Recent content by strangebrew

As an operator and user of the transit system here, I would love to see 24 hour service. Even if said service is reduced to hourly. The sad fact is, I dont think the ridership is there. Trains pretty empty on average, there are hot spots but not consistent. Being a red state I doubt people would...

Service was hit and miss for us, which was kind of disapointing. #6 SCA ROBERT was great Our server for breakfast was horrible, felt like we were being a burden. #5 SCA although nice, disappeared Server was outstanding once we got seated. Believe her name was grace.

Thanks for the 411. Will do.

Do they still print boarding passes? If so are they similar to the heavy airline ones? Looking for a memento for my sons first Amtrak ride.

Ic, we have to be given a red signal bypass. There is no signal aspect for our track that allows entering an occupied block without contacting control. Learn something new every day.

Sounds like the Amtrak operator was not watching his signals. Not sure if their signaling system works the same, I would assume it does. The signals are there to prevent this kind of occurence. Disclaimer: I only operate light rail, so this is purely speculation. But it sounds like a signaling...

I saw you guys boarding. I was northbound, I mentioned AU over the external but I bet it was drowned out.

If I see you guys ill get your attention. Still looks doubtfull with the updated times though. Hope you guys are having fun riding the system, those 70's have pretty good AC.

Caught a glimpse of #6 leaving late this morning. I have no hope of being ontime for my august trip.

Anyone in the group wearing anything distinctive? Ill try and keep a lookout for you on the platforms.

Passed #5 just out of SLC on my way into work this morning. Guess it didnt work out to bad for you guys.

Thanks for the help, need a minimum of 150 to get it publicly viewable. I tweeted it to a few of the HSR orgs and got 2 retweets out of that. So, ill keep my fingers crossed, but wont hold my breath.

I know it has been addressed by the administration, but I feel the ball has been dropped. So, I created a quick petition just to let the administration know some of us still think it is an important issue. I did not delv into detail regarding HSR, I would be content with upgrading and improving...

If i knew a train had a bar car, I would go out of my way to ride that train as a regular commuter. Just saying..

UTA's FrontRunner is also push pull. The train arriving at this station in the begining is in push operation. The operator is at the very front of the first car coming into the platform. I didnt look, but you might be able to see the operator if you can get past the light glare...