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urr304 wrote: ↑Sun Dec 13, 2020 10:10 am So if Amtrak Joe goes from Wilmington-Washington on the 19th [or earler date] due to usual pre-inagural events, you can expect disruptions. Now that Monday [18th] is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so he probably would not travel on that day because he would be disrupting events planned and it is a Federal holiday. Then Tuesday [19th] is a regular work day and may disrupt commuting on the southern end of the NEC, possible out is to do it mid day so less disruptive to a busy short week. Maybe he will travel on Saturday or Sunday? I am trying to go through these posts and did not see a definite agenda.The thread is a bit of a speculative line given Biden's support for rail travel. That said, this would be MARC it would primarily affect, with SEPTA partially affected at Wilmington. MARC is temporarily on the "R" schedule.
mtuandrew wrote: ↑Sat Dec 12, 2020 1:10 pm Moderator Note: removed one post and part of another as unrelated to Amtrak and presidential trains - keep in mind this isn’t 25thAmendment.net. Otherwise, carry on.Yup. How many times do we have to say this? NO POLITICS unless it's DIRECTLY related to RAILROADS.
Arborwayfan wrote:For the same reason that Warren Buffet doesn't go by special train even though he more or less owns a railroadHaving been a guest aboard the BNSF Business Train, I received confirmation from the crew that Buffett has very much travelled aboard the BNSF business train multiple times.
wigwagfan wrote:Arborwayfan wrote:Thank you for the correction. I've been wrong before, too. Maybe if I thought before I wrote.... But what I really meant was "if Warren Buffet the individual wanted to go to LA on vacation or to Portland on non-railroad business by himself or with a couple other people he'd fly instead of ordering up a special train." I bet that is closer to correct than what I wrote, even if not quite correct. I assume when he's take the business train it's been at least partly to inspect part of the railroad, meet railroad officials, etc.; not quite the same thing as Collis P. Huntington using a special train for personal transportation.
For the same reason that Warren Buffet doesn't go by special train even though he more or less owns a railroad
Having been a guest aboard the BNSF Business Train, I received confirmation from the crew that Buffett has very much travelled aboard the BNSF business train multiple times.
However, it is also well known he dislikes overnight trips and prefers to return home each night. Thus he also has at his disposal another company he owns: NetJets. And having formerly worked for one of his companies in Oregon, he did make an appearance at my office. He flew in and out back home in the same day.
Biden to take train to Washington for inauguration, moving forward to 'not be deterred' by violence or virus
By Jeff Zeleny, Senior Washington Correspondent
Updated 1:55 PM ET, Fri January 8, 2021
Wilmington, Delaware (CNN)Joe Biden will begin his new journey as the 46th President of the United States in a familiar way: riding Amtrak from Wilmington to Washington.
A day before he is sworn into office, Biden is planning to make his way to the nation's capital on a family train trip that will be part of the festivities leading up to the inauguration on January 20, people familiar with the plans tell CNN.
While plans for the inauguration were shaken this week by the violent attack on the Capitol, along with unrelenting complications from the coronavirus pandemic, Biden and top advisers have instructed their team to keep moving forward, without being deterred by the steep challenges.
"He was elected during a pandemic. He will be inaugurated during one," a Biden ally said. "We will have a safe and historic inauguration and not be deterred."
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