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Going through this... Wait, Chicago to MSP is 8 hours, same as the Pennsylvanian. It's a *day trip* train. It can't have the Empire Builder name. Time to pull up a new old name (from the list off Wikipedia): Afternoon Hiawatha Afternoon Twin Cities Zephyr Bat Chicago Special Day/Eastern Express Morn...

IMO the only solution is for this ongoing parts problem has several items. A planned 40 year life with possibly extension has to be incorporated into all purchase contracts. All contracts to vendors must have provision that if vendor goes out of business for any reason including bankruptcy that all...

Death Star go zoom

But yeah, it's always worth keeping around some older units that are in good working condition. MARC still has engine 68 on rescue duty around Odenton if I remember correctly, and occasionally it gets started up and run about for weekend service.

I'm sure many of us have seen this already, but it's the pic of the month in my book. Two newish Siemens Chargers died on the northbound City, leaving it seven hours late. CN found an IC SD70 conventional cab still in "death star" black and it led the City back to Chicago. Lots of good pi...

Yup , great fun telling a customer their 100k motorhome is out of action for 3 months waiting for a $ 100 part. With small electronic components , I find I can find and get them faster from Ali Express than the likes of didkey etc . even if it means spending $ 50 freight on a $ 1 item . somethings ...

Then explain why Amtrak reservations show all trains for next few days sold out? Possible conventions? Major game series? Remember, the Pennsylvanian sells out around the July 4th holiday weekend because of a convention that gathers 15,000+ people in one place. I won't be surprised if the Capitol L...

west point wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:17 am What caused the 2 - 3 hour delays Monday between Newark and PHL?

Not unique to Siemens, or the rail industry. At least it’s just trains being cancelled. Try explaining to a sewer plant that they’re one pump/VFD/PLC card failure away from having to dump raw/partially treated sewage, and the DEP doesn’t care. And the replacement parts may be out three weeks, or th...

@STrRedWolf I'm a little confused, did you mean Track 2 is the only one in service? I'm not sure what they were numbered / named back when there were 4 tracks running through the station. Where's Track A? Is that the Northside Industrial Track that Norfolk Southern uses? The one behind the Track 2 ...

After learning about the track construction between Lancaster & Harrisburg from STRedWolf & Jeff Smith. I decided to take a trip to Lancaster on its "opening day" on April 8, 2024 to see it in action. Check out my YouTube video on it here -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE-yGlz...

Will Amtrak be able to use the existing pair of trainsets for the second trip or will they have to source a whole new set of Amfleets, including a 110mph-capable baggage car? I have heard anecdotal reports stating that many of Amtrak's high-speed baggage cars are either out of service pending repai...

There's been reports in local press that definitely ask for a second round trip that leaves Pittsburgh later in the day, but from what I saw... I think the expectation was more "I want to day-trip into Pittsburgh from Altoona" than just double capacity.... which to be honest, both are a go...

Sounds to me like Amtrak can't sufficiently argue their case with the documentation already provided. That's not reason to demand a private company violate its record retention policy, especially if the outcomes and data points are available in the documentation provided in discovery. At my company...

Amtrak filing to STB claiming UP is destroying needed dispatch decision data. The filing says that UP destroys its dispatch playbacks — videos providing information about dispatching decisions — after 99 hours, and that UP claims it is under no obligation to preserve those playbacks. Amtrak says th...

Crew opens lounge car for groups during eclipse trip (Trains Mag) In short, they opened all cars but the lounge on the way down, but saw some opportunity, got the lounge cleaned up, and had groups of two or more sit in the lounge to stay together. Good PR move! More than 430 passengers rode at leas...