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    Central Florida SunRail

    I got up to the Deland site on 2/16/24 and took a few pix and a short video. I'll have to convert the video as it is too large at 75MB to upload.. The ground around the Amtrak station is a disaster with all the work but the Sunrail station is coming right along.
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    Central Florida SunRail

    I think the sheer volume of passengers caught them by surprise. The first southbound was just the standard consist, and was standing-room-basically only, but shortly thereafter they started adding an additional car to the consist. That obviously didn't help the first overcrowded train but helped...
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    Central Florida SunRail

    I rode Sunrail from Altamonte to Poinciana on #401, the first March 4th Southbound train, then back to DeBary on #402 (same train heading back North), then down to Maitland to get a couple of subs at Kappy's, and then back to Altamonte. It was standing room only and then some at Altamonte on...
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    Central Florida SunRail

    Sunrail's " https://corporate.sunrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DeLand-Station-Full-Build-Concept-2021a-Draft.pdf " now shows the proposed new Sunrail station NOT in the City of Deland proper, unlike earlier proposals to actually put a station IN Deland, but instead to co-locate it with the...
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    Atlantic Coast Service discussion

    98 (16) passing through the Altamonte Springs FL Sunrail Station this afternoon (~10 minutes N of WPK)
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    Silver Star/Silver Meteor combined train (Jan - Oct 2022)

    Resumption of service on Sunrail will be next Monday (they don't run on weekends anyway), and Amtrak trains will resume through the Orlando corridor, according to tonight's evening news (Fri 10/14) in Orlando. Track repairs were announced as complete.
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    Is Amtrak allowed to have "Commuter Rail" service?

    91/92, 87/88 if I recall the numbers correctly (on my phone)... physically COULD operate as once-a-day commuter srvice in the Miami to West Palm corridor but do not, being pick-up-passengers ONLY northbound and drop-off-passengers ONLY southbound. Also you cannot use 91/92 for travel between...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    I've never used it, but I did watch the initial news report videos on local TV which indicated it was going to be autonomous with no driver. So thanks for that info. I've been down to the VA hospital a couple of times (took a fellow Vet down there for a procedure and followup) but that was...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    Intriguing. It's about 3.5 miles as the crow flies between the MCO intermodal station (at the very south end of the airport) and the medical city at Nona, or closer to 6 miles if they parallel all the existing roads. (I spent some time with Google Maps and a Florida Atlas & Gazetteer.) The Lake...
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    Amtrak delays

    We were on 92 once years ago coming up from Winter Haven, I think, and there were a bunch of wildfires from roughly Lakeland to Kissimmee, and the superheated air from the fires knocked out the microwave links carrying signal information and commands up to CSX JAX. Wherever the signal system...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    It would be wonderful if that collaboration to add Brightline would also expedite that expansion to 27 and perhaps some additional spots on the way to Tampa. That one stretch from Disney to 27 is now the absolute worst section of I-4. You could probably make a mint delivering pizzas by drones to...
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    Brightline Trains Florida discussion

    Not having a SunRail transfer point on the way to Disney is really dumb for Disney. Many thousands of Orlando-area residents would LOVE to be able to get to Disney without having to drive the slow-rolling-disaster known as I-4. Being able to get to Disney from your local SunRail station would be...
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    Scanners, Radio and other such tech inquiries

    " Scanners are receivers and not transmitting devices - can't mess with transmissions " That's not strictly true. Any superheterodyne receiver contains at least one RF oscillator to convert down to an IF. That oscillator WILL leak RF, and that DOES qualify as a transmitter as it would be...
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    Scanners, Radio and other such tech inquiries

    I calibrate mine in furlongs per fortnight. <grin>
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    Amtrak Asks Two People Who Use Wheelchairs To Pay $25,000 For A Ride (NPR 1/17/20)

    And also HERE: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-amtrak-wheelchair-seats-access-living-chicago-apology-20200121-bu23c3m7xzc4dcss2m4b3jrsfq-story.html
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