Thunder Road
Service Attendant
- Joined
- Nov 2, 2011
- Messages
- 144
Hi everybody!
(Hi Doctor Nick!)
I'm a meteorology major, but also a railfan, and so I was wondering...does Amtrak have its own weather forecast operations? Or does it rely on the National Weather Service, since the NWS is also government-run? Or does Amtrak receive weather briefings from whichever freight line it's on (like, from BNSF while a particular train is on BNSF track, or CSX for CSX track, etc...)?
I'm curious because that would be a neat job, if it exists, combining weather with railfanning.
(Hi Doctor Nick!)
I'm a meteorology major, but also a railfan, and so I was wondering...does Amtrak have its own weather forecast operations? Or does it rely on the National Weather Service, since the NWS is also government-run? Or does Amtrak receive weather briefings from whichever freight line it's on (like, from BNSF while a particular train is on BNSF track, or CSX for CSX track, etc...)?
I'm curious because that would be a neat job, if it exists, combining weather with railfanning.