Recent content by VentureForth

Can we pin a comment or thread that shows the current status of dining on all LD trains?

Thanks. I was looking for pictures for palatability. ;)

Does anyone have any photos of the current dining offerings on the Texas Eagle between SAS and CHI?

Nah - I disagree. I think your first point of population shrinkage would actually allow for growth in the rural areas and sort of "spread out" the population. And, as others have pointed out, I think that bringing Osaka and Tokyo closer together is really the penultimate goal. Sure, they'll...

The fastest Nozomi is 2 hours and 25 minutes. You're giving a 20% improvement that doesn't exist. Amtrak spends BILLIONS to save 6 minutes on the NEC. the current proposed time from Tokyo to Osaka on MagLev is 67 minutes. That's a 54% time reduction (vs 44% if Nozomi was 2 hours). Even if...

That's an awful expensive hobby set up. lol. I've been told by flight crew that I can't have my hand held GPS turned on. It's a load of crock. I've been an engineer in Aviation for the last 25 years. I hold three pilot certificates and ratings. There is no prohibition on GPS receivers...

Has Brightline looked at turning maybe a 1/3rd or 1/2 of the trains out of Miami at WPB rather than taking them all the way to MCO? Maybe MCO every two hours with more runs in the Metro corridor.

Doesn't sound like they need a Bistro. Trolley service for such a small trainset is more than adequate. You already have the staff, the inventory, the storage, etc. It was sad to see the Shinkansen first lose it's buffet car decades ago. But it was a travesty when last year they lost their...

Just saw Brightline Green (lime?). No wrap at all. :)

BL has the potential of outplaying Amtrak in terms of punctuality and customer service. If they do, Amtrak has demonstrated that they can't spend enough, fast enough, properly enough to compete against private service. All that being said, BL taps into services that don't directly compete with...

Just lug one of these along to get you between Sandlake and MCO: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/12/25/an-e-bike-can-be-your-own-personal-train/

I'm actually excited to hear that they are around 50% between MCO and WPB. This is good news, indeed. Do you actually think they will start service around the Disney area before they complete service all the way to Tampa?

Dumb dumbs put in the wrong hyperlink for Brightline. They linked hellobrightline instead of gobrightline. Doh! So... Any over/unders whether this will be a future "express" stop or a "local" stop if BL ever adopts super expresses?

You have been able to see more of Japan in the first two days than I have after living there for 18 years and spending 10 days back in December! Maybe not quite, but certainly a different set of views. I'm thoroughly enjoy this and living vicariously through your photos until I can make it back.

You can fly from Ontario, CA (ONT) to LAS for as little as $43 r/t on a weekday on Frontier with zero perks to $230 on the weekend on Frontier. Southwest also has fares on weekends from $253-$430. This is about par for most mainline carriers on the weekends out of LAX, too. Meanwhile, in...