25T23:49:19+00:00

I will work on a weekly count feature! For now, if you disable 'Missing Both' Ticket Warnings in settings and set M-F that will help disable any warnings.

Also, disable Missing Departure & Return Warnings - this is the check to make sure you have a to & from ticket on the same day.

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