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  1. Bierboy

    Southwest Chief derailment (June 2022)

    Exactly what I was thinking. Shouldn't take more than a half day (at most) depending on how much and how thick the brush is.
  2. Bierboy

    Southwest Chief derailment (June 2022)

    Four deaths now according to the KC Star. 150 injured. Crossing looks like a POS
  3. Bierboy

    Southwest Chief derailment (June 2022)

    Kansas City Star article with local farmers explaining how the crossing was #1-too steep (9 foot drop from the tracks to where the grade begins), and #2-views obstructed by brush https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article262950423.html#storylink=mainstage_lead
  4. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    IDs and photos of the fatalities -- Wife of one of three killed in Amtrak crash files wrongful death suit
  5. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    ™ That’s not unusual. Wife and I were on the EB a few years ago and passed through an area where some freight cars had derailed. There were quite a few still on the ground in the area. Granted, not passenger carriages…
  6. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    Exactly.
  7. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    I never said they were tipped with people inside. When they use the word “rolled” that infers more than just tipping onto their sides. Don’t put words in my mouth.
  8. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    Yes, it's very obvious with the cars laying side-by-side in alignment. As I mentioned above, several of the photo cutlines/captions are very misleading.
  9. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    The captions with several of those photos are very inaccurate. Those three cars on their sides have obviously already been removed from the tracks during the cleanup and salvage operation. " ...three battered passenger cars that appeared to have rolled off the tracks..." WRONG.
  10. Bierboy

    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    More info from passengers and additional photos — At least 3 dead in Amtrak train derailment in Montana We’ve traveled this route a couple of times…very sad.
  11. Bierboy

    Cardinal Sleeper Car luggage space

    Your are, indeed, correct, according to the timetable. There's a luggage icon (indicating checked baggage availability) next to arrival/departure times. Thank you; I hadn't noticed that or even thought about it.
  12. Bierboy

    Cardinal Sleeper Car luggage space

    It's been 20 years since we rode the Cardinal to DC, and we're heading there in Sept. from IND with some friends (each couple occupying a bedroom). Every other LD trip since then has been on Superliners (bedrooms), so my question is about luggage space on the Viewliner Sleeper car. Superliner...
  13. Bierboy

    Amtrak Fire at Beech Grove

    Reward now being offered -- Arson reward
  14. Bierboy

    Cardinal lounge/dining for sleeper car only?

    Thanks everyone for the input!
  15. Bierboy

    Cardinal lounge/dining for sleeper car only?

    It’s been nearly 20 years since I’ve traveled the Cardinal (we’ve been going west and south from CHI for all of our trips). Another couple is joining us for a sleeper (bedrooms) trip from IND to WASH in September. My question is this - is the dining/lounge car strictly for the sleeper customers...
  16. Bierboy

    5/31 Texas Eagle (#422) CANCELED

    Again...the only thing I blame Amtrak for is very poor customer service including — 1) Withholding information from customers 2) Inadequate staffing of both phone lines AND locations where passengers transferred to buses 3) Failure to anticipate the domino effects of poor weather that was...
  17. Bierboy

    5/31 Texas Eagle (#422) CANCELED

    Sorry...this has been an incredible disappointment for my wife and me. And it's not just the issues of flooding; we understand that. It's the poor way Amtrak has handled its customers. They knew darn good and well what was going to happen way before they notified us. We went through busing from...
  18. Bierboy

    5/31 Texas Eagle (#422) CANCELED

    Well, here we go again...our three day trip from LA (5/31) to CHI (6/3) on the Eagle has been canceled with barely 24 hours notice. "Due to a service disruption"...baloney. I've been monitoring the TE eastbound the last several days, and have seen minimal delays despite all the crap in the...
  19. Bierboy

    SW Chief (Train 3) busing due to flooding

    That’s odd. I follow Amtrak on Twitter and don’t see that post anywhere. EDIT: I see it now on Amtrak Alerts.
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