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"Details emerge over Gulf Coast Amtrak route from Mobile to New Orleans, as former enemies become funding partners" https://mississippitoday.org/2022/12/16/details-emerge-over-gulf-coast-amtrak-route-from-mobile-to-new-orleans/ Things are a little murky still, but based on the quotes, it s...

Given past history, I cannot see any train getting extended out of New Orleans and onto the panhandle of Florida. It would kill what on-time performance there is. I'd rather see a separate Gulf Sunset train, Miami to New Orleans, and force an overnight layover for the Sunset Limited or any other tr...

Would it make sense for third parties to hook their own cars to Amtrak trains and offer their own sleeping car service? Every now and then I see small operators doing that for special events here in New Orleans. Just the other day, I saw an offer for a private car trip CHI-NOL for Mardi Gras. $5000...

Hopefully we are nearing an end to this saga. However it is a bit disappointing to not be able to see how the board would rule on the case as presented. My impression is that they were leaning toward Amtrak's position and the implications could have been huge for service expansion nationwide. Lookin...

In an ideal world we'd see a twice daily service between Ft Work and Meridien. This would allow for an overnight and daytime trip in both directions and connectivity to the City of New Orleans and Texas Eagle, maybe even the Heartland Flyer, in both directions. If Amtrak were to ever get serious abo...

UP looking to buy the BTR-NOL segment from KCS? This was mentioned in the minutes from the Southern Rail Commission's June Meeting: ( https://www.southernrailcommission.org/minutes ) I know there was talk in the past of someone wanting to purchase this line from KCS, but this is the first I hear of ...

NOL-BTR service may be getting another push forward. The governor is proposing to run a commuter service from the suburbs southeast of BTR to its downtown. The impetus is an upcoming widening project that will close a lane of I-10 in each direction for over a year. This stretch is notorious for its ...

This is fascinating. Although I did have to take some accounting classes, my understanding may be a bit fuzzy, so someone may want to correct me. It would seem to me that: With many state corridors' revenue exceeding expenses, one could argue that Amtrak is overcharging many states. I.e. allocating ...

Ultimately the Crescent issues are illustrative of problems throughout the long distance network regarding ongoing delays and continuous lengthening of the schedule. The Crescent already had a few hours added to its run time and it still take major delays from NS. It's absurd to think that NOL-ATL i...

Frankly this study is a load of bull and I hope the STB can see through it. These studies are only as good as the input information and they seem to be making unrealistic and inflexible assumptions about their freight operations. They repeatedly mention the Crescent tying up the New Orleans back bel...

I'm sure the number one reason is trying to get approval for the KCS merger. It helps that they completed the new concrete Bonnet Carre bridge west of New Orleans. The old timber bridge was limited to 10 mph and would close any time the spillway would open (sometimes lasting months). During closures...

This route is on the recent Amtrak Connect Us map. How likely do people think it is? We could have had it by now, if the previous governor hadn't turned down federal funding. If Joe can come up with the money before the current governor leaves office, it is a sure thing. After that, who knows, but ...

It may be that CSX wants the approach sidings to the various draw spans because of the many delays CSX takes at those draw bridges and having to park opposing trains at distance from the draw spans ? I suspect CSX is trying to make their freights not take as many delays not what passenger trains wi...

I saw this posted elsewhere, then confirmed myself through Amtrak.com, but it looks like the Crescent has a major schedule change coming up this summer. 20 will depart NOL at 09:15 instead of 07:00 and arrive in Atlanta at 23:00 instead of 19:35, with an arrival in NYP at 18:15. It looks like 19 wi...

Just heard a talk from some members of the Southeastern Rail Commission on the process of creating this train at the Southeast Rail Forum. Stephen McNair, a member of the SRC discussed the Mobile end of the route. He said that service will -initially- end at a 'platform' in downtown Mobile. But, th...