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Bbms replied to the thread Amendment to CR blocking furloughs and 3x LD.I guess any chance of continuing service is good news, but Congress has put Amtrak in a pretty terrible position of not knowing Tuesday...
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Bbms reacted to jis's post in the thread How about a train to Alaska? Talk about experiential! with
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Mo0re Presidential BS. 🤪 I'll beieve it is not BS when he signs a bill with funding for realizing it. It is quite easy to scribble you... -
Bbms reacted to lordsigma's post in the thread Amendment to CR blocking furloughs and 3x LD with Like.
Daines from Montana has filed an amendment in the Senate to the CR that would require Amtrak to delay any furloughs and LD cuts until...
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Bbms reacted to crescent-zephyr's post in the thread How about a train to Alaska? Talk about experiential! with Like.
There won’t be a passenger train and this isn’t good news if you care about the environment.
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Bbms reacted to Dakota 400's post in the thread Huge ridership killer in reservation system for 3x weekly service with Like.
A very optimistic view and I surely hope you are correct.
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Bbms reacted to Railroad Bill's post in the thread Multi-City Booking Tool not working September '20 with Like.
I believe you cannot book BOS to BON since you have to take a bus, cab or metro for that connection.
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Bbms replied to the thread Crescent:Why Two locomotives?.Even if a route were 100% flat, I think any long-distance train powered by P42s should use two of them in order to have a good chance...
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Bbms replied to the thread Huge ridership killer in reservation system for 3x weekly service.Even if the customer calls, I doubt every agent would be familiar with all the alternate routings that don't show up in the system.
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BIt would make the most sense to run multiple trains rather than splitting off cars. There shouldn't be the need for 1 magical train...
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Bbms reacted to Bob Dylan's post in the thread Inconsistent Service: A bigger problem than the food? with Like.
Sadly, Dave' s Depot in Grand Junction,CO will be closing Sept.30 due to the CZ ( and all other LD Trains except the AutoTrain) going to...
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Bbms replied to the thread Checking up on Amtrak's (lack of) ADA compliance.North Philadelphia station is in really deplorable condition. Amtrak needs to fix up that station and staff it. I guess they didn't...
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Bbms replied to the thread Amtrak Service Reductions.They have an alternate reservation system that does suggest another travel date: https://tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak I found that...
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Bbms replied to the thread Infill Amtrak stops.Oxford has pretty bad calling times, but probably would still get some passengers because it is a college town. Some of the West...
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BThe 2009 study for bringing back the Pioneer grossly underestimated ridership and inflated costs. This is because it failed to take into...
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BMy wife and I had hoped to leave from Portland and ride through the crazy gorge. Our sleeper would have been cut into the Builder from...