Recent content by RebelRider

There was a signal suspension in place, thus PTC was not operating. Trains were operating under paper authority from the dispatcher. The switches at Folkston were being handled by a switch tender, also under direction of the dispatcher, verses every train stopping to line their route. It appears...

Seating configuration changes are coming soon. Over the first weekend of March, Amfleet I trains along the Northeast Corridor will begin operating with fixed seating configurations with half the seats facing forward and half backwards. This includes all NE Regional trains, the Carolinian, Empire...

Not enough crew to handle six extra trains through Raleigh. Also, RGH had already recrewed not one, but two, trespasser strikes over that route last night. Both 91 and 92 had critical incidents. The reroute also adds about 3 hours running time, assuming CSX can get the surge of extra trains...

I've seen this situation very few times and space was always opened up and the reservation reinstated. Although, in light of the recent policy change, this is now a non-issue. Ding. Ding. Ding.

If your ticket is NOT scanned and ends up canceled as a No Show, an e-mail it sent stating there is a problem with your reservation along with an invitation to call Amtrak. If you call and advise you did travel, Amtrak will reinstate the reservation.

All the Piedmont sets and crews will start and end at Raleigh. The Carolinian is the only one crewed from Charlotte. That crew does the round trip on 80/79 same day. There is a new layover facility built just south of the new station that can accommodate multiple trains overnight, but I doubt...

Right, because a bus on a highway is so much safer, statistically, than a train without PTC. :rolleyes: My impression is the issue is on Amtrak's server-side, hence why MARC isn't affected.

Brightline will probably design, construct and start operations between Orlando and Tampa before Amtrak goes 3.5 miles further to the already built Miami Airport station. :rolleyes:

It is a low level platform.

To travel a little further down Acronym Lane, I-ETMS stands for Interoperable Electronic Train Management System. It's the system from Wabtec and what most PTC implementations around the country are based on.

Detours tend to make accurate arrival predictions very unreliable.

Not that it makes any difference to your completely valid argument that the fleet is woefully underutilized, there are only 74 sleepers on the roster. One Viewliner I Sleeper was stricken from the roster after Cayce, SC.

Back on the Airo track, the lack of planning for food storage and seat configuration has me wondering just how far the procurement people think these trainsets will travel. Boston to Roanoke or Newport News is a long trip to be in a thinly padded, non-reclining seat. Those are 14 hour trips. If...

Oh, no, closet is a Viewliner I term. We call them linen rooms on the Viewliner IIs. 🤣