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Today, September 22, is the 30th anniversary of Amtrak's worst accident; the Sunset Limited crashed into Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama. 47 people lost their lives due to a freak accident of a barge hitting a bridge in thick fog. The tugboat pilot was ill trained operating in fog. Sad day in...

Coach USA still serves ORD, MDW, and MKE to several cities in the Chicago Region. Milwaukee, Rockford, Janesville, Madison, etc to name a few. They also are the same company to serve Chicago Union Station through Amtrak ticketing. Looks like they also serve Newark Airport from a few Landline...

Here's my take. I'm willing to bet the pilots were all prepped up to takeoff on 31L as they were using both 4L and 31L at intersection KE. Aircraft departing 4L will cross 31L at K, crossing behind departing aircraft on 31L. During preflight, we usually have a good idea to which runway we are...

Longest non-stop as a passenger was on the Qantas DFW-SYD flight on the A380 in coach, about 17 hours. Even longer was SIN to IAH with a stopover in Manchester on Singapore Airlines A350. We had to get off in MAN and clear security again. Luckily that was in business class. As crew, the longest...

GFK was my home station while I was in college. I used it many times and had many friends that used the train for transportation to and from their home towns. It's a small station on the edge of town since the line doesn't go through downtown.

It left Devils Lake at 1:34 AM. Soon after that 2 AM came and the time became 1 AM between DVL and GFK. So it left GFK at 1:58 AM, after the time change had occurred. Instead of being nearly 2 hours late, it became only 1 hour late. It didn’t need to dwell in the station anywhere.

I'm surprised this hasn't been discussed here yet. I've seen several sources that Amtrak is planning to reduce back to 3 day a week operating schedule due to staffing issues. Expect an announcement later this month.

I always forget those are Crescent tracks when I pass through CLT. Its usually dark or I’m asleep when we pass by.

He even went on to talk about Japan's failure of the Shinkansen. Literally even anti-transit article that gets circulated is by him and him alone, (along with maybe Cox). I haven't seen anything from Cox in quite a long time though. Whats even more bizarre is that he calls himself a rail fan.

I use to operate the MKE-ORD flights all the time. We taxied out of MKE one day and ATC put us on a ground delay because of fog so we went back to the gate. Sometimes I wouldn't go back to the gate and wait it out, but on such a short flight I figured a few people might want to make alternate...

More Subway extension talk. Maybe there is more support after all? NYC subway extension to LaGuardia idea gains steam after Cuomo’s AirTrain nixed

The answer is pretty much no. Maybe a tiny handful of savvy travelers turned to Amtrak if they were on the West Coast and they were only going a short distance but that's about it. SkyWest operates flights mostly west of Chicago, Houston, and Dallas with a huge presence on the West Coast too...

Extending the Astoria line makes the most sense but is being blocked by NIMBY's in the area. Seems so odd in a city with a huge subway system though.

The 767s I’m familiar with have the suction toilets. I’m sure they were updated over the years like everything on the 757/767 has been. Some have glass cockpits now too.

Yes, the new Viewliners II no longer have toilets in the roomettes. I believe there is still a fold down sink. The older Viewliners still have the toilets.

For a few years, MTA ran the JFK Express train from Manhattan to Howard Beach from 1978 to 1990. They charged a premium that actual conductors collected. You still had to take a shuttle bus between HB and the terminals. It was eventually ended due to low ridership.

Yeah, those small crossing arms can be all over various places. The bike trail is all along the route and I plan on riding it when it gets cooler.

I can see the SSL not running for some time. The brunt of Ida damaged several cities just west of New Orleans along the US90 corridor. LaPlace, Morgan City, Houma to name a few, are flooded. I have no idea what the track conditions are. I'm sure BNSF is eager to get things back into service...

It seems to be a perfect storm for the travel industry (if not for everything). Domestic travel is up. Airlines and Amtrak are understaffed. Amtrak's premium LD routes were shutdown during peak season. Hotels are understaffed and often sold out. Rental cars are impossible to find if not...

If the Sunset Limited is late into LAX, they will likely put you on the Thruway bus to Bakersfield to take the San Joaquin to Emeryville or Sacramento to catch up with the Coast Starlight. This, of course, is a bummer because you'll miss the best scenery of the CS. Since you're on a rail pass...