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Bob Dylan
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Cheney, Ritzville, and Connell all were served by the Mainstreeter to the end in 1971. Cheney was on GL routes to Seattle and Portland...
Today at 6:23 AM
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That is a very strong argument. The Crescent schedule is certainly not conducive for passengers especially north of BHM. Atlanta is...
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Everything involves tradeoffs. The important question is what is the "telos" of the outfit. For passenger railways it has got to be...
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I booked and completed this whole trip in December 2022 from SFC-EMY-NOL without any issues last year. The CS was one hour late out of...
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In the French cases what is often done is that the high-speed line will by-pass the town, but have connections to classic rail lines on...
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FDOT means US DOT? Amtrak was making a lot of desperate deals back then. As a previous post noted, the US President had written its...
Today at 6:17 AM
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On Wikipedia it mentions 99.7% owned by Amtrak and the other 0.3% is owned by the employees. How did this 0.3% come about and what...
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https://slate.com/business/2013/07/amtrak-boarding-process-it-s-nuts.html Time this classic article made a comeback. It's a shame...
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The Slumbercoaches were the all-time best bargain in public transportation, IMHO...
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In reading these comments about a successor to the Slumbercoach it occurred to me that the Lake Shore would be a good train to test it...
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This. In addition, Amtrak has the unique opportunity at present to seize a chunk of air passengers who cannot or will not fly now...
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Simplest solution is to bring back some roomette prices to where they were pre pandemic and open Amtrak up to more Americans. There...
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That's really not a bad idea. The ride quality is superior to other options such as Horizons. It should also be possible to divert a few...
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Great marketing hype to promote what are probably just glorified "TV-dinner's".... 😁
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I experienced Flex Dining on 51 and 50 last week. I had salmon twice, enchiladas and something else I don't remember. Not terrible but...
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