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I'm typing away aboard the SSL right now. You can see the road lane they reduced to make way for double track, as well as the new short wall to separate "street" running. Track on ballast too.

I'm more interested in speculating what these new cars will be called. Ultraliner? MEGAliner? Superliner III?

https://www.craigmashburn.com/amtrakcardiagrams.html I have the infamous car diagram page bookmarked to my browser and reference it all the time.

@Lonestar2804 just dropped a new video on the Silver Star! Love the return of traditional dining.

My favorite part of this is that segmentation of Coach to Business to First feels much clearer with this equipment. AFAIK business class doesn't exist on Amtrak LD currently, and this 2-1 vs 2-2 config seems nice. SoloSuites are a "first class coach" with sleeper class benefits, while the other...

I got bored. Following the footsteps of @Paniolo Man, I kindly asked the Amtrak FOIA officer if we could have the original digital PDF of the specification for legible figures and images. She obliged and here it is! Nothing we don't know already, but now we can see the nice CAD mockups Amtrak...

I'm not an EE but also think the difference between the two probably don't matter. I was watching this HSR Alliance video and Rich Harnish said (51:55) Chargers convert from high voltage (25kV) AC to 1500VDC, then AC for the actual motors. Making CUS 1500VDC would enable electric running while...

Seems like nothing I've said so far hasn't been discussed already 🙈. This is a great thread to dig into, thanks.

I need some trivial topic to obsess over, otherwise what else can I do while we wait! 🫠

Switching from CN Lakefront to NICTD makes sense. HSR Alliance's page shows connecting the two to be on the wishlist along with the St Charles Air Line renovation. Maybe it'll happen with the FY25 grant request. 🤞😂😔 I finally got around to listening to the full Sandhouse video and their Q&A...

I see. Makes sense, BART and Caltrain are facing similar situations, fiscal cliff and all.

I'm a bit out of the loop. Is there a particular reason the Capitol Corridor is doing this poorly month after month?

I wonder if MED speed increases will lead to Amtrak routing LSL, CL, and Michigan services to MED/SSL ROW. This chapter on a 2014 draft environmental impact statement for improving the Chicago-Detroit corridor (Wolverine) mentioned speed restrictions being the main reason NICTD ROW is of the...

Might as well also attach them here.

Amtrak got back to me: I was under the impression they made more internally afterwards. Seems like the Wayback technique River Cities shared is the way to go. I have the relevant links below for convenience. FY10 PIP: Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle FY10 PIP: Cardinal FY10 PIP: Capitol Limited FY10...

I submitted an FOIA request this morning. Never read the docs before but hoping this makes it public.

Wonderful! I'm so amazed at how much they got right for passenger rail from so long ago. Level boarding, overhead catenaries, downtown to downtown.

Hi everyone! I'm a new member to AU and relatively new to passenger rail in general. My Amtrak experience is pretty limited; I grew up in California and rode the Coast Starlight from LA to San Jose in coach once as a kid. Recently, I went on my first sleeper and rode the City of New Orleans...