The loss of a Midwest-to-Florida route was a huge mistake. Yes ensuring that a KC/StL connection was re-established would be vital, and not difficult to do. I...
I haven't ridden it since moving to Florida. I know it was around 90 mph or so though as the crew told me. I think it was all in western Kansas although maybe ...
Make no mistake about it. Amtrak DOES NOT WANT to re-establish any connection east of NewOrleans for two reasons. 1. John Mica, representative of a Florida...
Okay y'all! This has nothing to do with pax rail, Amtrak, or the like - it's my "haunted" computer - again! Someone give me a clue as to why half of my mail...
Barbara - I'm not an expert at e-mail except to know that Outlook Express can ruin Windows. However, you need to see if you can determine a pattern to what...
John Steffee in TRAINS mag Speed Survey listed the western Kansas-eastern Colorado segments of the Super Chief as two of the five fastest passenger rail...
This is the reason that a real budget be set up and followed for each of the LD trains. Until the internal numbers are made transparent, no one outside of the...
Having more than one anti-virus program can mess up your computer. You can check mail filters or spam mail settings, otherwise, I have no idea. Bob F. ... ...
I'm not surprised to hear that. I know it was pretty fast at times. I have an aunt in LA who has ridden that route all her life, and it scares her. High speed ...
Just part of the charm!! Barbara From: Richard I'm not surprised to hear that. I know it was pretty fast at times. I have an aunt in LA who has ridden that...
All true, but this report, as well as the other three recently generated were calculated to prove that long distance service could not be improved, restored,...
This is the point that URPA members and many others have been making since the inception of Amtrak. Amtrak's officials will do anything to try to get rid of...
Colleagues, The meeting concluded about an hour ago. We had a nice luncheon, and about 25 folks showed up including two local transportation officials. In...
You know I believe there is more and more reason to question how dedicated Amtrak is to LD trains, and this is one reason people are angry at Amtrak. They...
I would love to see Jacksonville Union Station restored. Glad the ladies from Tallahassee were there. That's what we need. Unfortunately over the months many...
I have started using Bruce' definition of what Amtrak gets --- "Free Federal Money" and when I used this term in my speech today, he nodded affirmatively, and...
If in fact Amtrak ceases operating LD trains there is no reason for Amtrak to exist. Let the states and groups of states run their own corridors as they see ...
Thanks for the update. In all my experiences, the operating people generally fall back to the old saw "its too hard" when anything new is presented to them....
Worse, dinosaurs had to work (hunt) for food. Amtrak gets it's "free federal money" without much hunting. Jerry Sullivan ... From: bobfarns2@... To:...
Note that most of the Amtrak officials come from New Jersey Transit, and that after their Amtrak stint, they return to NJT. Bob F. If in fact Amtrak ceases...
Good point! Bob F. ... From: Jerry Sullivan <jhsulliv@...> To: SMART_RAIL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, Nov 7, 2009 4:30 pm Subject: Re: [SMART_RAIL] FCRP...
A good talking point to add to your lists is that restoration of the Sunset east of NOL would help tie together the SEC sites. (Rooting for LSU!) Bob F....
Well yes, but since Nashville does not have any Amtrak Service, I have to live with the fact that my alma mater (Vanderbilt, '60) provides a nice practise game...
another apparently pro-Sunset article, but it really doesn't say much... Â http://www.sunherald.com/local/story/1731643.html another apparently pro-Sunset...
The Sun Herald has been pro Amtrak/Sunset, and has had several articles. Unfortunately some of these politicians do not understand that a transcontinental ...
The westbound schedule of the old train was about right for Mobile to NO, and if the schedule were adjusted for a roughly 6pm departure eastbound from NO, then...
Every time I read the "projected" start-up costs of resumption of the tri-weekly Sunset to Orlando I see red because if they had restarted it as soon as the ...
I wasn't thinking literally of a "one-train" idea, but just aware that any part of a route which runs more than morning to evening means someone is going to be...
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