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There is a core group of riders that will continue to use tokens as long as they are accepted for fare - saving 50 cents per ride over the cash fare/Key Quick Trip price of $2.50. With a significant amount of tokens remaining in circulation any transition needs to be gradual. Tokens do still have t...

Amtrak's Keystone corridor,and the NHV-Springfield line are Push-Pull operations The Amtrak-Ca ops are also Push-Pull for the Surfliner(San Diego) services,and the Capital Corridor(Sacramento-Oakland) services. I believe the Downeaster and Hiawatha are push-pull as well. The Hiawatha runs with conv...

CNJGeep wrote:Silverliner IV: 90
Silverliner V: 100
AEM-7/ALP-44: 100
Bombardier Coaches: 100
ACS-64: 110

The Acela’s cannot cover a Regional schedule since they do not have traps for low level boarding. I mean the only low level NEC stations I can think of are Cornwells Heights, Newark, and Aberdeen which all have limited service. If you kept them to certain trains it shouldn't be a problem. You forgo...

8th Notch wrote:The Acela’s cannot cover a Regional schedule since they do not have traps for low level boarding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_800 Hitachi 800 is a good example of what I think CEO Anderson has in mind. It can run both electric and diesel. So as posted before it could do splinter routes to Springfield on the north of the NEC, Harrisburg,PA branch off and south of the NEC to ...

lordsigma wrote: Gateway not directly funded... This is because most of the rest of the country and the media see Gateway as a NY/NJ project only. The two 100+ year old tunnels are at capacity and were damaged in 2012 by Superstorm Sandy. Every single passenger that travels by rail on the NEC is im...

That's an important point. Low-floor cars speed up boarding and alighting for all passengers with even minor disabilities (like aging knees) as well as those with bulky luggage or baby carriages, thus expediting the service for everybody. Some years ago I read that either Amsterdam or Rotterdam, wh...

The mainline has been cut to 2 tracks after Paoli for a while now. The only difference is now it happens right before the station not after. This makes sense because Amtrak trains needed to be on 1 or 4 to make the station stop anyway. I don't see there being a major dispatching issue with the new s...

What it suggests to me is that they plan on exercising the option on the Multilevel contract. 55 new cars is approximately 8 new train sets. With 7 sets existing 15 locomotives would make sense. Do you think they will mix sets? Like have Comets with bilevels? I kind of doubt it simply because it cr...

What it suggests to me is that they plan on exercising the option on the Multilevel contract. 55 new cars is approximately 8 new train sets. With 7 sets existing 15 locomotives would make sense. Edit: My math was a little off, they currently have 8 sets so even without exercising the option 45 cars ...

Why do say low floor is bad? It speeds loading and unloading of all passengers and makes ADA compliance a lot easier. The biggest argument against rehabbing the K-cars was identified in the modernization report, the K-cars are too small. The current system is operating at capacity during peak hours,...

I'm sure a few will be preserved somewhere. I'm not sure the basement level of 1234 Market has enough room for 2 new trolleys, I might be wrong but I think they have a GM Fishbowl bus down there too. The K-cars on the Red Arrow routes will be replaced as well but there is no timeline for that yet. T...

I'm sorry to burst your bubble but this isn't going to happen. The K-cars are old and prone to breakdowns, too small, and most importantly not ADA compliant. They would need a full rebuild similar to the PCCs on the 15 and that doesn't solve issue #2.

With regards to shoes, when I was in train service my shoes were black, but not leather. They were, however, extremely comfortable and they met the standard of the rule. At the end of the day, comfort and safety come first, particularly given the extremely long and demanding shifts SEPTA puts on th...