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    OT: I've been workin' on a railroad :)

    About three months ago, I got a contract at Norfork Southern to work on a software project about trying to tell when the wheels will brake and fall off... :o I really enjoy this contract. I have done software contracting for 20 years and only once in awhile, do I get one at a company that I...
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    Bush's Amtrak plan headed for derailment

    Just saw this toon and thought of this forum
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    Bush Budget to Scrap Subsidy for Amtrak-Sources

    80 Billion more for Iraq and zero for Amtrak sounds like Bush. 6.1 BILLION for his fleet of Presidential copters but non for Amtrack. Oh by the way those 23 copters will cost $250 Million each without cost overruns. And who is going to build the copters? Looks like Bush's father favorite...
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    Bush Budget to Scrap Subsidy for Amtrak-Sources

    he Bush administration will for the first time propose eliminating operating subsidies for passenger train operator Amtrak as part of a push to cut budget deficits, people close to the budget process said on Tuesday. President Bush's fiscal 2006 budget, which he will send to Congress on Monday...
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    Notes on the City of New Orleans

    One other note on the Sunset. I do not know about all the crew, but my sleeping car attendant was doing a round-trip from LA. She said she got only 8 hours sleep on the trip out do to problems.
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    Notes on the City of New Orleans

    Short note on the City of New Orleans. The people were not talking about it jumping the tracks on the City. But on the Sunset they said nobody is "talking" about it and that normally points to crew problems with drugs or alochol. It appears Amtrak has gone to one menu for a train. So the...
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    Virgin sleeper pax :) Orl-Nol-Jackson

    Grrrr I forgot to log in :o
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    "City" on the ground!

    I might be riding the "City" on monday, if I get a contract in Monroe, La. :o There is no real easy way to get to Monroe, but I can take a train to Jackson Ms and drive over.
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    STRANGE Sleeper ;)

    There is no "general forum" so I picked this forum. :P First you take one of these And place it on one of these: And go for a trip. :D I was googling the trains that do Copper Canyon in Mexico and came on this Airstreamer Caravan Here WE STILL HAVE RESERVATIONS AVAILABLE ON THE...
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    Jamie's trip report PART 4

    I do not know the amount of money they make in tips, but IMHO the longer you serve somebody the more likely they will tip.
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    Jamie's trip report PART 4

    :blink: :wacko: :blink: :wacko: :blink: :wacko: :blink: What a group........ I like your reports so far....
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    Jamie's trip report - PART 2

    Good trip report amtrakmichigan. I love Union Station and the Food Court. FYI there is a DC Metro station there and if you have time you can take the subway down to DC Mall. I did a software contract at the DC Metropolitian Police in the winter of 98. We would take the subway from outside HQ...
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    lol -Commuter Gets Arm Stuck in Train Toilet

    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/A...Potty-Stop.html October 31, 2003 Commuter Gets Arm Stuck in Train Toilet By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 11:33 a.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) -- A man riding a Metro-North train dropped his cell phone in a toilet and got his arm stuck trying to retrieve...
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    Bombardier – Jet Engine Powered Train

    I talked to the Bombardier people and they pushing Canada big time. The Montreal to Toronto is their first goal. BUT they listed a number of other city pairs that would be great for that. IMHO within 10 years, there will be 200+ mph trains running in Europe. I am not all that interested in a...
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    Bombardier – Jet Engine Powered Train

    It is leaving Tampa to go to Miami. I do not know how long it will be there. I think they are trying to get the TriRail thing worked out.
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    Bombardier – Jet Engine Powered Train

    To begin with I am not a train expert so you will have to understand if I miss up at times. :blink: Bombardier is completing with another company for the contract for a High Speed Trail in Florida. Bombardier entry would be non-electric and the other entry is electric. Bombardier has been...
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    Question for the experts Fluor - Bombardier

    Florida voters passed a High-Speed Rail law. In today's newspaper is an ad to come out and see the Fluor Bombardier this Wed. For you experts is there anything special I should watch for???? Thanks
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    Bush ‘escape train’ under N.Y. hotel

    looks like Sunday the 28th LOL. http://www.thirteen.org/watch/highlights.p....php?view_day=6
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    Bush ‘escape train’ under N.Y. hotel

    http://www.msnbc.com/news/972285.asp?0cv=CB20 During President Bush’s two-day stay at the ritzy Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York this week while seeking international support for Iraq, a special escape train was idling beneath the hotel, ready to whisk him to safety at a moment’s notice in the...
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    Bill Haithcoat's February 2003 Trip Report

    I knew a young lady who was upset that nobody came to her Web Site. Her problem was that it took 10 minutes to load the main page with a 56Kb modem. She had 1-2 Meg BMP pictures on her main page. The 1+ BMPs converted to very small jpegs. :)
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