Glad everyone is ok and with their loved ones for Thanksgiving. Question: Everything worked out here, but let's say you were in the two cars that were dropped, the remainder of the train continues on without you into the night and you are sitting there powerless on the main line. The fact...
Hi everyone! It's been a year, actually two since I visited the thread... Just wanted to say, what an amazing video by Agent of the Silver Meteor posted on Sept 21st on page 33. I watched it 10x. The train seems to glide by at speed, with clean lines. The Siemens City Sprinter, the fluted...
Ok....someone has to do it, so I guess it will be me. Have you all seen the Trump budget? Heres a link:
http://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/news/Trump-budget-ends-funding-of-Amtrak-long-distance-trains-TIGER-grants--51091
Let the sparks fly.
Just got back to Atlanta on the Crescent #19 today. Both it and #20 Crescent on my way up to Washington two weeks ago had the old configuration, 1 baggage car, 2 view liners, 1 Heritage dinner, and the coach cars. Gone were the business coach, the cafe cars, and the microwaved meals. (thank...
Rode the Crescent last week between Atlanta to Washington D.C. Northbound 19 had a business class coach with the sleepers and a heritage dinner. Southbound 20 also had the business class coach two cafe cars and no dinner. The crew managed to maintain most of the menu, but everything was...
What a stark contrast to the Brightline and Siemens operations. Bob Johnson's January 28, 2016 article entitled; Siemens completes first car shell for Brightline, contains a color photo of a finished shell of a car with people wearing yellow t-shirts waiving! What transperancy, and timely...