Recent content by Amtrakfflyer

I’ll be surprised if Schumer moves forward with these two before the election. Great choices and positive for Amtrak and the country as a whole. They represent the R side of the board choices however. Remember Gardner used to work for Schumer. Amtrak under Gardner is NEC centric. Assuming Biden...

Vegan and vegetarian are very different terms. Vegan=no animal products at all such as cheese, milk, etc and by strict definition honey as well. Vegetarian for the most part means no animals were killed in producing the product. My comment regarding the menus is bring back the black bean burgers!

I’ve posted here before and people said it’s comparing apples and oranges but I just booked it again and I don’t think it is. We used to take the SWC from Chicago area to SoCal twice a year to see the in-laws. We’d pay less then $1000 one way for the family room and fly home. Now with it...

Regarding the Texas Eagle (and all flex dining trains for that matter) let’s just say for the sake of argument they get 0 of the 27 mil. Is Flexible dining the very best they can do with the current budget they are allotting to those trains? I don’t remember the exact number but I remember...

Would it be totally off base to think they could run Oakland/EMY to Reno 2-3 days a week. Fri to Sun. Airlines have started targeted service like that the last 10 years. The infrastructure is in place. Won’t happen but I think it would work especially if you could use idled equipment over the...

Maybe since the budget officially was not cut (much) by Congress this past week we might see the ball start rolling more aggressively. Unfortunately since the last Trump administration wanted to eliminate the national network I wouldn’t be surprised to see the status quo til after the November...

I’m interested in Coscia’s response if one comes. As publicly funded operation some response is warranted even if it’s not an informative one. No response at all would raise concerns. Let’s give it a few weeks.

Remember we’re all thinking of Amtrak timeframes. Not timeframes the rest of the world operates with. Tren Maya got its Alstrom order delivered in about 2-3 years as an example. Regardless I have a feeling Via’s order will involve Amtrak in some fashion. A small piggy back order of whatever...

I don’t think they get it. Attracting new customers and ridership isn’t on their radar. Unfortunately Amtraks best funding ever comes at a time with debatably Amtraks worst management ever. Management is corridor oriented and can’t even do that right, it’s going to be real interesting to see...

I didn’t find the video disturbing per se, just sad. I have to wonder if the redacted part of the video correlates with the described narrative. We weren't there but weapons fire on a dark crowded train seems like an extremely poor choice. Maybe turn on the coaches interior lights and clear the...

Moorman is a weird one, something happened, what we will never know. Moorman is on record as saying the LD network basically breaks even above the rails before Congress as CEO. Fast forward a year later while Anderson was CEO, Moorman made the extremely hostile comments on that...

Disappointing. Let’s hope the other nominations can be made asap. If there is an administration change along with a change in senate control next year we could see the restructuring of Amtrak similar to what Anderson tried to implement. We already know Coscia , Szabat and Gardner would be in...

Wow all LD WB trains from Chicago cancelled tomorrow. Tomorrows Chief out of LAX cancelled. Multiple Coast starlight cancellations. Others as well. I know here in IL they’re expecting 8 inches over the next 24 hours which isn’t much actually. Typical winter here. What the hey is going on…

What scares me about this incident is the lack of press (zero nationwide) and cryptic news releases from local authorities. Hopefully more comes out as the days go on, but that will require an engaged press. I can easily see this fading away from focus as the new year begins. That is until the...

The other website is saying 2 bullets hit one of the conductors who is ok after surgery. 🤦‍♂️ Almost no information evryone is being tight lipped.