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Everytime I read about the Era where Florida trains were split / joined at Jacksonville and Auburndale I get homesick. That was a time when there was lots of operable equipment so that consists of up to 18 cars were done, and these bulked up Silver Stars and Meteors often ran full during summer...

I'm conflicted about the disposal of 20 year old trains, yet, see Amtrak's point of view that these are heavy and difficult to maintain machines. Not to mmention they run slower than hoped for because of the extra 4 inches, the locomotives' performance on curves, etc.

I'll assume it is ok to post this here on the Amtrak forum because the following observation took place on the Northeast Corridor yesterday. So I enjoyed myself yesterday trainwatching at Edison NJ. Lots of Amtrak and NJT action, including dramatic overtakes. But here's what concerned me. A...

Sometime next year I am going to create a will, and need a place or interested entity to donate a n organized and well preserved set of Amtrak paper goods. From the very first May 1, 1971 schedule to the last in 2015 or so, with some periods in the 70's missing but otherwise complete from the...

Haven't posted on here for a long time. My message is brief: I hope Charles Moorman (Wick) can make it work again, bring the whole thing to a healthy rail system. It's just so much a mess right now; keeping my fingers crossed.

So, we have a little less than 4 long months to go before he retires, when we (I hope) can breathe a collective sigh from his guard over a state at Amtrak that is a mess. If there can be some real leadership to step in, something that resembles promise can be over the horizon. Until then, I'll...

Word from other sites about the Inspector General finding the NJ highspeed overhaul project is over budget, late, and only 14 instead of 26 miles worth of route will get done unless more money is found. Similar tales for the Springfield line in Connecticut. This looks and feels hopeless......

Maybe? Perhaps? Cross tourism convinces the powers that be to make the teeny weeney Palmetto into a Silver Palm? Maybe measurable pressure for a Miami train to New Orleans train in some reincarnation? Demand for more Viewliner II's? Amtrak has to really go after this, for the potential for...

Going on my annual destination to Orlando on Wednesday April 29th. If any other AU'ers will be riding southbound train #97 that day, let's meet on board and we'll yak up a storm! I will likely be taking advantage of equipment servicing stops like Washington DC, Richmond, and Jacksonville. I...

Per a posting on TrainOrders.com, a wasteful embarrassment has emerged with Amtrak's relationship with Alstom. Large markups and a failure to collect penalties for late delivery of parts, or for parts or equipment that was malfunctioning, were cited. This is very bad, especially at a time when...

A few of Santa's reindeer are under the weather, and Kris Kringle himself has been overworked with software glitches that make it difficult for him and his team of elves to get all the right presents for everyone on Christmas morning. At the tiny train station, a train awaits, the Amtrak name...

So even when the new Gateway tunnels are built, since the present Hudson tunnels are in such poor shape they'll have to be shut down for years of repair, we still won't have a four track railroad between NY and NJ for at least 25 years or so. I hope someone is thinking of using a ferry to...

Two new Amtrak bus connection routes were created this week: Montana, and Gulf Coast destinations once served by the Sunset Limited, are now curiously back on the map, albeit by bus. How much nicer if it were an actual train, and I know to not be the only one who thought that. Just wondering...

Regarding the upcoming case of proper dispatching, can someone from either organization piggyback the case for needed capital for fleet replacement? Or would that cause the justices to backfire, the equivalent of the perception of asking for too much at the wrong time?

My mother will likely become the owner of a battery powered motor scooter very soon, and if anyone on here can tell me a few answers (she does have medical certification of physical disability): 1. does Amtrak charge extra to carry these, whether in the H room of a Viewliner sleeper, or, in...

Another rail forum has cited an editorial of Railpace magazine's Tom Nemeth, of what's called a "Viewliner Fiasco", replete with claims of shoddy workmanship without solutions, disinterest in Amtrak management, and the obvious undisputed fact that these cars have missed the lucrative Summer...

I just noticed that Rollerblade skating has almost disappeared in its former popularity. So I read various sites to find out why, after all, it's no more dangerous than a bicycle, or skate boarding. The answer was a surprise, yet familiar one: it's not 'cool', it's 'dorky'. How many times has...

Not so fast -- if we can't fund our America's Railroad, and if rail somethings get into endless threadbare vollies about the Northeast corridor vs Long Distance, why don't we simply -- go after the well tanned with bleached teeth and botox partied recreational New England mariners that have...

And it plays a role in stopping the extinction of many American populations. That's why we need it to be alive and well, allowed priority, deserves a platform on debates that are socual, political, and governmental. Psychological too. The Civil War killed over half million souls, and this...

A Metro North drawbridge in Norwalk got stuck again this evening, about a week ago the same one failed in the open position, delaying many trains over three hours. I ask the moderators to let me cut and paste these words of a poster that I migrated over from another rail website I won't name...