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SSepta9739 reacted to Just-Thinking-51's post in the thread Freight Derailment disrupts Capitol Limited 2/3/23 with
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Seem this is a political thing now. The EPA has now stopping transfer of waste. I guess they will now be paying for the clean up as... -
SSepta9739 replied to the thread High fares and sell-outs on Cascades.Hopefully this will help the Cascades get its ridership back up. It’s been stuck at 40k for months with very little changes. I think...
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SSepta9739 reacted to trimetbusfan's post in the thread High fares and sell-outs on Cascades with Like.
Slightly good news here. Effective immediately Amtrak is adding an additional horizon Coach to all the cascade sets. (Each set should...
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Adding frequency to LD service.I think service to San Francisco would definitely be a good idea, but I’m not sure that I’d want it in lieu of service to Sacramento...
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SItem 4 would be better in the Northwest than the 12-hour offset usually proposed for a second Coast train between LAX and SEA. However...
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Adding frequency to LD service.In light of the new LD analyses from the FRA. I propose the following improvements to trains that already run on existing...
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SSepta9739 reacted to desertflyer's post in the thread Long Distance service planning is now FRA's responsibility with Like.
The "top 10 city pairs including a small community" is very interesting. Passenger numbers are relatively small, but I'd so much rather...
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Chicago Twin Cities second daily service.Starting Annual ridership is projected to be 124k. I’d like to call that estimate low and project 175k. 124k is along the lines of the...
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SDouble track would be even better.
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SSepta9739 reacted to jis's post in the thread The Aurora Group - a new rail advocacy group with Like.
Actually it is better to at least notionally have two cooperating in the background groups so that they can play good cop - bad cop more...
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SSepta9739 reacted to Metra Electric Rider's post in the thread Chicago Twin Cities second daily service with Like.
And no mountain passes or bears on the tracks to impede traffic!
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Chicago Twin Cities second daily service.I actually am optimistic about the timekeeping possibilities. The Empire Builder seems to very rarely incur significant delays between...
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Fares that don't make sense.Stuff like this happens all the time. Regionals are usually more expensive than Keystones between Philly and New York, even though the...
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SSepta9739 reacted to Brian Battuello's post in the thread Should we say "good riddance" to the Acela 1s? with Like.
I was commuting weekly from Stamford CT to Boston when the Acela was introduced. For years I'd been watching them rebuild much of the...
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SSepta9739 replied to the thread Should we say "good riddance" to the Acela 1s?.I say good riddance to the Acela because it is sort of the zenith of the catchy headlines over effective service mentality that has...