I just looked at the Cascades schedule and was surprised at how chopped up and pieced together it is. Why are there so many truncated runs. Why don't they run any trains straight through? Is there an operational problem that won't allow this?
This.They lost a trainset in the Dupont incident, I think, so there's the lack of equipment problem. Also, I believe Oregon is getting only what it's paying for.
Didn't Canada agree to eat the custom clearance cost as well?BC pitched in for infrastructure improvements. The Colebrook siding comes to mind.
Yes, CBSA agreed to service the second train without charging Amtrak or the State of Washington after the BC provincial government and the City of Vancouver complained repeatedly, and loudly to the Canadian federal government about it.Didn't Canada agree to eat the custom clearance cost as well?
All Cascades trains except for for the 516-519 pair to Vancouver rotate through the entire schedule. The consist for 516-519 is captive to that one service. That is why when Talgos sets have to be withdrawn for maintenance, 516-519 get substitute Superliners and the rest of the schedule retains Talgos. Among other things, it means you only have to change the inventory on 2 trains instead of all the trains on a rotating basis.A while back there was also an equipment rotation/servicing reason, as splitting what would logically match up as a through train allowed for each train set to overnight at the Talgo base in Seattle every four nights.
I don’t know what the current rotation setup is, but there could be some equipment servicing reason.
We're not stingy, we're broke!... and Canada being stingy.
But, but...I keep hearing how the PM has plenty of money for this initiative and that program to insure Canada is truly a world leader on those respective issues. Surely you must be wrong!We're not stingy, we're broke!
Yeah, and his family vacations, etc. He and his party think the answer to every problem, including re-election, is to throw money at it. Soon we'll have more debt than most of the third world.But, but...I keep hearing how the PM has plenty of money for this initiative and that program to insure Canada is truly a world leader on those respective issues. Surely you must be wrong!
Pikers. Any more presidents like the last three and we'll have more debt than the rest of the world combined!Yeah, and his family vacations, etc. He and his party think the answer to every problem, including re-election, is to throw money at it. Soon we'll have more debt than most of the third world.
You're right. And both countries' border services made attempts to kill this service until politicians intervened.Yes, CBSA agreed to service the second train without charging Amtrak or the State of Washington after the BC provincial government and the City of Vancouver complained repeatedly, and loudly to the Canadian federal government about it.
Basically, each government is paying for their own costs for border security, as it should be. I don't consider that a subsidy, though.
Enough money to spend $3,4 billion to bail out the failed tar sands pipeline debacle. That would have paid for... Oh anything you can name really. After that, it is clear Canada has plenty of money, it is just burning it.We're not stingy, we're broke!
Government debt denominated in government-issued currency is not really debt (it never has to be repaid) -- it is actually money. T bils are a type of money which the government prints. Printing money is often a good idea, as long as it does not lead to excessive inflation...Pikers. Any more presidents like the last three and we'll have more debt than the rest of the world combined!
They lost a trainset in the Dupont incident, I think, so there's the lack of equipment problem.
Also, there is demand for a morning train from Seattle to Vancouver. Why would you originate that in Portland at 3 am just to make it "through"?
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