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Trogdor replied to the thread What should Amtrak change?.That’s not standby, which is what your original post said. That’s a booking change. And it’s really not that different from how... -
Just the opposite for railroads, operating crews must be qualified on the physical characteristics of the territory they operate over...
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Trogdor replied to the thread What should Amtrak change?.“Standby” in the sense that airlines do it will never practically work on Amtrak. On an airline, they log every passenger passing...
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Trogdor reacted to George Harris's post in the thread "The US isn't ready for High Speed Rail:" with
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I know this is reaching way back to make a response, however since I was involved in this project for several years, I think it needs... -
Trogdor replied to the thread How many trains run as the California Zephyr?.Still 6 sets.
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Trogdor reacted to jis's post in the thread What happens when Texas Eagle 422 arrives in San Antonio after 22 departs? with Like.
All I can guess is they are trying to remove the "You did not give us a train in slot" excuse thrown about by the freight railroads. I...
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Trogdor replied to the thread Longest flight experiences.AKL-ORD at 16h45 a few years ago for me.
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Trogdor replied to the thread Deutsche Bahn has joined the Star Alliance. Should Amtrak follow?.There are plenty of advantages to having train tickets sold through a common booking platform with an airline. True, a passenger can...
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Trogdor replied to the thread Anonymous rumor/leak regarding new bank for credit card.I doubt it means anything. I got the exact same deal on both Chase (though, strangely, not all of my Chase cards, only one of them) and...
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Trogdor replied to the thread Amtrak executives receive bonuses.On the other hand, you’re probably not going to find a single large corporation out there in this country with tens of thousands of...
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Trogdor reacted to jis's post in the thread Delays on the NEC due to heat wave (July 2022) with Like.
My understanding is that speed restrictions on the NEC are triggered by actual rail temperature and not ambient temperature. The actual...
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Trogdor replied to the thread Question about truncation of Sunset Limited.The Sunset Limited has been around since Amtrak started. The Florida extension occurred in 1993, but the Sunset’s “Amtrak inception”...
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That's not really a fair summary of this conversation. Nobody here is up all night worrying about it. The issue is that both the...
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Trogdor reacted to jis's post in the thread Will Amtrak use Viewliners on the LD Western Trains? with Like.
Where are those extra Viewliners going to come from? It is not like there isn't a shortage of Viewliners even when they are not sitting...
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I was under the impression that VIA requires 24 hour notification to use a flag stop. On a fully reserved train the manifest has...