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Let's now have fun with the name of this train, which was reported recently to be losing the Twilight Shoreliner name and getting the Federal name instead.
Funny you mention that there are too many trains with the name "Capital" -- you have the Capitol Limited and the Capitol Corridor. Is "Capitol", note second-to-last letter, considered to be the same word as "Capital" ? Capitol is a building in Washington, but Washington is the nation's Capital.PRR 60 said:How about the “East Coast Starlight”! On second thought, that would only work if the train were at least four hours late every day.
So, lets say the “New England Starlight” northbound, and the “Washington Starlight” southbound (“Capital Starlight” would sound better, but Amtrak already has one too many trains with “Capital” in the name). But, that could also cause confusion with that west coast train (guilt by association).
So my final entry in the attempt to improve upon “The Federal” (and that really shouldn’t take much effort), is the “Night Owl”. Gee, how original! Maybe that wasn't such a bad name afterall.
What service? :unsure:Amfleet said:Also if this kind of service works for the "Federal" I wonder is it could be adapted to the "Palmetto" and "Three Rivers"?
Coach Class, Business Class, Sleeper, Dinette, extra amenities...AlanB said:What service? :unsure:Amfleet said:Also if this kind of service works for the "Federal" I wonder is it could be adapted to the "Palmetto" and "Three Rivers"?
*** Warning, you hit a sore point with me ***Amfleet said:I wish Amtrak would bring back some of the glorie names like the "James Whitcomb Riley" (now Cardinal), the "Super Cheif" (now Southwest Chief), and the "Broadway Limited" (now Three Rivers).
Ok. But why stop there with just the Palmetto and the Three Rivers? Why not expand that to all LD's? :unsure:Amfleet said:Coach Class, Business Class, Sleeper, Dinette, extra amenities...
I was only thinking on the LD's without a Dining Car.Ok. But why stop there with just the Palmetto and the Three Rivers? Why not expand that to all LD's?
How about the "21st Century Limited"?And nobody today would dare call the Lake Shore Limited the 20th Centruy Limited.
I'm glad you share some of my viewpoints Bill. As for what I said about the Federal, I found that info in a book called "Classic American Railroad Terminals," by Kevin J. Holland.Bill Haithcoat said:Incidentally, you mentioned that the Federal 's slamming into DC Union Station had no injuries or deaths--Iam not sure about that....but I think not. Maybe somebody else supplied that info?
I just had a thought, It would be cool if we could get a GG1 on the first Southbound Federal, especially if it made it to Track 16 (and stopped)!One of these GG1s made headlines in 1953 when, failing to stop with the inbound Federal in tow, it crashed past its assigned past its assigned end-of-track bumper on the stations stub-ended track 16, entered the station concourse, and fell through the floor into the basement. Remarkably, not a soul was injured-and the redoubtable GG1 was extricated and retured to service shortly thereafter.