Recent content by RampWidget

Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum

Help Support Amtrak Unlimited Discussion Forum:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.
  1. RampWidget

    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    Past reroute practice in my experience has been Hamlet-Dillon-Florence-Savannah. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum
  2. RampWidget

    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    It’s Cella. Good men, both of them. Terrible loss. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum
  3. RampWidget

    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    Amtrak. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum
  4. RampWidget

    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    @chrsjrcj That’s from the Jacksonville Business Journal. They’re generally a reliable source, in my experience. Sent from my iPhone using Amtrak Forum
  5. RampWidget

    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    Unconfirmed information 08:30 local time from a former colleague in Amtrak train/engine service that the fatalities are crewmembers.Prayers for the crews, passengers, and families.
  6. RampWidget

    Collision and Derailment in Penn Station 3/24/17, 10:08am

    That is very good news, indeed. :-)
  7. RampWidget

    Collision and Derailment in Penn Station 3/24/17, 10:08am

    Please, someone get some photos of them in GCT!
  8. RampWidget

    Trump and Amtrak/Budget cutting funding

    Amtrak is an easy target because it is presented and thought of in our national transportation policy (unjustly, IMO) as a "Subsidy" budget item. OTOH, expenditures costing billions of dollars such as deepening port channels by the Army Corps of Engineers and improving the Interstate Highway...
  9. RampWidget

    Collision and Derailment in Penn Station 3/24/17, 10:08am

    Thanks for the links, jis. National news just now picking this one up, since a brief mention in the WSJ about 35 minutes ago.
  10. RampWidget

    Seattle King Street Station

    The newly renovated station is magnificent. The other posts are correct regarding the lack of amenities at King Street. However, on our March trip, I recall seeing a drug store (Rite-Aid, Walgreens - cant remember which) under construction across the street from the front of the station. Also...
  11. RampWidget

    CSX Cumberland Subdivision to NS Valley Line connection

    At Shenandoah Jct., there's a running track & a delivery track off the CSX #2 main track. It's active insofar as the CSX employee timetable is concerned, but there is not currently any scheduled interchange work performed there, AFAIK.
  12. RampWidget

    Extend Palmetto to Jacksonville to save $ on crew base

    I certainly wish it would operate all the way to JAX again (it did for a short time several years ago.) But as Seaboard92 pointed out, it would take additional crews to do so. Presently the Florence-domiciled crew off 89 takes rest in SAV for the next morning's 90.
  13. RampWidget

    Sunset Limited Reroute via Las Cruces

    It's a gem of a small city with what looks like a decent ridership base, and is also well-worth a visit, IMHO (great food!) I think so, too. The loss of seamless dispatching would probably be one of the largest obstacles. That's an excellent point. Your description of the current NM government...
  14. RampWidget

    RF&P Meltdown 7/23

    I'd prefer to remain factual. Let's look at it this way, if you want to point a finger at John Snow. IIRC, he was CEO of CSX from 1989 to 2003, although he held other C-Suite positions prior to that. Using 1995 as a sample (I chose that year at random), here are train accident rates per 1M...
  15. RampWidget

    RF&P Meltdown 7/23

    Care to back up your opinion with anything resembling facts? Do you possess any knowledge of track maintenance or track safety standards?
Back
Top