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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Reistrup questions safety of Amfleet equipment on NEC at 125 mph..Back in the 1990s on the Northeast Direct trains, Amtrak ran three classes of service: Coach, "Custom" (like current Northeast Regional...
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Dual Mode usage vs. Electrification of freight railroads in the US - pros and cons.Well, back in the days when freight on the NEC was pulled by electric locomotives, I recall seeing a lot of diesel switchers hanging...
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MMARC Rider reacted to John Bredin's post in the thread Reistrup questions safety of Amfleet equipment on NEC at 125 mph. with
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Reistrup questions safety of Amfleet equipment on NEC at 125 mph..There must be an interesting backstory about how this article was published and then deleted.
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Tipping on Amtrak.For years the tip rate for waiters was 15%. Then people realized that if they paid with a credit card, the bank was raking 3% off the...
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MMARC Rider reacted to UserNameRequired's post in the thread Reistrup questions safety of Amfleet equipment on NEC at 125 mph. with Like.
Thanks for the wayback link! Now I wonder why it was deleted…
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Capitol Limited discussion.The Sightseer Lounge is not part of the consist now. The train has a "Cross Country Cafe" car, also called a "Diner Lounge." One end of...
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Brightline Orlando extension.I had a professor in college who taught us, "Double all cost estimates. Triple all time estimates."
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MFollowing the basic law of software development. 90% completion tends to take 90% of the scheduled time. The last 10% takes another 90%...
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MNext week in the exciting adventures of Florida Man!
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Auto Train trip to Florida.Are you kidding? With that traffic? When we got back to Lorton, I found that driving the Shirley Highway (I-95) and the Captial...
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Freight Derailments.This one's in North Dakota, and it's the stuff used to make asphalt. They're going to let it freeze before they clean it up. Obviously...
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Experiences of travel including rail over time in the US.My first train ride that I remember was on the Paoli Local, now the SEPTA Paoli-Thorndale Line, in the early 1960s. The usual consist...
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MMARC Rider reacted to JoeBas's post in the thread PTC "Server disruption" service issue (March 2023) with Like.
America - the world's most advanced Third World country.
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MMARC Rider replied to the thread Auto Train trip to Florida.Miami Beach: Beachfront promenade View from our apartment Rich guy's house Art Deco in South Beach Exercise group on the...
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