by Gilbert B Norman
I'm sorry Mr. Trainguy, but the collective "you" with your "anchor" city of 689K population, have "done quite well" by Amtrak.
Just think, you got the electrification, Acelas, and even (to me) that "waste" of through Coaches and Sleepers through Albany to Chicago.
Your outsized political clout up there has done its job to "bring home the bacon" as is.
Now to expect that 91-92, "Star" and 19-20 "Crescent" will be extended up there, using scarce resources (bridge openings; "Thank you Fairfield Navy"), establishing additional maintenance capacity to turn LD trains, additional sets of equipment needed, and whatever other impediments I've overlooked, simply escapes me.
"The Vacationer"; a Boston-Miami train that only made a service stop at Old Penn was gone some twenty years before A-Day. How can one reasonably expect that business will miraculously return?
Just think, you got the electrification, Acelas, and even (to me) that "waste" of through Coaches and Sleepers through Albany to Chicago.
Your outsized political clout up there has done its job to "bring home the bacon" as is.
Now to expect that 91-92, "Star" and 19-20 "Crescent" will be extended up there, using scarce resources (bridge openings; "Thank you Fairfield Navy"), establishing additional maintenance capacity to turn LD trains, additional sets of equipment needed, and whatever other impediments I've overlooked, simply escapes me.
"The Vacationer"; a Boston-Miami train that only made a service stop at Old Penn was gone some twenty years before A-Day. How can one reasonably expect that business will miraculously return?