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    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-2024)

    Probably the Surfliner, or if Capitol Corridor needs extra capacity then they could stay up north.
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    Fokker 100, Anyone?

    That wasn’t so much to compete with Southwest as it was to challenge Legend Airlines, a short-lived carrier that ran similarly configured DC-9s.
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    Fokker 100, Anyone?

    IIRC, all the major US airlines flew the 727s into the late 1990s or early 2000s. I definitely flew on more than a handful of Northwest 727s in the mid to late 90s, and they crisscrossed the country. American, Delta and United flew them about that late as well. I think USAir (or were they...
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    Fokker 100, Anyone?

    USAir/US Airways flew the F100s for a while.
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    Amtrak Train To Michigan Unexpectedly Stops Twice, Passengers Sick

    Based on that very limited report, it sounds like they had to set out a car.
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    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    It’s been a while since I’ve been on either train (Cardina or LSL). Does the diner lite Amfleet car on those trains also serve as the cafe car, or is a separate car used? If it’s a separate car, then it could probably be replaced by a Viewliner, but as I recall, the current Viewliner...
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    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    Should be plenty. In theory, you shouldn’t need more than two or three for a fleet of that size. LSL requires three train sets, so that would still leave three spares. Of course, while equipment availability may have been the reason the LSL lost its diner most recently, absent a recent...
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    RPA Discount issues, number too short?

    Just as a thought, are you calling it RPA? It’s possible the agents don’t know what that is and are thinking it’s something else. Try asking for the NARP discount (Amtrak’s website still calls it that). For that matter, is there a specific reason you’re doing this over the phone and not online?
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    Amtrak Train 91-CSX collision in SC (2/4/18)/Liability issues

    Also, the dispatch office is actually at CUS, in the same building as the Great Hall (but not accessible from inside the Great Hall).
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    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    Upon further review, it appears to have been a deadheading diner. I mistook the blank wall along the kitchen area as a baggage section. The video itself was too blurry to see the car number/name.
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    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    On Facebook, amidst the countless "hey, here's a photo/video of engine 47" posts was a video of, apparently, the Meteor, with what appeared to be a bag-dorm. How long ago was that one delivered? It looked to be behind the full baggage car, so possibly deadheading rather than in service.
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    Former Wisconsin Talgos

    Well, there was talk about that a while back, as well as a rumor that Michigan was interested in them.
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    Former Wisconsin Talgos

    Good point. I saw the date on the letter, but missed the received date stamp.
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    Former Wisconsin Talgos

    To be fair, that letter is a year old. Not saying they arent headed to the Northwest (because that would be a logical thing to do), but the request in Amtraks letter isnt related to the derailment.
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    amtrak.com website down since yesterday (1/25) midday?

    I checked on my iPad and it was working, and I wasn’t using the mobile site. I got the full desktop site.
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    amtrak.com website down since yesterday (1/25) midday?

    I just checked, and the home page loaded fine for me.
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    Can get points need to book trip

    Your math is wrong. If 1 point was worth 2.9 cents, then a $1,000 ticket would cost approximately 34,500 points, not 29,000.
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    AppleWallet Function not working!

    A 10-ride is not the same as a ten-segment ticket in the app. You don’t get a separate “ticket” (or screen display or whatever you want to call it) for each segment. You get one screen, with little boxes at the top that fill up as each ride is taken, indicating how many you have...
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