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And all those heavy EMU’s put some wear on the tracks

Looks like an easy opportunity for Biden to lock down his home-ish state by supporting the effort?

CT sure could use some for Valley Flyer/Hartford Line trains. An MBTA lease is set to expire soon.

How do the three Michigan Services compare in OTP? Media coverage that I’ve read has focused on the Wolverine’s performance (understandably, as it comprises 6 of the 10 daily trains and is the least on-time of the bunch) but what were the numbers from the Blue Water and Pere Marquette that went...

Yes, I agree that the downtown routing would be preferable. (I’m also a big fan of Alon Levy.) So far I have yet to see anything regarding the use of Union Station from City of Seattle or WSDOT. We will hopefully see an outline of proposals for specific alignments and station locations when the...

Your plan is fascinating to consider. As a passenger rail-loving citizen with no transportation planning experience, I’ve put together similar fantasy transit proposals for Oklahoma City, the state of Michigan, and the New England region. When explaining these proposals, I’ve found it’s...

Similarly in Chicago, the few Superliner coaches that rotated in Pere Marquette consists will likely be absorbed by the CHI equipment pool, to be mostly used on LD trains.

A similar question raised: Is it smart to be laissez-faire and trust the agency to decide how to allocate the constitutionally dedicated funding (e.g. operating vs capital) or to stipulate those details in the amendment/pass future legislation?

Follow the federal grants for public transit of the last decade. City DOT’s tend to plan for what they can best convince the feds to award capital for. In the last decade, that’s been streetcars/some kind of surface rail. Willingness to spend money on something doesn’t necessarily mean the...

Separate services meeting in ATL would make the most operational sense with the yard being there. The HF only requires a wye at each end to turn the set, as the morning’s 821 becomes the evening’s 822, and I presume vice versa. There is a handful of track space at FTW for Amtrak operations, as...

It may not be worse, but it’s just as bad ;)

Orlando seems pretty inevitable at this point, sometime next year iirc. I think the railroad’s long term fortunes will be determined by the performance of MIA-WPB-ORL, and VTUSA’s given reason to assume that if the ORL numbers are this side of positive, Tampa will be eventual. I agree that...

I would’ve picked “Seneca Street Station” or “Symphony Station” from an end-user perspective. Now instead of going to University Station thinking it’s near UW, travelers may go to Union Street/Symphony thinking it’s at Union Street. Though Sound Transit’s reason behind choosing the name makes...

Yes. I‘ve done this from Cincinnati to Denver and from Boston to Denver, as recently as July 2019. My employer paid the airfare, so 1k AGR points was a nice bonus.

Such good news on New England’s knowledge corridor! [Edit: photo viewing issue resolved]

https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/797355136/amtrak-asks-two-people-in-wheelchairs-to-pay-25-000-for-a-ride

Source URL without the big G snooping around: https://www.klamathfallsnews.org/news/body-found-by-railroad-workers-thought-to-be-an-amtrak-passenger

This Michigander wishes a Faygo dispenser could be found on Amtrak property. Rock & Rye on the rails—yes, please! [emoji39]

None of the Michigan Services (Wolverine, Blue Water, Pere Marquette) offer checked baggage, so the loss of staffing at KAL does not affect the baggage policy on the trains that serve it.

Thank you all for the insights on the regional transportation picture in Elmira and Ocean City. Based on your suggestions and additional research, it appears that Ocean City is the more accessible destination. Amtrak’s ticketed connecting van service via BWI is out of my price range ($200+ each...