Recent content by Jdub

91 came through DeLand today at about 11 AM, v. late but I read that there were electrical outages around NYC that delayed all trains. That's why I went to the station. I've always gotten faster and better responses with the local agent. I''ll just hang tight and check when I board.

Per agent 9810 is booked only available is 9811,9812.

Bummer. I like VL1...

Went to DeLand station today to check on my 6/5 NB accomodations. Agent seemed to say that there will be 3 sleepers and that 9810 and 9812 will be VL II. 9811 will be VLI. He says he has been staff on LD and that when cars are added, the old VL is in the middle because staff uses those rooms...

All you can think is that this is 2024. Airplanes have WiFi. Every person younger than , say, 40, is on line all the time. The strategic future user projection seems to be led by 75 yr.olds.

Removal is sort of like jackstraws, the kid's game. Lots of unstable intermixed pieces. Armchair engineers may never have played the game. Seems to me there's not much sense in building a new bridge to 60 year old specs..better to assess what the need in 2024 may be.

Meteor rider here. VLI is preferred.

Just booked NB 9811 ( is this VL 1--probably?) and SB 9712 ( is this VL 2? probably?) Not a fan of VL 2..will change if the option exists.

I recall backing into the Jacksonville Union station. I guess that doesn't happen any more anywhere.

Has any evaluation ever been made of an autotrain-like service that begins in Lorton (say), breaks in say, San Antonio and terminates in LA? No niggling--just LD transport of vehicle and driver.

How do you do this? I've heard a passenger can speak with the conductor and buy a roomette space if one is available. It would be nice to know just how you do that. [I'm a slow learner and it helps to have directions].

I had a phone message today supposedly from Norfolk & Southern about a 'personal matter', please call back. Of course I deleted the message because I couldn't think why N&S would be calling me. I DID look up N&S and found a number of articles about a Board of Directors election and CEO...

So you're suggesting the an impatient driver can't distinguish between a Brightline train and a freight train and therefore will try to blow a crossing that is active. I recommend that you have a serious discussion with the local school board about life skills education, especially driver...

That's roadway signal timing. Each intersection on a roadway corridor has signals timed to the posted speed. Since rail intersection times and roadway crossing timing are so unpredictiable, rail crossing signals are unlikely to be sychronized with roadway times. Every driver needs to...

As a person of additive years, I recommend reserving in a VI when possible. Toilet facilities are in the room not down the hall. Some people think that the aesthetic leaves something to be desired. I say that practical considerations are a reasonable approach.