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If Flix is going to expand it’s operations in the US, I’m curious if they’ll ever try bringing over the FlixTrain concept from Europe. If you’re curious, Simply Railway did a nice review of FlixTrain from Berlin-Stuttgart last year (*HERE*).

@Seaboard92 this sounds like something right up your alley.

My interpretation is that it’s just now finished at Siemens’ factory in Sacramento, and is/will be en route to Toronto. Granted, I may be wrong, but some context from VIA would be nice to clarify. If they come through Michigan to get to the corridor, I know I’ll be heading out to see them.

I see. It’s a formatting issue on PC but not on mobile. If I can figure out how to change the formatting, I will. If not, there are certainly worse problems to have.

Is the full username not showing up on your computer/tablet/phone? I’ve not noticed this issue on my phone. Case in point, here’s what I see on it. How does your view differ?

My name (PereMarquette810) was created for a few different reasons. Here they are: 1) My first Amtrak ride was on the Pere Marquette. 2) The predecessor of the Pere Marquette RR (Flint & Pere Marquette) was started where I currently live (Flint), and originally ran south through my hometown...

Given that the FRA sent an automated inspection car along the Builder earlier this month, I’m going to be quite curious to see what was both noted and missed on that trip. https://www.amtraktrains.com/threads/fra-car-on-empire-builder-8-31.79706/

Seaboard, couldn’t it be argued that one of the other reasons that the Russians were as enamored with the Milwaukee Road as they were be that Milwaukee was one of the few railroads still manufacturing a majority of their passenger cars in-house, instead of contracting out to other manufacturers...