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    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    Horizon cars were originally intended to be converted into long distance coaches once the new bilevels were delivered but that may be far off in the future....
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    Union Pacific Leader for Amtrak #6(04)

    Generally the class 1s have a horsepower hour sharing program for run through freights etc. Where any imbalances​ can be repaid by loaning locomotives for the HP rating for the required number of operating hours or by paying the cash value of those horsepower hours quarterly or annually. I would...
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    Work at New York Penn

    With this lasting for two months it would be worth while to break up the 4th trainset for added capacity on other trains....
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    Work at New York Penn

    Not to mention unexpectedly changing equipment messes up the reservations due to different capacities of the cars. There was an oddity where the Crescent was made up of Superliner spares in New Orleans when the southbound didn't arrive in time to turn for the north bound. The train truncated in...
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    Work at New York Penn

    Any idea what the extra Crescent set will be used for?
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    Work at New York Penn

    Will the Crescent go from 4 to 3 consists during the truncation, there is plenty of time for same day turnaround in DC eliminating a trainset?
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    NS Derailment near Anniston, AL (5/19)

    I live about 3 mi from here. Preliminary reports have NS train 154 doing 55mph when the train separated after picking a switch. The head end of the train did continue for a good distance before the brakes stopped them after the lines separated. It appears Amtrak is busing passengers between...
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    Trump and Amtrak/Budget cutting funding

    According to Amtrak reports they are only off by 6% from the break even point, surely if push comes to shove 6% could be temporarily made up for in one way or another.... 6% "making America great" surcharge on all tickets with a message about making small sacrifices to bigly support the most...
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    Acela II RFP information announcement

    Avelia is Alstom's new brand name for their HSTs, similar to Siemens Velaro....
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    P42DC HEP

    The # of cars isn't the limit, it is all to do with the amperage in the electrical system of the train. Amps=Volts/Load. If the amps get too high because the load on the system is too great the system starts overheating, this is prevented by circuit breakers or fuses. For example 5 diner/cafe...
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    Viewliner II - Part 1 - Initial Production and Delivery

    What's the likelihood of 8400 or another viewliner getting an interior set up to be used as an expanded cafe? If the Star is permanently dinerless an improved Viewliner cafe would be a good move.
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    Who sets speed restrictions through towns?

    I know some towns here in Alabama passed ordinances to limit train speed. However the railroads only followed these as a courtesy. NS removed all of the XX mph restrictions for the headend entering a certain crossing a few years ago. Now those ordinances are essentially ignored because the...
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    Media Blitz

    Wonder if they could classify food losses as advertising expense and go back to the days of good dining and cafe car service?
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    Crescent's Annual Truncation due to trackwork

    This happens every year and I always question it...... NS still manages to push it's 20 or so daily freights through this section while the maintenance blitz is occurring.... That always makes me wonder why this is the only train that is regularly annulled rather than just having a service alert...
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    Possible CP-NS merger and Amtrak

    On further reading this sounds like a very serious proposal to create a true coast to coast transcon with the port of Vancouver taking some of the pressure off of the port of long beach.... The real issue will be government approval.....
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    Possible CP-NS merger and Amtrak

    I just wonder what the new name would be? Norfolk Pacific? Canadian Southern? Or will NS just vanish into CP. If this does go through it could result in the largest North American railroad.
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    Possible CP-NS merger and Amtrak

    http://www.cnbc.com/2015/11/09/norfolk-southern-canadian-pacific-shares-jump-amid-deal-report.html Wonder how this might affect Amtrak?
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    Info needed on variable frequency drives like those used on AC locos

    I'm attempting to do a research paper in a motor controls class based on VFDs used in AC traction motors. I would like to do it based on the systems used in an ACS-64. Can anyone direct me to where I could find information on this? Ideally from the utility supply point all the way down to where...
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    It's time to look at building a high-speed rail for America

    Personally we need mass transit first, electrify and upgrade most lines to 125, build a good rail base and expand from there. If you have read much on high-speed rail, most of it exists and prospers where the 125mph conventional lines in Europe and Asia were at capacity.
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    Amfleet I Replacement

    Well here goes my "if I were CEO".... I'd expand the contract with CAF for enough veiwliner coaches to replace the amfleet 2s, get rid of the worst amfleet 1s or just add capacity with the amfleet 2s.... Order a replacement for amfleet 1s and make the specs in favor of Siemens... Use...
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