As I said before, you have a one in three chance if it is in service by then.That would be terrific if it hits the rails in revenue service by then. We will be westbound on #49 8/29, so we'll have to see how it shakes out. Can't wait to ride it!
Reminds me of something Clint Eastwood once said at the end of a certain movie:As I said before, you have a one in three chance if it is in service by then.That would be terrific if it hits the rails in revenue service by then. We will be westbound on #49 8/29, so we'll have to see how it shakes out. Can't wait to ride it!
you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?
Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?As I said before, you have a one in three chance if it is in service by then.
Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
That's true. It has also been stated earlier in the year by a senior Amtrak person that LSL will be the first train to be assigned the new Viewliners as they start coming off the production line. The statement was made by him at the ESPA Annual Meeting in Schenectady NY.Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
You would think even during the winter months they would shift it down to FLA for some "thawing".Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
I'm aware of at least two cases this summer of the Lake Shore running with an Amfleet cafe as a diner because no heritage unit was available. That suggests a need.You would think even during the winter months they would shift it down to FLA for some "thawing".Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
You would think even during the winter months they would shift it down to FLA for some "thawing".Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
The plan is to keep it on the LSL, but if it needs to thaw it might end up on the Silvers.The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.
I thought that the new design of Viewliner was so the LSL's equipment would not have to be rotated down south? Does 8400 incorporate this new structural/utility design, or will that just be on the new Viewliner IIs?You would think even during the winter months they would shift it down to FLA for some "thawing".Amtrak President Boardman's column in the August/September Amtrak Ink magazine stated that the 8400 diner will be permanently assigned to the Lake Shore Limited. So, unless there is a last minute equipment shuffle due to a bad ordered diner, not very likely. You will have to wait until 2013 or later for the new diners to show up on the Silver Service trains.Any chance it will be run thru on one of the Silver Service trains in mid-September, if you know?
Yes, that was my focus. I know that rolling stock is rotated, or run thru, the Silvers/Crescents/Lake Shores for equipment turnarounds, and in the colder months, for thawing. Rotating the 8400 on a different cycle from the other diners means a pair of dining cars, one the 8400 the other a Heritage, will have to be uncoupled, moved and positioned, then recoupled. This doesn't even including the other cars that will have to go thru this dance on account the diners are in the center of the trains.Even if it doesn't need the thawing, given that Amtrak moves the sleepers of the Silvers and the Crescent so that it can run through without any switching, I'd be very surprised if they started cutting up consists in Sunnyside to ensure that the 8400 stayed with the LSL.
Well if it actually gets frozen enough to need thawing, at least the trip down to FL will be a dead head move, unless you want to have a Silver with no Diner service.The plan is to keep it on the LSL, but if it needs to thaw it might end up on the Silvers.The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.
No, not necessarily. Amtrak has found that the Viewliner sleepers don't usually need to be deadheaded to Florida if they are sent down there every other run. Now the diner is not a sleeper, but then there never has been a Viewliner diner before, so nobody really knows if the original plan is going to pan out.Well if it actually gets frozen enough to need thawing, at least the trip down to FL will be a dead head move, unless you want to have a Silver with no Diner service.The plan is to keep it on the LSL, but if it needs to thaw it might end up on the Silvers.
The best laid schemes of mice and men / Go oft awry.
Is 8400 considered to be a new Viewliner coming off the production line?That's true. It has also been stated earlier in the year by a senior Amtrak person that LSL will be the first train to be assigned the new Viewliners as they start coming off the production line. The statement was made by him at the ESPA Annual Meeting in Schenectady NY.
No, the 8400 is a rebuilt prototype car and will presumably always be tagged as a unique unit. The first Viewliner II production car is scheduled to be delivered in October 2012 for testing.Is 8400 considered to be a new Viewliner coming off the production line?
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