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Hyperloop. Slower and weirder.

Just a comment: I have never experienced customer service, at least in the financial services industry, as efficient as FNBO. Almost anytime I call, morning, late afternoon, whenever, invariably someone comes on before the recording "Your estimated wait time is ..." completes. With BOA, it...

Exactly right. I believe Airo equipment was already designated for The Pennsylvanian but not sure if that was determined before the new service was announced.

Here a terrific Jay Leno's Garage documentary on Big Boy. About an hour long, very in depth.

I just did a test booking for a random date in early December from Pittsburgh to Miami in roomette. Direct via The Floridian is $1,143. Going on the Pennsylvanian in coach to Philadelphia and the Meteor to Miami is $764. $379 for an extra couple of traditional dining meals? Wow.

I get fleet utilization efficiencies being a tangible reason for this change, but does this really make that big of an impact with regard to the East River Tunnel Project? Is it worth the incredible work required to make this change only temporary?

That is correct.

I'm fine with timetables not being made available in printed form, but still can't get over them not being available for printing in .pdf. The prior format was great, with a tremendous amount of useful information presented in an efficient, easy to digest manner.

You're saying that they would be refueled in Pittsburgh? I am am not an operations expert by any stretch, but is there enough dwell time there to do that? Also, I'm not sure where they would logistically do that given the available platforms and access.

I wrote to PennDot yesterday about the status of the second Pennsylvanian train and shockingly received a response less than 24 hours later. To wit, here is what they are saying. It doesn't tell us much, however. When they late 2026, that means 2027. Long wait. "Thank you for reaching out on...

Oops, my bad. I should have paid closer attention. This showed up in my Google News feed and, well, did the wrong assumption.

I had no idea a route change was under consideration, but this article says that Amtrak is sticking with the current California Zephyr current BN route through Illinois and Iowa "for another year.' The full article is behind a paywall but there's enough of a tease to give an idea...

Question: When an agency or railroad exercises "options" for more equipment what are the terms, typically? Same cost per unit? I would imagine that depends how far down the line that occurs.

I asked about this one time when I was there and the answer seemed to be this had nothing to do with passenger access. There were some structural issues that were addressed as well. Much work is planned here and along the NS line to Harrisburg for the second Pennsylvanian but as near as I can...

I was on the CZ in coach yesterday and the announcement for dinner said $45 for coach passengers.

It may just be me but I cringe when I think of the daily waste across the Amtrak system that must be created with all those disposable plates. But I am the type who recycles anything than can be, including picking up random plastic bottles when I'm out and about and throwing them in a recycle...

I'm going to have a few hours to kill in Chicago on a couple of days in the next week. For the heck of it I got an RTA reduced far card after I attained that certain age but have yet to use it, and frankly I am a bit confused. Tried calling RTA/CTA and could not get past the mind-numbing menus...

Pretty much, they have. Not sure if it's 100% rolled out yet. Bad news is the mattresses haven't changed. Still terribly uncomfortable. What we are still waiting on is the new china and tableware in traditional dining that was highly touted a few years ago.

I am Select Plus and only got 2x. Harumph!

The news everyone has been waiting for.... https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/amtrak-service-albany-montreal-resumes-hiatus-19739566.php