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    Scranton Times-Tribune: Amtrak proposes adding passenger train route to Scranton

    This is really interesting, since New Jersey Transit already has plans to operate the same route. Amtrak proposes adding passenger train route to Scranton
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    Question about truncation of Sunset Limited

    What was the reason that service on the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans was never restored? There seem to be be a ton of articles talking about proposal to restore train service between New Orleans and Jacksonville, but I haven't found anything that explains why service was never restored...
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    Coast Starlight service change question

    This weekend, and last weekend as well for that matter, the Coast Starlight is not running south of Oakland due to track work on the Coast Line. Normally, when something like this happens, the Coast Starlight detours via the Tehachapi Loop to Los Angeles rather than being truncated. I was...
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    Early boarding for irrop of City of New Orleans on March 20?

    Due to CN track work, the southbound CONO departure from Chicago for March 20 will instead be at 1:30 AM on March 21. I was just curious if, considering the ungodly hour of the new departure time, if anyone has any idea if passengers boarding in Chicago will be permitted to board earlier in the...
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    Logistics of enabling connection between 92 and 29

    I just noticed that 92 gets into WAS three minutes too late to be a legal connection to 29. Would it be logistically difficult for Amtrak to either have 92 depart MIA three minutes earlier, tighten the en route dwell time for 92 by three minutes, or have 29 depart WAS three minutes later? Or is...
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    Vermonter Service Disruption September 10-12

    The Vermonter is being replaced by bus service north of Springfield from September 10-12 due to work on an underpass on the Connecticut River Line just north of Springfield Union Station. (The Valley Flyer is being cancelled as well, with no bus replacement, but that's impertinent to my...
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    Bedford,VA infill station?

    So this is something that just occurred to me. When what's now the Roanoke Northeast Regional terminated in Lynchburg, the connecting Thruway Motorcoach also stopped in Bedford on its way to Roanoke. Would there be any merit in adding an infill station in Bedford, which it is now no longer...
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    Amtrak no longer allowing standing passengers on unreserved trains?

    Despite repeated assurances that it would no longer occur, Amtrak's practice of denying boarding to passengers holding Hartford Line tickets, while allowing Amtrak ticket holders to board, has continued. Amtrak has stated it is unsafe to allow these passengers to ride as standees when no seats...
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    Question about Ex-Metroliner Cab Cars

    I was aware of the retirement of the Pacific Parlor Cars last winter, but I was surprised when I recently read an article mentioning that their retirement marked the end of the use of the heritage fleet in regular revenue service. Why aren't the Ex-Metroliner Cab Cars considered part of the...
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    Question re Amtrak platform closure at San Bernardino Santa Fe Depot

    So right now, the Southwest Chief is not stopping at San Bernardino because the elevator to the Amtrak platform is out of service. What i'm wondering is, what is the reason that the Chief can't just use the Metrolink platforms?
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    Temporary cancellation of Southwest Chief between CHI and KCI?

    I noticed that due to track work, the Southwest Chief is not running between CUS and KCI due to track work on April 7 & 8. I am curious though. Why is the train terminating at Kansas City rather than detouring over the former Rock Island like how the Texas Eagle sometimes detours over the former...
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    Historic lack of New York-Chicago day trains

    Listening to the classic Steve Goodman/Arlo Guthrie song "City of New Orleans" got me thinking. As I'm sure you know, when it was inaugurated in 1947, the song's namesake, despite its run of more than 900 miles, operated on a daytime schedule, departing at 8 AM and arriving just before midnight...
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    Power outage at crossings causes Downeaster cancellations?

    I just read this article saying that some Downeaster trains todaywere canceled because a power outage caused some grade crossing signals to fail. This doesn't make much sense to me. Can't the crew just stop the train ahead of the affected crossings and have a crew member flag it through? I'm...
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    Question about historical Chicago transfer of coast-to-coast through s

    I have noticed that during the time when there were through sleepers from New York to Los Angeles via Chicago that the two trains involved often used different stations in Chicago. For example, the General and Los Angeles Limited exchanged a through sleeper with each other but the General used...
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    Transition to Amtrak on the night of April 30th-May 1st 1971

    I have a couple questions about the transition to Amtrak's takeover of passenger trains on the night of April 30th-May 1st 1971. For trains that Amtrak was continuing that were en route at midnight on May 1st, did they become Amtrak's responsibility at midnight or were they handled by their...
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    Alaska Railroad Questions

    My father and I will be travelling to Alaska to visit my uncle and am taking a side trip to Denali National Park for two nights and then on to Fairbanks on the Alaska Railroad. I have a few questions. I know there is no wi-fi, but are there power outlets? How does the dining car work? Do we...
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    Palmetto Detour

    I noticed that for the next few weeks, on monday, the northbound Palmetto is detouring between SAV and SSN. Does anyone know what the detour route is?
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