Recent content by gmushial

Something in the business world known as lost leaders, ie, you lose money on item A, but by getting the customer into the store, you do sell them B and C... the repuggie complaint about losing money on the dinning cars is a red herring - just an excuse to eliminate Amtrak and force more people...

Maybe what I did on the last CZ trip might become a norm, especially in a world of cell phones: but at Grand Junction, the day before, arranged with restaurants for meals (lunches), and a food delivery service... and had Mexican waiting for me on the platform going one way; and Chinese going...

Many thanks for posting such... having real numbers makes the situation more clear/understandable... :-) :-(

Two thoughts come to mind: 1) How much of this shortfall has to do with Congress continuing to squeeze Amtrak, ie, if one looks at generated revenue - has that changed significantly, in percentage terms? 2) With fuel costs down - being used as an excuse for people to drive vs let Amtrak drive...

Reading between the lines: the reason for a freight loco from BNSF is because Amtrak doesn't have sufficient extra locos, and not because the freight units are some how better equipped to deal with the snowy conditions?

I don't know... seems to me that the best possible music is already there: the sounds of the train :-)

looks like Quote button is still not working... Peter... Back in the '90s there was quite a bit of cooperation in the particle physics research world with ex-Soviet physicists in search of jobs... and a lot of this being searched and your suggestion to make it look like lawyer payment etc...

Something about: to err is human; to screw it up beyond all recognition, still requires a computer... ;-)

Don't know why the Quote button has stopped working for me... :-( and now I can't even cut and paste what I was trying to reply to :-( my comment is in response to post #19... way back on page 1 It could be... but then again, and very much more likely, it is a perfectly legal and...

They're merely a reflection of those that elected them... :-(

Wonder if PTC wouldn't reduce the chances of this happening?

"Illegal connection" ?? Anyone care to explain? What, why, wherefore?

Basically I have to agree with the comments... but do have to wonder if maybe the demographics haven't change since then, ie, a very large retiring boomer generation (that was more of the jet-setter generation then)... wonder if they might not be more inclined toward a train vs today's flying...

Would be nice if there was a clickable: "Forward To Amtrak Management"... and to generally think, we here are the defenders of Amtrak... imagine what the rest must be saying?

Climbing up on his soapbox: But what ever happened to personal responsibility? Why does there even HAVE to be laws and regulations? Climbing down... somebody needs the wood.