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  1. wayman

    Lakeshore / Capitol Ltd interruption?

    Does anyone have specific information on 49(2) / 449(2)'s position at any time following 8:06am today? That's when 49/449 left Buffalo (according to http://74.242.205.72/scripts/archivefinder.pl?seltrain=49&selmonth=07&selyear=2014&selday=02), after which I gather she took a detour through...
  2. wayman

    Chicago is now innovating new ways of screwing up

    Holy schmoly! Well, I suppose that explains why 449 departed BOS over five hours late today. (I took my uncle down to SPG in plenty of time for the scheduled 2:15pm departure, whereupon the station agent told us the train wouldn't even leave BOS until 4:00pm at the earliest. I assume this was...
  3. wayman

    Amtrak platform and gates at NYP

    The stampede really wasn't so bad! Somehow I got across the concourse to the 8w queue just as it started moving and ... i basically got to walk at a comfortable pace without stopping all the way from the waiting area to seat 25 in car 25030 without ever feeling rushed, blocked, pushed, or...
  4. wayman

    Amtrak platform and gates at NYP

    Easier said than done... waited for ten minutes in a queue at the redcap desk, with nobody staffing it. Platform got posted long before any redcap personnel showed up :-( 8w for those playing the home game :-)
  5. wayman

    Amtrak platform and gates at NYP

    hello again! since moving to western mass, i haven't been riding much... and haven't been here for some while! but today, i'm back on the rails, for the moment at NYP between 2159 from NHV and 19 to LYH. Quick question someone may have the answer to... but not that i could find here (this...
  6. wayman

    CSX Mike Ward Vs Matt Rose and now pro passenger convert Wick Moorman

    The key difference between you and CSX is that you're a sole-owner operation (I presume, or else a limited partnership of some sort); CSX is owned by investors and controlled by a board of directors appointed by those investors. The board's goal is not to run a railroad well, but to do whatever...
  7. wayman

    How to you get the hotel to Pick you up at the Train Station

    If you're going to Kingman, stay at La Posada -- whose patio is the platform. Can't get any more convenient than that! Edit: OOPS, La Posada's not at Kingman, it's at Williams! :wacko: Still, it's the best station-hotel connection on Amtrak. Can't get better location or hospitality than at a...
  8. wayman

    PPC access from coach?

    And really, this would be just fine! What's special about the PPC is the usage, the ambiance, and the staffing, not the fact that it's four inches shorter than the rest of the train.
  9. wayman

    PPC access from coach?

    On the other hand, if they use the PPC design as a model for a new social car (I hesitate to say "Diner Lounge" or any of the myriad confusingly similar terms which applies to an actual existing or recent Amtrak design), with two optional configurations -- one like the PPC, and a second with a...
  10. wayman

    Florida to California round trip

    More direct, but requiring some driving and at least two nights in hotels: drive six hours from Jacksonville to Atlanta find long-term parking and a hotel in Atlanta for the night take the Crescent Atlanta-New Orleans (morning departure, evening arrival) one or two nights in New Orleans...
  11. wayman

    PPC access from coach?

    Whoa, what?! Say it ain't so! Was this reported in another thread I missed?
  12. wayman

    The New Viewliner Diner may be ready

    Hmm, perhaps you're forgetting the 50 Viewliner sleepers that are in regular service on the Silvers, Crescent, Cardinal, and LSL? :help: :help: :help: :help:
  13. wayman

    rare miles

    It's possible, I think, to ride the Feather River route on the Altamont Commuter Express every weekday. Not the same as having a Sightseer Lounge, of course! But still, it is accessible. I think this is possible as a day-trip, starting and ending in SF (or anywhere within BART of SF): Caltrain...
  14. wayman

    Cardinal service improvements

    For those keeping score, here are the state birds along the Cardinal's route: Illinois: cardinal Indiana: cardinal Ohio: cardinal Kentucky: cardinal West Virginia: cardinal Virginia: cardinal For the entire route, until it hits Washington, DC, the state bird is the cardinal! (And note...
  15. wayman

    Cardinal service improvements

    I was referring to the Department of Transportation's Fiscal Year 1982 Appropriation Act (passed 23 Dec 1981), which included a mandate that "the corporation shall provide through rail passenger service between Washington, DC and Chicago via Cincinnati". This re-instituted the Cardinal, which...
  16. wayman

    Cardinal service improvements

    Unless things have changed, the Cardinal would be one of the most difficult routes to shut down, because it is the only Amtrak route specifically mandated by law. Terminating the Cardinal requires an act of Congress.
  17. wayman

    Capitol with Through Cars vs. Extended Pennsylvanian

    All those mail cars did have one small side benefit for railfans, though: the view of your own train on Horseshoe Curve is much more interesting when there are a good 10-20 mail cars between you and the engines. Here's a photo I took heading eastbound on the Three Rivers in March 2002: The...
  18. wayman

    Philadelphia Lounge

    And they have AmCoffee! ... but I'm guessing the grandkids won't be drinking that :P
  19. wayman

    Florida Restructuring

    If only Florida could get some federal money for that -- something simple and proven and easy to get running in a very short timespan -- instead of for a high-speed service with a lot of question, drawbacks, and many, many years between groundbreaking and wheelsrolling. Alas, nobody actually...
  20. wayman

    Another Fatality

    The live-on-the-scene KSL television reporter is standing at a crossing with bars and flashers, claiming that is the crossing where the accident occurred....
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