Recent content by willyvee

Thanks to everybody for your helpful replies! Here are a couple updates: About 3 days ago I finally was allowed to take a personality + literacy and math test for a PET position in Chicago. We'll see how it goes, considering I flunked the personality assessment for Manager Trainee position...

Hi everyone, I've been an inactive reader of this forum for years and I've learned so much from all the great people here and the discussions they bring about. I'm hoping that some of you could chime in about Amtrak's Passenger Engineer Trainee positions. Even though I'm a college graduate...

While I don't see the logic in running "receive only" ® stops, I do see a slight advantage in running "discharge only" (D) stops. By running with (D) stops, the train is allowed to depart as early as it wants since all passengers using the station will be on the train. One example I can think...

I ran into the same thing on the River Runner as well, only that Chicago was scribbled out with permanent marker. The same was done to the Orlando of the Sunset Limited advertisement.

Did we ever mention the intention to get passengers excited? Many of us are railfans here, and talking about fluting and rivets is what "gets us excited." If you don't have something nice to say, then please don't say it.

That is one of the things I'm unsure of, and you're right, it probably isn't just sitting there waiting to be "located" like I said. But it has to be somewhere, maybe not as a whole train set, right?

How about putting a little bit of thought into your answers. Tell me WHY it isn't going to happen. How about some constructive criticism?

Okay, I'll put the post back up, but take out some of the formatlity. My plan is to: Find 3 extra train sets (1 from the TE-CONO interlining, 1 from a possible CL-SWC interlining, and 1 from stimulus wreck repairs) and run the Sunset daily LAX-ORL. Take a couple more superliners from the...

Thanks a lot for the reply. Makes sense to me. I agree, it's great to get some freedom to travel around by ourselves now!

The Eagle daily to LA would take 7 sets, and it currently uses 4. 3 trainsets from the SL would need to be used to make the Eagle daily to LA. You cannot make the sunset run daily as of right now without taking trainsets from the Eagle, reducing it to less-than-daily frequency. Then, the...

Alan, as of right now you could not run both the Sunset and Eagle daily; there is just not enough equipment. I believe the Sunset is running on 3-4 sets now, and could not run daily (LAX-NOL) without 5-6. If you were to run the Sunset LAX-NOL daily, you would have to reduce the frequency of...

People 16 and older pay the adult fare. Now here is something I don't understand: Amtrak says that you are allowed to travel unaccompanied at age 15, yet, they deem you as a child until age 16. The thing is that they won't let you book children in a roomette without an adult (online at least...

You did. The LSL did not have a "full service" dining car last summer, so no steak was cooked to order like on the CZ, because there is no grill in a diner-lite car, which would have been used on the LSL last summer. The "steak" you had was probably just a piece of meat thrown in the microwave.

Thanks for the replies. I don't quite understand what is wrong with flip-flops. I have ridden many trains before and I don't see how they are any more dangerous on trains than anywhere else. I am always conscious of stepping over the gap between cars.

Hello, As many of you may already know, I will be travelling on the Coast Starlight LAX-OKJ and the California Zephyr EMY-CHI in June. I have another question for you guys: What is the appropriate attire in the dining car? My common summer outfit is a white t-shirt, khaki shorts, and...