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It seems that it will be a very Acela-like service, even if the rolling stock is more of a regional disguised as an HST. As such, the fare seems to be about expected but time will tell the story of supply vs demand I suppose. They must be expecting increased ridership with the recent announcement of...

Until we can get decent service on existing trains I can't put much stock in talks of expansion. The Crescent doesn't even get a dining car anymore, and with regard to not having enough equipment, I think you'll find a good number of Viewliner sleeping cars and dining cars stored at Hialeah and Beec...

I definitely prefer the version in the early Alstom CAD renderings:

I would agree as well. I hear that Washington Union Station has gone downhill with more vacancies in the retail space and more vagrancy, which is most unfortunate. I hope that trend can be turned around. Moynihan Train Hall is great but doesn't quite recapture the grandeur of the original Penn Stati...

I wish we had more roomettes available on more routes. I'd love to see CAF churning out Viewliner II sleepers, but alas, even the ones Amtrak has are being underutilized. However, when I went to the movies recently I was thinking about how the recliner in the theater would be nice on a train for a l...

I saw the photos which were rather shocking but some comments indicated that those were the extra pre-production car shells located at Bear, DE which were used for testing interior configurations but never even put on trucks. Either way, sad to see the iconic Acelas becoming junk. I hope that unlike...

I remember riding steam there as a kid back in the 80s! Ah the good 'ol days - glad they're still running, wonder if they'll ever run a steamer again though.

I think they got the roomette just about perfect on the Viewliner II. It would be nice if they could replicate those modules for whatever shell is chosen for the next gen fleet in my opinion.

I would rather have my own Delta One Mini-Suite over this anytime. Just thinking of the reports of foot and body order in those shared compartments. Probably should add snoring too! Yeah I wouldn't expect to see a modern day couchette/slumbercoach on Amtrak. The full bedroom sleeper toward the end ...

I think the Viewliner II sleepers are great and I'd love to see more of that design, but I'm guessing that may be unlikely so I hope whatever comes next at least incorporates the best elements of those. Perhaps this is indicative of what Siemens might base its design on, though likely not with the E...

Any word on how Amtrak views the Viewliner II? Seems like a great design to me - shame they didn't get more of 'em! I don't know if it's a design that might be used going forward, but both the sleeping cars and dining cars are very nice from a passenger perspective imo. Economy of scale. Amtrak coul...

To your point then, I have a hard time believing that NJ Transit is really prepared to invest in a unique dual use bus/light rail setup for an isolated 2.7 mile spur when it would be easier to say, hey we looked at light rail but we're dropping that in favor of just running a bus.

I don't believe they're serious about light rail, even though that would be the better option, but are just making it look like they tried when in the end they just want the train gone and replaced with a bus. Some reasons for my cynicism: To have an isolated light rail system for a 2.7 mile spur ma...

I wonder if they're serious about real improvements or if this is a lot of fluff and doublespeak to justify downgrading to a simple bus service because NJ Transit want to retire the Arrow IIIs without a suitable replacement.

Just getting Roanoke was a huge win. I consider the New River Valley extension to be an unexpected bonus!