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Back when the Palatine Bridge radio stream was still active (2018 and before) I used to listen to the NC dispatcher on my way home from work. Occasionally #64 was following freights and most dispatchers (except for one who retired last spring) would not allow the MAPLE LEAF to overtake the...

Two locomotives are certainly not required on the CRESCENT - even with Fairfax hill in VA and equivalent grades between Atlanta and Birmingham. Note the CARDINAL, which operates with a similar consist and similar topography, does OK with one unit. The true reason for the second engine is that...

When I worked at LAB, the control station on the Hudson River Bridge at Albany, all of the switches at Albany-Rensselaer station were electrically controlled. When an engine change occurred, there was a delay of approx. 3 min. between each move because of a timer that prevented throwing a...

Applies only on the tracks immediately adjacent to platforms. In other words, trains approaching in TKs 1 or 4 sound the horn and trains on inside tracks 2 and 3 do not. Andy

I've heard that there will be Safety Patrol specials north on the 9th and 16th. Four coaches were deadheaded south on 97-04. Don't know about the schedule. Andy

Anyone know which line it operated over and where it turned? Thanks! Andy

If my records are correct, 8 of the 10 V2 Bag Dorms have been released. The two that are unaccounted for are 69000 and 69001. Anyone wager as to what the status of these two are? Andy

Are any trains besides the SILVER METEOR operating with a Viewliner II Baggage Dorm? Andy

Does anyone know why #353 was canceled on Friday the 2nd? Never left Pontiac according to the computer. Andy

It had to be south of Selma because trains 79 and 80 operated normally. Andy

Another good one from the 1970s. Back then the yardmaster at L&N Boyles Yd, Birmingham, AL, used to hold northbound freights at Green Springs road, the first of several crossings coming into the city. One evening a "chain gang" (L&Nese for a junk freight) had been patiently waiting at Green...

Back in they days when the SILVER STAR still handled Road Railers on the rear and the train was held to 90 MPH over Amtrak's NEC, a female dispatcher had held train #91 so that an Acela could run around it at Holly, just north of Wilmington, DE. #91's engineer told the DS, "you're treating us...

From Nov. 15 until Dec. 15 OTP on the SILVER METEOR had improved to about 70%.  Since that time, with the increase in train size from 9 to 12 cars, the train is 1-2 hrs late almost every day.  Whereas some of the delays are due to long station dwell times due to increased passenger/baggage...

Once back in the early 1990s I was riding on the PENNSYLVANIAN when the conductor advised the engineer that he had no passengers to discharge at Tyrone, PA, which was a scheduled stop (not flag stop).  At that time the train did not have reserved seating.  Running a bit behind schedule, we...

Can anyone remember approx. when Amtrak attempted to discontinue trains 448/449 and what NY and MA to prevent AMT from following thru?  I raise this question because of the possibility that baggage service discontinuance might be the beginning of a new plan to discontinue the train and replace...

Are any of the CTrail trains operating under ACSES rules? Andy

Does anyone know why train 20-14 lost about 3 1/2 hrs between Gainesville and Toccoa, GA? I know there have been some issues with newly instituted PTC between Alexandria and New Orleans, but a delay of this magnitude suggests a lot more than a PTC failure. Andy

If my notes are correct, Providence 68020 is also still at CAF. Andy

Here's an artcile with photos. Apparently the Amtrak in the first photo is #64. https://auburnpub.com/multimedia/galleries/gallery-train-crashes-into-truck-in-cayuga-county-town-of/collection_83d446d7-13b5-5db2-abfe-ebf54503fc69.html#6 Andy

If Virginia Railway Express ran on both Manassas and Fredericksburg Lines Sept. 13-14, why did Amtrak not run ANY service to Richmond? Andy