by Philly Amtrak Fan
Sure, they can't save or bring back the trains worth saving or bringing back but Byrd Crap lives on! So if you wanted to visit Thurmond, WV you can!
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..LAFAYETTE, Ind. – There was no last-minute reprieve in the Indiana Senate Tuesday night to save Amtrak’s Hoosier State line, which stops four days a week in downtown Lafayette, going between Indianapolis and Chicago.Lafayette was likely the best hope to keep this loser alive. The schedule is more convenient and the endurance contest than same for Indy.
State Sen. Ron Alting, a Lafayette Republican, this week promised an amendment that would keep the passenger rail line in the next Indiana budget, as the Hoosier State got no love from Gov. Eric Holcomb or budget makers in the Indiana House and Senate in their three versions of a two-year spending plan.
Gilbert B Norman wrote:While Purdue has been on a marketing campaign to attract Illinois and other OOS students, I know first hand that students want out after last class Friday and not wait around to Saturday AM.Agreed on both points. I was once a college kid at Miami U, a few stops down the line. I was not about to wait until the next morning to catch a train when I could be skip a class or two and be home for dinner. And I'm certainly not a bus guy, but the newer super-discount buses seem to attract a fairly clean clientele and make limited stops, which makes them far more palatable. I've done the $17 Megabus to Indy, and it just wasn't that bad.
Oh, and Megabus is happy to have their Blue machines with the little driver advertising his $.01 fares, out in front of the Student Union at 3PM in West Lafayette.
eolesen wrote:Looking at the airline parallel, you could also outsource locomotive overhaul the way that airlines have with aircraft and aircraft engine overhaul to third parties. Sure, the unions hate that, but there are private employers who can do things smarter and more efficient.I hate that too, and no, it's not a given that private employers can do things smarter and more efficient (also, Delta does much of their own heavy maintenance).
John_Perkowski wrote:Who has the Adios drumhead?Flickr
mtuandrew wrote: The Cardinal still messes with their 28-hour Precision Railroading cycle.Mr. Stephens, nowhere can I find reference to a 28 hour Precision Railroading cycle.
ryanov wrote: it's not a given that private employers can do things smarter and more efficient (also, Delta does much of their own heavy maintenance).There is clear and convincing evidence that the government is absolutely awful at doing things in comparison to private employers. Post Office? Amtrak? British Rail? British Air? Anything in venezuela?
CHTT1 wrote:I don't know about a 28-hour "day." but didn't CSX once schedule six days of trains over seven days. In other words, it took seven days to handle six days worth of work.That’s what I was referring to, thanks CHTT1. 28 hours x 6 = 168 hours = 24 hours x 7, so each shipping “day” in transit was 28 hours.
Backshophoss wrote:CSX is the host RR,they will be happy as h*** to see the Hoosier GONE!There is recovery/dwell time built in to the schedule at Beech Grove. There should not be an overwhelming amount of cars traveling to and from the shops.
Figure on a longer dwell at Indy when the Cardinal runs for switching cars to/from Beech Grove shop.