Recent content by Amtrak706

What did I claim was about me? You are absolutely correct. Assuming you trust Thirdrail’s information as I do then you have your source. I am referring to this: Glad to see we agree on this. I’m sure you intend to uphold this sentiment in your future posts as well.

I thought special trains were a nuisance and a drain on the bottom line? /s

Do you mean the possibility of DMUs as Amfleet replacements? If not, I think I missed some news somewhere.

When I rode the Chief last summer, someone ordered takeout food and had it delivered trainside at ABQ. It is a long fueling stop and there was a sizable row of vendors right there selling trinkets and stuff. It looked like a street fair on the platform. The station building also has a few shops...

Why is it always you that feels the need to correct some aspect of what I’ve said? My point about your assessment of IP’s failing being simplistic still stands regardless of the magnitude of Amtrak’s gouging, and you know it. Please stop with this stuff.

It would be quite a paradigm shift if Amtrak’s legislation was modified to allow companies reasonable competitive bids on different routes like the UK does. They have their own problems, but I would argue overall their system beats ours. Your source is below. I think this plus Iowa Pacific...

It’s not quite that simple though. Allegedly Amtrak did not want to see them succeed and charged astronomical rates for crews and OBS. I think if the state was interested in passenger rail, their best bet would have been to stay as far away from Amtrak as possible and figure out how to contract...

Ugh.

I’ve always thought it would be quite cool to somehow use the forward-facing space above the baggage car on the front end of the first Superliner as some type of passenger windshield. It would be a bit impractical since that space is currently the crew dorm and I’m not sure current Superliner...

It’s an interesting idea but I’m not so sure it will be as useful as they are hoping. Empire Service trains at Albany that don’t require an engine change still have dwell times of about 15 minutes to accommodate the crew change. Full engine swaps used to be done in less time than that. Maybe it...

Maybe the reason those poster spaces in the dining cars have been going empty is to accommodate murals of our Dear Leader Anderson. /s

True, but even then their HP/ton will be similar to a Northeast Regional consist behind a Sprinter. In my experience those trains accelerate quick enough to actually make you feel the weight in your seat back.

We seem to have a few members on here that get their rocks off to posting smug, hostile retorts and being The Correct One™ whenever they possibly can, and never get called out on it due to their high post count or otherwise “senior” status. You will find out who these are yourself in time by...

No problem, I probably could have been clearer in describing it also. And I 100% agree with everything you said here. That's more or less my position too.

How is that what you think I said? No. Once again, I do not somehow have an issue with Amtrak needing new rolling stock and locomotives (or D/EMUs if that is deemed a better option) to replace their current fleet. My issue is that there are several mentions of “possible changes to the national...