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I used to travel Boston to Richmond several times a year, but never thought of taking the train. My customer's building was on Staple Mills Road, about a mile from RVR, so it would have been extremely convenient. (They moved their computer center to Philadelphia in 2012 and I took the Acela...

What about all those brand new VII baggage cars on trains that no longer have checked baggage service? Plenty of room, especially post-COVID to exercise. Maybe they could install some treadmills and stationary bikes?

Would that mean it makes sense to implement the Inland route between Boston and New Haven? BOS-Worcester-Springfield-Hartford-New Haven or directly from Worcester to Hartford or Worcester south to New London? Should any of these possible routes be electrified so trains can continue to or from...

Boston subway tunnels are not lit.

I think the long stops are mainly to do train stuff... refuel, refill the water tanks, pump out the waste tanks, remove garbage and load fresh food, change crews, etc. (Usually the onboard staff stays with the train for the whole trip, though sometimes my Sleeping Car Attendant has changed in...

NO! (And it will NEVER happen!)

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Yikes! Southbound cars can't be certain they can actually make the right turn onto the highway south of the tracks before they cross. What if there is an accident or a truck jackknifes just west of the intersection, blocking westbound traffic? Plus the bizarre train station with parking lot...

There are lights and gates at this crossing? There should be plenty of time after the lights start flashing for approaching drivers at the speed limit to stop (if possible without slamming on their brakes) or proceed across the tracks BEFORE the gates come down. Stopping between the tracks...

DA, how does it feel to be called "Nobody"? ;)

So this is all based on an imaginary problem? I've never had a sink light stay on when the sink was closed, or fail to light when the sink was down. Okay...

Why would you want to leave the sink down? The water doesn't train until you tip it up. Or do you tip it up but not latch it securely, thus letting the light stay on? If it's not latched and the train hits a bump, it could fly down unexpectedly and break something or hurt someone. Why is it...

Report it to BoA and change your passwords. It normally would require two forms of authentication to change your address or anything else relating to a credit card. Make sure if you have an email address or telephone number associated with the card, they are correct. Someone may have guessed...

I know they ordered VII diners and VII sleepers, and I think they also got a bunch of VII baggage cars. As per usual, they stopped providing baggage service on many single-level LD routes just when the baggage cars were delivered, and switched to flex "dining" (in quotes) just as the spiffy new...

It might depend on whether the wheels, trucks or mechanical structure are a new design without much history. They don't want a bearing to give out or a casting to crack or a coupler to fail in the middle of nowhere. It would be hard to tow to a repair facility and they would probably have to...

Who says it has to be done over cell service?

I'm picturing Elvira Gulch riding her bicycle with Toto trying to jump out of the basket attached to the handle bars.

The single time I experienced it (in 1977), it took the scheduled 30 minutes. (On the way back to Boston, I took the Turbotrain from NYP, which didn't change engines. The next time I took the train to NYC, about 30 years later, it was an Acela and I appreciated not having to wait in New Haven.)

The first shuttle launch from Vandenberg was scheduled for October 1986 but after the Challenger disaster in January, it was suspended and eventually cancelled. During construction and testing, the shuttle Enterprise was used for fit checks, and must have been flown in and out on the 747 at...

There's no corruption in private business? Wow, that's wonderful news! /sarcasm