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This will now be an ordinary topic.

In Kansas City, in the 80s and early 90s, we had several children who were left on the school bus after it arrived at the fleet parking lot. IIRC, there was a life lost, there was more than one limb lost, and the liability lawsuits changed the was school districts and contract bus companies deal wit...

A fraction of the passenger traffic carried by those modes.

David Benton wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 2:38 pm A fraction of what the taxpayer subsidizes roads and air.

In addition, you're comparing "all air boardings" with "Amtrak". That includes your short-haul commercial flights. So, you really should include at commuter rail boardings. Even if you want to set an arbitrary minimum limit (I mean can you really compare a 10 mile rail commute t...

The Department of Transportation has an annual report of statistics. I’ve provided a link. Of note: The NEC Carrie’s more passengers DC-NY/BOS by over 3x. Overall though, there were 941 million passenger air boardings in 2022, while Amtrak handled 28.5 million passengers. Here’s the link: https://ro...

Because it all falls in whatever appropriations act funds DOT.

TBH, what I expect to see is none of the above, instead rather like too many times before, an old fashioned clusterf**k.

electricron wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:41 am I do not understand how baggage claims at Denver International Airport has anything to do with Amtrak's Ski Train.
May I suggest taking the California Zephyr to downtown Denver instead?

Using commuter cars on what’s supposed to be a premium experience is a great way to surrender the market to auto and air. Amtrak needs to buy back the Amfleets in private ownership, shop them so they can run 100mph or greater, put comfortable coach and parlor seating in them, and have them ready to ...

I'd add I'm not saying management doesn't matter. But so long as we don't do something to try to finally at least give Amtrak a 5-10 year runway mission and direction wise in order to try to insulate it from the cycle to cycle dysfunction the dysfunction will just continue in one way or another. I'...

WASHINGTON – Amtrak is taking a major step towards improving overnight, cross-country train travel by issuing a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) to railcar manufacturers to begin the replacement of Amtrak’s current Long Distance fleet. https://media.amtrak.com/2023/12/amtrak-reaches-next-major-mi...

Hey Amtrak,

If passengers, especially business travellers on the Northeast Corridor, cannot rely on you for transportation, they will walk away from you in favor of another mode.

Got it?

Once, a century ago, rail was THE mode to get people across the US. When each railroad ran 8 or so passenger trains each way each day, it mattered to keep the lines open. These days, passenger rail service is known by a vitamin brand: One A Day. I have no idea what the various contracts say, but I w...

Amtrak has a bastard child of a road locomotive. Go look at LA, Chicago, New York/New Jersey, New Orleans. What do you see on the Class 1s? Modern 6 motor locomotives. A mechanic or electrician on CSX can just as easily fix his roads equipment as he can NS, BNSF, or UP. The Genesis units are old now...

Beech Grove was Pennsylvania RR.
Wilmington Shops were Pennsylvania RR.
Bear Shops were built by DelPro in 1980, to build and service TOFC equipment. Amtrak bought the property in 1984