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Here is Chuck Walsh's update.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1AJBij49vk

So wasn't the decision on whether the service to Scranton was chosen as one of the new corridors supposed to have been announced by now??

Hi Joe, I recommend getting an Amtrak Guest Rewards credit card. I was able to pay for my round trip to California using points. It changes everything (for me anyway). There is no way I would pay what Amtrak gets for a sleeper these days. Oddly enough since I wrote my trip report, the CA Zephyr has ...

eolesen wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 10:52 am Wisconsin has put a lot of money into freight rail. This might actually happen.

I'll believe it when I can buy a ticket.

CZ_Cover.jpg So I had booked Amtrak's California Zephyr round-trip from Chicago to Roseville, CA to visit my brother and his family. My departure date was Tuesday August 8, 2023. With today's Amtrak, the bar with me is set pretty low as far as expectations go. My main concerns were that the train w...

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It was NY State who lacked the vision to purchase the line themselves and rail bank it as was done with the Berk south of Canaan. If that had been done, it would be back in service now no doubt. Mr. Scoostraw, I think that the sale of the Harlem State School-Chatham to an outside party had everythi...

Yes Metro North put a bit of track back in at Wassaic, but they owned the ROW there so there was no issue beyond holding the standard public hearings to get it done. At the time the president of MNRR went on record as saying that they wanted to go as far as possible, but by the time this was being d...

Penn Central had nothing to do with it AFAIK. The line was sold by PC intact, and the private buyer is the one who scrapped it and sold off the ROW piecemeal. It was NY State who lacked the vision to purchase the line themselves and rail bank it as was done with the Berk south of Canaan. If that had...

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Mon Apr 17, 2023 10:50 am It pains me that Chatham, once upon a time the terminus of the Harlem Division main line, has not had a stop in so many years. It seems rather short-sighted.

I'm still surprised that Housatonic has not made use of a Pittsfield connection south to Canaan. One would think they could get MA on board with that. They're always talking about passenger service, right? AFAIK the biggest deterrent to running passenger service is the exposure to liability. In tod...

edflyerssn007 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 23, 2023 5:44 pm Found this on facebook today from The Empire State Passengers Association.

Trains 68/69 The Adirondack with service to Montreal will return as of April 3rd. https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/47483/20230310/amtrak-s-adirondack-train-line-will-resume-service-in-early-april I read that The Rouses Point Subdivision is currently a mix of 10mph and 25mph track....

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:47 pm Charter a Budd RDC ?