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Speaking of service to Rockland, while spending the long President's Day Weekend in the Rockland area, I noticed a Budd Car sitting in the Rockland Freight Yard. The car is branded Coastliner, Mid Coast Rail Service. The company running this service stated the RDC's were proving to be unreliable. I ...

We took a Round Trip on the Downeaster, this past Saturday to Old Orchard Beach, and as to ridership Train 691, was a sell out. The crew started boarding early at 8:25, and boarded car, by car, until they were full. They then asked people traveling alone to "buddy up", as heavy boarding wa...

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Here is the full article about Amtrak opening some of the west of Chicago trains Dining cars to coach passengers. The last paragraph sums up the questions of Traditional Dining car service returning to Florida trains. WASHINGTON — Amtrak has begun offering coach passengers on the Empire Builder, Cal...

The Downeaster Service is run by the Northern New England Rail Passenger Authority, with Amtrak as the contracted operator. The service has been a huge success and the target market is Boston, and Southern Maine. The focus of the service has never been New York City. If you are looking for a direct ...

We are referring to the Back Bay Station itself, not at track level, where yes, you will smell diesel exhaust.

Ken

BandA wrote: ↑Sat May 28, 2022 8:57 pm Did the MBTA fix the air quality problem at BBY? As a refresher, poor and malfunctioning venting of diesel exhaust is why Amtrak bugged out.

A happy Station Development to report, is that Back Bay Station in once again staffed. I don't know when this became effective, but while walking through the station on Friday, there were (3) Amtrak employees on. 1 each at the 2 window positions, and the third was on the floor offering directions an...

Here is the latest from the T on the Green Line Extension and service changes as of Monday, March 21. Very happy to see that the B branch will be running to and from Government Center. https://www.mbta.com/projects/green-line-extension-glx/update/green-line-extension-glx-union-square-branch-opens-ma...

In more recent news, the purchase has yet to close, but the deadline has been extended to June 30, 2022.

https://www.essexhudsongreenway.org/sta ... y-project/

Ken A.

Here is the story from the Kearny Observer this past November where Kearny's Mayor Santos stated he has issues
with the rail trail project that have not been addresses.

https://www.theobserver.com/2021/11/15/ ... -on-board/

Ken

If the Orange Branch (Hartz) was still active then, is WR the reason why Orange Branch was still served from Dover and not Croxton? Yes, when Hartz was still receiving rail shipments, the freights ran down the lower Boynton line to the junction with the Orange Branch near Forest Hill Newark. These ...

Acela train 2151 is a popular option for people traveling from Boston to New York City for in person meetings, as it departs South Station at 5:05 am. The trains popularity has been ticking back up as more in person meetings are starting to happen. Save for Valentine's Day when the train stalled out...

A fire broke out in the former hotel yesterday.

https://patch.com/new-york/midtown-nyc/ ... n-underway

Ken