Viewliner
Engineer
Sorry things are so hectic Joe, that was my hunch about the Viewliners.
Ok, so that returns 4 Viewliners to the pool. Even then that only leaves 6 V/L's for the reserve pool, which isn't much of a reserve for cars that are expected to run 365 days every year.Miami Joe said:#98 has 3 V/L's and #92 has 2 V/L's.
Well that takes 3 or 4 of those extra's right back out of the pool again.Miami Joe said:There are usually 2 or 3 V/L's here every week going through a 180 day PM. Add another 1 for maintenance or wheel change and thats only at Hialeah.
I agree, but we also need those dining cars!Amfleet said:I bet Amtrak could get more revenue on the Lake Shore by adding another sleeper to Boston and New York section, however that means anotehr diner would most likely be needed. I also think the Three Rivers could use another sleeper and the Palm could get its sleeper back. In other words WE NEED THOSE SLEEPERS!!!
Maybe during the summer and holidays that might be true. However I'm not so sure that it would sell out during the rest of the year. When I took my round robin trip NYP-BOS-ALB-NYP last April on a Sunday, the sleeper was not even half full on the BOS to ALB leg. It may have filled up after that, but out of Boston a second sleeper would have run empty on that day.Amfleet said:I bet Amtrak could get more revenue on the Lake Shore by adding another sleeper to Boston and New York section, however that means anotehr diner would most likely be needed.
Alan B:Crescent NYP-NOL 2 (Sunday departure)
Crescent NYP-NOL 2 (Monday departure)
Crescent NOL-NYP 2 (Sunday departure)
Crescent NOL-NYP 2 (Monday departure)
CBaker,cbaker said:In all of your calculations for Viewliner assignments you seem to have forgotten the Crescent. Trains 19 and 20 usually field 2 sleepers each between NYP-NOL on a daily basis.
No Viewliner, I left that one out since it's only run once in revenue service during the last few years. As you know it mainly seems to have become a crew dorm. However, the fact that it did just recently run in revenue service only helps to underscore the fact that there are not enough V/L's to go around. :lol:Viewliner said:Did you include my sleeper (Viewliner 62091 "Eastern View") in you equation? Remember, it can and has "run for the money"
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