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Exactly. Part of design always has been to prevent the deadly "telescoping" of longtime years ago.

"Intoxicated hostile shirtless man" sounds like 90s SNL character. Intoxicated Hostile Shirtless man hops on moving Amtrak train and tries to stop it: Dunsmuir California https://t.co/Zxvlza3gsO

Amtrak Texas Eagle  strikes, kills conservative radio talk show host Doc Thompson near Fort Worth. https://t.co/llNaM6UE2P

Was it a cold dinner?

GEORGE Run! Gwen Run! Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis "The Out of Towners" running for the Boston-NY train scene, Neil Simon screenplay, Arthur Hiller director, 1970 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/towners-review-1970-movie-1102309 1990 remake Steve Martin Goldie Hawn. First was funnier.

Sorry- been offline on deadline & out of loop on this Cascades Subdivision Tunnel #11 collapse until today. Be that as it may, Charlie notes UP may reopen tunnel 20 June. Thanks, CHamilton. Here's a link to Gewgle Maps location: https://tinyurl.com/ybt6wtzm and I found these photos onlne...

Budd-Built ATSF Hi-Level Lounge cars had a newsstand & bar at one end & 60 seats upstairs, plus 20 more seats & a Kachina Lounge coffee shop downstairs. Santa Fe Brochure excerpt:

Yes Anderson you just did think about it! The rocket scientists at Amtrak never thought about it. The NRPC LD culture so often seems to focus on employees rather than on customers/PAX. How's that workin' out for 'em? This is the RR that often gives preferred seating in Lounge or Dining Car to...

Nice to see you back Alan! All the best!

Photo from jis NTSB B-roll, screen cap V-bent car may be Cafe Car 28002 Amfleet-II Diner Lite conversion July 2009. Link to Model 854 Electric Switch Lock which may be similar to locked and lined switch in question. https://www.wabtec.com/products/4962/model-854-electric-switch-lock Amtrak...

jis spot on. Switch wrong position. Amtrak 91 Silver Star CSX collision 4 Feb 2018 Here's the first NTSB presser (video): https://youtu.be/sA6f4cW7bYg

Breaking: Amtrak Prez Richard Anderson blames CSX: Signal system down, dispatchers manually routing trains, only way Amtrak train move to hit parked freight train on siding track was for a switch to have been thrown. *Or left in open position*...

CSX signal maintainers recently had been working in the area where a deadly Amtrak crash happened early Sunday morning https://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2018/02/04/source-csx-maintainers-had-been-working-at-site-of.html edit link delete orphan space thanks daybeers, you'd think...

Wow. jis posted "Brandon" Drone Vid of car snapped. Amtrak 91 Silver Star CSX collision 4 Feb 2018 Here's CU screencap: This Local TV station carrying frequent/live updates: http://www.wistv.com/story/37422691/update-2-killed-70-injured-following-amtrak-train-collision-in-cayce-sc YouTube...

Amtrak official at onsite press conference DuPont on FOX FNC Neil Cavuto hour identified herself as Gay Banks Olson, Asst Supt Operations. Then when talking of consist referred to Charger loco, and a "P-52" loco. Guess she was confused.

Yard Limit Productions reports Pacific Parlor Car, Willamette Valley seen on the EB Southwest Chief in Bernalillo, NM today (Wed 1 Nov 2017). Maybe 39975 heading Beech Grove for repair/service/? Surely out of service. Too bad Amtrak wouldn't open it up. The "We've never done that before"...

P-42 No. 189 rear end shows rear door & side rear door. [David Olsen photo. http://drolsen.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1363428 ] Thanks for the vid Agency Agent.

[ [ Mods: I looked & looked & didn't see this from 21 Oct. posted. If it is & I missed, please merge. Thanks. ] ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OXFORD, Neb. – Authorities say an armed man managed to get into an Amtrak...

Thanks for posting, John. Golden Age Railroad Art & Advertising is classic and one of my faves!

That would be a No. OK. Good to know. Thanks!