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Reading through the edition of Trains that arrived on the first of this month, there was a report about the PIP's. It listed the major improvement and major challenge to each of the last 5 routes to be reviewed. Apparently, these reports are out SOMEWHERE. The improvement listed for the CS...

I have been wondering what is being done with the extra equipment from all over Canada after the recent fall reductions in service. With specific regard to the Ocean and Canadian, because I know that (hopefully) the extra cars from cancelled Corridor trains can be shuffled around to make the...

I know that this may be annoying for some, and I'm sorry, but I find that my favorite posts/threads to read are the "What if's" (ex: If you could start one route, what would it be? -type things). So I was wondering what every member thought was the most underserved market in the United States...

An article in a local Montana news thing credits Amtrak trains with helping boost tourism in Northern Montana, specifically in Glacier. The best part: Last year many Amtrak runs were canceled due to flooding in the Midwest, and many passengers couldn’t make good on their plans to stop off at...

I'm sorry for this to everyone, but we have a dire situation at home. In the past week, my mom's best friend Anne went into the ICU after her liver shut down, for reasons still unexplained. She is a single mom and has two boys a little younger than me, and the outlook is very dire and bleak...

I don't know how many people saw this - but a week back, SANDAG (San Diego Association of Governments) released the LOSSAN joint corridor timetable, showing all CS, PS, Metrolink, and Coaster trains that run on the LOSSAN corridor. This includes Metrolink's Burbank Airport turn, the VC line...

With regards to the San Joaquin service to Sacramento, I was wondering where the actual platform is at the Stockton Downtown station. As shown on Google Maps, the platform is a stub-track presumably only used by ACE. Where do the two SJ RT's discharge and board passengers?

First, I want to start by apologizing in advance if there are frequent typos. I am typing on my grandma's iPad right now, and do not have a lot of time. On Saturday August 18th, the biggest event for my day by far was my tae-kwon-do testing out in Escondido. from 12-3:30 I was performing and...

So when I had a layover in Union Station between Metrolinks on Monday, I picked up my favorite newspaper, California Rail News. The front story is always almost on the CHSR topic, and almost completely shows hatred toward the CHSR board, as they should. It had a few facts from SB 1029 that...

I was thinking about the possibility of the PS becoming reserved, and how it would affect revenue. I was wondering what the revenue figures turned out be on the Regionals in 2004/5 the year after they became reserved-status. I assume ridership went up since 2004/5 were good years fro Amtrak...

Hey everyone! Just wanted to remind y'all that I'll be absent for the next while. I leave tomorrow morning for San Jose where thee is no wifi, and Sunday for Quincy with a stopover at the Western Pacific RR Museum. I'm flying back specially next Friday night because I have the biggest...

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I was wondering about the reason for the startup of the Three Rivers. The change happened in 1995. On Sept. 9, the last Broadway Limited ran, and on September 10th, the Three Rivers ran. At first, I thought that this was because the route had switched from Fort Wayne up to Nappanee, but after...

This is my 1,000th post here on AU, and I wanted to give a sincere thank you to every single member on here, minus one we had back in April. jk. Seriously, you guys have been one of the most welcoming crowds of people I have ever interacted with. AU just started out for me as a means to keep...

We have had a lot of discussions recently about what train services would be beneficial or what we would like to have, so I had a question for clash's sake. If you were in charge of determining the one route that had to be cut from the system entirely, so not just reduce frequency, but...

I was looking through some of the state fact sheets and came across California's. I was very happy that for Solana Beach, it is now the busiest intermediate station apart from Irvine! We passed up Fullerton and Irvine surged to a whopping 664,000. I am happy with these major station gains...

I was wondering something about the cuts of 1979. The cuts took a devastating toll to the LD network, and it was supposedly to save money. However, that same year, the Pioneer and Desert Wind, and maybe others I don't know, were started in previously unserved markets without state funding. So...

BURBANK, Calif. – The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has pledged $1.75 million for the construction of a new Metrolink commuter rail station at Hollywood Way and San Fernando Road in Burbank, AviationPros.com reports. The station will be a located on Metrolink's Antelope Valley...

Was bored and checked status on Western LD's. #6 going through Colorado right now has been making up time the entire way, and is doing great. But look to 6/24's #7. Went into Service Disruption after Wold Point and last updated at 7:51 late. No status since. This means that today's #27...

Hey AU. I guess this will be a live trip report. Maybe if I start early and keep it going it will be easier to finish. :) The last time I left Solana, the agents gave me crap (as they should) for arriving 15 minutes before train departure with my UM forms. At least I have them already...