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    New dining options (flex dining) effective October 1, 2019

    On time performance for Amtrak is driven by two factors. The first, is the level of freight traffic on the host railroad. Currently freight traffic, accross all segments are down nearly 10 percent. Between the bottom falling out of the coal business, tariffs impacting intermodal, agricultural...
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    pre-Amtrak dining

    The dining car or dinner lounge was the best part of the trip. Every railroad had specialities. Even at the end, you could get a good meal on the Penn central Broadway limited out if penn station or 61/62 out of Cleveland. Amtrak is just destroying the rail experience.
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    Brightline/Virgin Trains Orlando-Miami update Orlando Sentinel 11/21/19

    They also own thier in cruise ships. Never say never when it comes to Disney. These are the same people that charge 10 bucks to thier guest a night to park thier cars at thier hotels above the nightly room charges. If any one could make rail passenger service profitable it would be Disney. Not...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    Why would you consider low level platforms? High level platforms make it easier for passengers to board especially with carry on luggage, having fewer steps are safer, results in lower accident cost. Reduces dwell tim at every station. Am I missing something here?
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    Food around Seattle King Street Station

    I don't know much about Seattle, but we walked over to China Town. Some great little places thier.
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    New dining options (flex dining) effective October 1, 2019

    Indeed claims that LSA make 15.32 an hour. LSA supervisors, 32.00 an hour. Dont know how accurate this might be.
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    New dining options (flex dining) effective October 1, 2019

    Arnt these guys all union. That number probably reflects amtrak contribution to thier pension and health care. Most fast food workers are not offered many benifits
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    Rough Tracks

    Amtrak can operate at 110 mph between Albany ny and Schenectady ny, about 9 miles and Rensselaer and Castleton ny. ( roughly 20 miles )I am not sure of the speed limit to Poughkeepsie ny, however south of thier amtrak mixes with heavy metro north commuter traffic probably limiting them...
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    Auto Train Coach Food Being Removed 1/14/2020?

    I believe railroads were originally chartered by individual states, and they regulated individual carriers within thier state lines. The icc regulated trains crossing state lines.
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    Auto Train Coach Food Being Removed 1/14/2020?

    First of all the railroads never went in front of Congress to remove trains. Railroads went before the state agency that the individual railroad operated its train through to get a train discontinued. It was President Richard Nixon's administration that create the national railroad...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    So that is not the new station, correct.? No platform.
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    The next few years, take 2

    Albany Ren hotel power refers to having hep power on the platforms to plug trains sets or set out cars for head end power. This would reduce the need to keep a road unit in the station to provide power. Very common practice in the early days except those were steam lines rather than a steam...
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    Wi-Fi on Viewliner Cars?

    How is the wi Fi on the auto train?
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    Auto train refresh

    Not having been on auto train in a few years I need my poor memory refreshed. Is their still a small snack area in both terminals? What is boarding? And finally is the lounge car open prior to departure still?
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    First Amtrak Ride Tomorrow

    Sandusky is a nice station but unmanned. Their are normally plenty of taxi's. You might be able to pre arrange taxi service if you go on line, they might be able to offer some assistance. The station is opened every note and in a safe area. The local police are often on hand to keep an eye on...
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    Any up dates to rerouting the lsl

    Any up dates to rerouting the lsl thru Detroit. I have heard pros and con's. Isn't thier an issue with track speed between Toledo and Detroit?
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    Why does the Empire Builder lose so much money?

    I would image slot of Amtrak pensions go into the rail road retirement plans as and are per union contracts.
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    Why does the Empire Builder lose so much money?

    Why would any one expect any Amtrak long distance train to cover their costs. They are labor intensive, require lots of capital investment for equipment and must pay their host roads for access. The private railroads could not turn a profit when they operated an robust service over their own...
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    FRA's proposal for Long Distance Trains

    As it was stated before if their was money in passenger service then the railroads would have never abandoned it in the first places. The largest single expense of operating a train, besides buying equipment, is labor and its union. If labor cost could be reduced, Amtrak would become much more...
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