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Re: Obscure Facts about NJT

 by andrewjw ¦  Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:25 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: Obscure Facts about NJT ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 1682

One other historical oddity is that Hamilton Station might have been originally intended as an Amtrak stop, on the May 1998 system map before opening in February 1999 (originally scheduled for end of 1998). That map also shows Hoboken as an Amtrak station? I wonder if the plan was for Clockers to s...

Re: Will They Ever Return?

 by andrewjw ¦  Sun Oct 01, 2023 1:03 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion - Passenger Rail: High Speed and Heavy and Light Rail Systems ¦  Topic: Will They Ever Return? ¦  Replies: 416 ¦  Views: 42805

One more casualty showing they're never coming back: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/signature-room-chicago-john-hancock-building-95th-floor-closing/3238322/ I've been there - well when it was The 95th atop the John Hancock; must say quite the view. This is off topic (wrong city) and I don't ...

Re: Adirondack Suspended (Just like that its gone)

 by andrewjw ¦  Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:22 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Adirondack Suspended (Just like that its gone) ¦  Replies: 101 ¦  Views: 11719

The New York Stock Exchange, and all the Wall Street firms, observe four minutes of silence on 9/11-- at 08:46, 09:03, 09:58, 10:28-- the times when the planes hit the towers and then when the towers fell. Trading is halted: they sound the closing bell. It's considered bad form to even pick up the ...

Re: Metra issues RFP for F40 battery conversions

 by andrewjw ¦  Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:34 am ¦  Forum: Chicagoland Commuter & Transit ¦  Topic: Metra issues RFP for F40 battery conversions ¦  Replies: 37 ¦  Views: 5525

Engineer Spike wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:14 pm Maybe METRA should get in on the CP's Hindenburg II hydrogen powered locomotive program. lol
we've somehow normalized the exploding dinosaur juice locomotive program for close to 100 years, best not throw stones when you live in glass houses

Re: WMATA - Metro's latest signage efforts

 by andrewjw ¦  Mon Sep 25, 2023 9:00 am ¦  Forum: DC - Maryland - Virginia Area Passenger Rail: MTA(MARC), VRE, WMATA(Metro) ¦  Topic: WMATA - Metro's latest signage efforts ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 778

District-area residents usually prefer naming without the Congress-instituted "Reagan" naming. If you haven't traveled by air in decades, you don't need to know. The airport code is printed/displayed in large letters a number of times in the process of booking and using a ticket. This is a...

Re: Penn Station mobility assistance

 by andrewjw ¦  Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:08 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Penn Station mobility assistance ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 426

Moynihan is much friendlier to mobility issues than the old place. Enter at 31st and 8th and there's a long ramp down to the main hall, turn right into the main hall, and on your right (the east wall) will be the main waiting area, which has red caps towards the right (south) side of the waiting area.

Re: First comes Chump Based Fare Collection Then Turnstiles

 by andrewjw ¦  Thu May 25, 2023 8:42 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: First comes Chump Based Fare Collection Then Turnstiles ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 1290

Go ride trains anywhere else in the world. Will you find a conductor for every two cars checking tickets manually? No. Will you find turnstyles? Yes, at city centers. The idea that anything that reduces the number of union workers needed is an evil plot to cut the workforce, vs progress towards a be...

Re: First comes Chump Based Fare Collection Then Turnstiles

 by andrewjw ¦  Wed May 24, 2023 8:12 pm ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: First comes Chump Based Fare Collection Then Turnstiles ¦  Replies: 11 ¦  Views: 1290

look at the bigger picture. the commuter railroads have been experiencing labor shortages causing train cancelations. manual ticket collection is a distant memory in most of our overseas comparables. it's idiotic that we can't run a good service because not enough crews are available when we could s...

Re: Amtrak not accepting Amtrak Guest Rewards Mastercard

 by andrewjw ¦  Wed May 24, 2023 12:19 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak not accepting Amtrak Guest Rewards Mastercard ¦  Replies: 7 ¦  Views: 711

you're not going to get anywhere in life with a persecution complex like that!

Re: ALP-44 status

 by andrewjw ¦  Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:26 pm ¦  Forum: New Jersey Transit NJT Rail and Light Rail LRT ¦  Topic: What is going to happen to the ALP-44s?? ¦  Replies: 41 ¦  Views: 5297

do you have an actual source for this or did you just make it up? from your post on other threads/forums on this site I don't think you have any credibility

Re: AEM-7/ALP-44 status

 by andrewjw ¦  Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:18 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: AEM-7/ALP-44 status ¦  Replies: 175 ¦  Views: 84660

They didn't get rid of them for random reasons. Cost effectiveness is a major , if not the top, consideration. Basically, they did get the most use out of them, and now retention is not good business. true. But then why didn't they rebuild to get a few more years out of them Emmett... 🤦 do you read...

Re: New MNR/CTrail Schedule

 by andrewjw ¦  Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:39 pm ¦  Forum: MTA Metro-North Railroad and CtRail Passenger Rail (SLE, Hartford, Extensions) ¦  Topic: New MNR/CTrail Schedule ¦  Replies: 19 ¦  Views: 3071

This could be improved with the outside-the-box thinking of running every GCT train as an express and run a local from Spuyten Duyvil to Croton-Harmon timed to connect at Spuyten Duyvil. Then everyone would get as frequent service as possible. Of course they would never do that though ;)

Re: Amtrak ALC-42 Procurement (Long-Distance LD Charger Variant)

 by andrewjw ¦  Thu Mar 16, 2023 9:00 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak ALC-42 Procurement (Long-Distance LD Charger Variant) ¦  Replies: 254 ¦  Views: 72456

Emmett, this is the second thread (or maybe the second time this thread) where you've made multiple posts asking about specific details of the ALC and Airo deliveries to the Pennslyvanian. If anyone had any knowledge on this, you'd have seen it already, and asking every month won't change that.

ok. but how do my posts make me seem like that word. cuz thats not what i am. im a railfan, not a six letter derogatory word for railfans. I just want to be able to know things that concern amtrak around me. but yes, I got you you repeatedly asked the same question about a topic that applies only t...

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