I once took the train from NYC to Washington and was surprised to learn that the departure boards only gave the time but lacked the information concerning the  platform. When I asked for the number at the counter all I got was funny looks and the explaination that the station was so BIG that it was impossible to make any reliable forecast. Did anyone make the same experience? Too BIG? To me it looked much smaller than Cologne Central Station.

"The USA appears destined by fate to plague America with misery in the name of liberty." Simon Bolivar, Caracas, 1819