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Re: Newark Airtrain Monorail Replacement

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:20 am ¦  Forum: NYCT MTA Subway, PATH and SIRT ¦  Topic: Newark Airtrain Monorail ¦  Replies: 38 ¦  Views: 3878

Shoulda extended PATH directly to the airport, with one station serving the three terminals through walkways. Or one station for each terminal. Or just use more buses. Should do what SEPTA did at Philadelphia Airport. Extend the rail line into the Airport with a stop at each major terminal. :-D Fra...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Tue Oct 03, 2023 1:19 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

No; the CNJ along the Lehigh River has long since been chopped up … JFTR, NS crosses the Delaware on the CNJ bridge, and runs through the CNJ part of Phillipsburg Union Station. The CNJ main is derelict through Easton station; Bethlehem station has a single track. NS’ Allentown hump yard is very mu...

114°F is similar to the temperatures at the backhead of a steam locomotive. How are modern locomotives so badly ventilated as to permit cab temperatures to rise so high when AC is broken?

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Tue Aug 22, 2023 11:38 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Proposes Adding New Service to Scranton ¦  Replies: 215 ¦  Views: 29397

From the Pocono Record newspaper, the day after the August tour of the proposed Andover-Scranton route: “We completed the New Jersey side and looked at some potentially troublesome areas,” said (Congressman Matt) Cartwright. “We looked at some viaducts, two of which are in need of some repair, one ...

Re: Amtrak Proposes Adding New Service to Scranton

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Tue Jun 13, 2023 11:20 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Proposes Adding New Service to Scranton ¦  Replies: 215 ¦  Views: 29397

From Flemming’s Akron— Come what may for Joe next November, he has really cleaned up in namings in the Wyoming Valley. I observed from I-81 a “President Joe Biden” Expressway. Who knows what else they have named for him. Formerly the Central Scranton Expressway; built partially upon a former interu...

Re: Acela Set Scrapped

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:36 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Acela Disposition Discussion ¦  Replies: 300 ¦  Views: 63332

Everyone - This is an interesting but not totally surprising development concerning some of the original Acela equipment - which to me is being replaced far too soon understanding that they were all sturdily built... I am of the opinion that Amtrak should "downgrade" the Acela One trainse...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Wed Jan 25, 2023 11:35 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

https://youtu.be/y9P4wM-OebA I still don't understand the rationale of Amtrak restoring passenger service to Scranton over the Cutoff other than as a means to bring back an unneeded section of track. Personal sentiments aside, whether it is paid for by NJ Transit or Amtrak, it still seems a waste o...

If I am understanding correctly, in 1970 and 1971, when Amtrak was created, an alternative that was considered was subsidizing private railroads to run their own passenger trains, and creating Amtrak was more supported by Democrats and subsidizing private railroads was more supported by Republicans...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Thu Nov 17, 2022 1:46 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

Brightline had little to no legacy infrastructure to deal with, all of their infrastructure is brand-spanking new modern technology, making the process much easier. Eh? The Brightline corridor was built on a lot of the FEC legacy rails. Please see here : (O)fficials said Tuesday a plan to create a ...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:42 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

What agency? Brightline built its track on its own ROW. Am I even on an RR forum? The track is owned by the Florida East Coast Railway. Brightline had to get billions in bond funds to even get started. Now which state in the Northeast would be willing to surrender rights of way under government own...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Mon Nov 14, 2022 12:55 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

Brightline is the wave of the future. I wish they’d take over Empire Service as well. Could you imagine them on the NEC, too? After reviewing how Brightline got its funding, just who is willing in the Northeast to give them loans and/or bonds to operate any trains anywhere over the corridor(s) in q...

Re: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Fri Nov 11, 2022 3:40 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Lackawanna Cutoff Passenger Service Restoration ¦  Replies: 6078 ¦  Views: 1521184

Biden made brief remarks during Wednesday’s press conference about the notion of rail service between NY and Scranton—and even the possibility of high-speed service. … (A)nd then someone in — up in Scranton, Pennsylvania — the Congressman who got elected. And he said, “Can you help us make sure we’r...

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 by amtrakowitz ¦  Sun Nov 06, 2022 6:23 am ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: NJT Prepares to Scrap 40+ Comet III Cars ¦  Replies: 21 ¦  Views: 5000

That salt is in the water. Wind blows that water containing salt through the air, where the salt precipitates out of solution when it makes contact with solid surfaces. There is no crystalline salt in the air; it does not dissolve in air nor in water vapor.

Re: The Raritan Valley Line Thread…

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Mon Oct 31, 2022 7:55 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: The Raritan Valley Line Thread… ¦  Replies: 1080 ¦  Views: 340494

If most riders wanted Midtown, PATH would be out of business.

Re: NJT wastes more taxpayer dollars

 by amtrakowitz ¦  Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:07 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: NJT Prepares to Scrap 40+ Comet III Cars ¦  Replies: 21 ¦  Views: 5000

Thanks for the video. At least NJT got some money out of them. Personally, I was never a fan of the Comet III's. The brakes were always temperamental when they were hodge-podge'd together with other Comets, causing sudden earthquakes. The interior resembled too much like the Arrows, but without any...

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