Recent content by Bierboy

Exactly what I was thinking. Shouldn't take more than a half day (at most) depending on how much and how thick the brush is.

Four deaths now according to the KC Star. 150 injured. Crossing looks like a POS

Kansas City Star article with local farmers explaining how the crossing was #1-too steep (9 foot drop from the tracks to where the grade begins), and #2-views obstructed by brush https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article262950423.html#storylink=mainstage_lead

IDs and photos of the fatalities -- Wife of one of three killed in Amtrak crash files wrongful death suit

™ That’s not unusual. Wife and I were on the EB a few years ago and passed through an area where some freight cars had derailed. There were quite a few still on the ground in the area. Granted, not passenger carriages…

Exactly.

I never said they were tipped with people inside. When they use the word “rolled” that infers more than just tipping onto their sides. Don’t put words in my mouth.

Yes, it's very obvious with the cars laying side-by-side in alignment. As I mentioned above, several of the photo cutlines/captions are very misleading.

The captions with several of those photos are very inaccurate. Those three cars on their sides have obviously already been removed from the tracks during the cleanup and salvage operation. " ...three battered passenger cars that appeared to have rolled off the tracks..." WRONG.

More info from passengers and additional photos — At least 3 dead in Amtrak train derailment in Montana We’ve traveled this route a couple of times…very sad.

Your are, indeed, correct, according to the timetable. There's a luggage icon (indicating checked baggage availability) next to arrival/departure times. Thank you; I hadn't noticed that or even thought about it.

It's been 20 years since we rode the Cardinal to DC, and we're heading there in Sept. from IND with some friends (each couple occupying a bedroom). Every other LD trip since then has been on Superliners (bedrooms), so my question is about luggage space on the Viewliner Sleeper car. Superliner...

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Reward now being offered -- Arson reward

Thanks everyone for the input!