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Yes pipes will freeze. Remember, every winter is the first time winter ever hits Chicago. we were going to get t shirts that said “ I survived Chicago Central Divisions first winter 2014” and make it an annual thing. cant wait to see what first winter 2020 brings

We can give you single level cars on the Saluki . You can follow all the restrictions brought on by the CN and be consistently late 🤷‍♂️ the venture cars will be on all state routes in the Midwest and then we can go back to 70/60 with those trains. had Nippon produced a quality product, we...

6 backs in daily even if it will cost a connection. you could do 4 the same way. it’s dumb , but 🤷‍♂️

Simple. It was suggested a clean bill with the wording needed to stop “ try weakly” and furloughs. That was allegedly in HR2. She sent that over knowing that some would find it unpalatable. yes the CR is different, but it’s the second go round that was supposed to “ save Amtrak”. now we are up...

The emergency funding bill ( CR8337) was sent over after Nancy messed up with HR2. CR8337 was pressured by the unions involved here at Amtrak and commuter transit agencies. It STILL didn’t have the language to stop furloughs and keep daily service. now we have another boondoggle “ COVID relief...

Moline should be in bold as it is a new corridor.

Points to my profile pic and rolls your eyes back. i am the one that ran it from Chicago to Fort Madison. But hey, thanks for playing .

Same with the Clinchfield one. Hadn’t heard about CP’s though.

Anyone know when the Pueblo set is coming back? I need to schedule to be off when it does 😂

That’s just it. It isn’t the farmer causing the issue. Iowa interstate kinda shut the door on this when certain folks got snippy with them. Not Amtrak folks, rail advocate groups. id love to run that whole route, but it isn’t feasible as it’s all dark territory from UD to the QC. What made it...

I seem to recall how we were to get service to the Quad Cities within days of Pritzker being elected🤔 same with Rockford...... well I guess I won’t be running a train on the old Rock anytime soon, as there is no more talk of it, and the farmer that owns that land where the connection is going...

I can’t remember if those tracks are still there! But let’s go and find out 😂

We are running 383 packed now. Well with the half capacity restrictions anyway. Been running over 100 daily now due to WIU is my guess. i am expecting us to start 382-381 again sooner rather than later. depending on Pritzker that is

Oh no, I was going with the original post😂 I wouldn’t mind doing a rare mileage run over the Southern. I did get my C&EI fix, along with Cheap and No Where rare mileage. I would love a Frisco KC to Memphis run though.....🤔 now what were we discussing😂

Yes he is! He’s just as fiery as ever 😂 I told him I’d love to see him on the board or in charge. he asked “ what did I ever do to you?”😂

No clue. That was out of my area of qualification . i am guessing no one there riding 🤷‍♂️

UP dropped this in Metra’s lap and was like “ it’s your baby now, we are done”. they leave their employees in the lurch, as well as Metra and the commuters served by their lines. i can see a few old heads stay on with Metra if they can get Prior Rights agreements through and be paid at the...

Remember when everyone said if we dump Anderson and things would be good? I remember. i also remember telling those same people they need to dump SG along with him. Put Gallagher in as CEO. Or at least replace SG with him.

Track conditions? The premise was the missing of St Louis by the City. taking a train off of its heritage route to service one market that is served well , just to try to get a connection to Memphis from St Louis? Yeah no. havent had a train pulled off a route due to track conditions in such a...

They must be getting senile 😂 I must admit, I do get a kick out of folks wanting to re route trains to take care of one market and totally ignoring the original route. you take the City off the North end and you may as well take it off the south end. CN would be thrilled then. Now a St Louis...