by dgvrengineer
Capitol Limited this morning (3/25) westbound was 4 cars. One sleeper, diner, 2 coaches.
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eolesen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:06 am One reason consists might not be shortened right now.... where would you put the cars?If service has been reduced on many lines I would guess a lot of this equipment could be stored at the terminal stations. On lines that are suspended completely that might be easier. You could probably park all the equipment for the Keystone at Harrisburg and Lancaster if you needed to free up space elsewhere. I saw pictures of Acelas sitting at 30th Street recently.
In one of the towns near me, our commuter agency usually stores four trains overnight for express services. They switched to a reduced schedule last week, and today I noticed that two of the four trainsets were still tied down well after their normal departure times.
Amtrak doesn't have a whole lot of layover space in most of their terminals, let alone storage yards, so it's probably easier to keep the consists intact than it would be to try and find storage space for them.
WASHINGTON—The coronavirus crisis has crushed the finances of Amtrak just as the company approached profitability, and the national railroad is now banking on a $1 billion bailout from Congress to stay afloat.Buddy, can you spare a B?
Business closures, stay-at-home orders and fear has led to plunging ridership, leading Amtrak to halt its Acela service linking Washington, D.C. and Boston on Sunday. The railroad now sits on the brink of financial calamity, just four months after Amtrak chief executive Richard Anderson said the railroad was on track to run an operating profit for the first time in its 50-year history..
eolesen wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:06 am One reason consists might not be shortened right now.... where would you put the cars?It's a genuine concern. You can't lock the manual doors on superliners so it's hard to park the trains out on a siding, too. Local kids could get aboard and borrow stuff. I proved that - once well over 20 years ago, I sighted a bad order SL set out near the highway. I pulled over and walked up to the car. It opened right up and I walked through. I didn't steal anything, smoke, screw, anything nefarious, but the possibility is there.
In one of the towns near me, our commuter agency usually stores four trains overnight for express services. They switched to a reduced schedule last week, and today I noticed that two of the four trainsets were still tied down well after their normal departure times.
Amtrak doesn't have a whole lot of layover space in most of their terminals, let alone storage yards, so it's probably easier to keep the consists intact than it would be to try and find storage space for them.
Tadman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 9:54 am...Hey, we all did stupid sh!t we wouldn't do these days. In the 70's as a teen I used to walk the 4-track New Haven Line ROW, across bridges, and climb on freight cars. As a forum, we don't allow "fruit of the forbidden tree", but who among us hasn't in the past done something like this. So to reinforce, yes, we can't advocate such. Excellent disclaimer!
Disclaimer - this is illegal and I would not do it in my adult years, nor would I suggest others did. Chalk it up to my dumber invincible years.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:29 pm Mr. 706, a review of the site shows a lot of "busteetooting" at present. Additionally, it notes both the Cafe and the Boston Sleeper have been blanked; CV-19 notwithstanding.Boston sleeper was on the WB Lakeshore this morning. Some days its there and others its not. May have something to do with track work between Boston and Albany.
Amtrak706 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 25, 2020 3:53 pmI have been watching the consists on the Empire Corridor shrink over the past week out of my window.OK, Mr. 706; now I get it.
.RailroadsFrom the caption, it appears the industry as a whole only got liberalized RRUI benefits for its displaced employees - nothing when compared with the airlines and Boeing.
National passenger railroad Amtrak secured about $1 billion to cover revenue losses related to the coronavirus. The railroad industry won enhanced unemployment benefits that account for its workers not being covered under traditional state-run unemployment programs. Railroad workers instead receive unemployment benefits under a program administered by the Railroad Retirement Board. The bill removes a seven-day waiting period to collect unemployment and provides $50 million to cover the benefits tied to that waiver. It also provides $425 million to double biweekly unemployment payments to $1,200 through July. —Paul Ziobro
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Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 8:07 am The Wall Street Journal reports "Amtrak got its B":The railroads got what they wanted without a bunch of strings attached compared to the airlines getting what they wanted with a lot of strings attached.
.RailroadsFrom the caption, it appears the industry as a whole only got liberalized RRUI benefits for its displaced employees - nothing when compared with the airlines and Boeing.
National passenger railroad Amtrak secured about $1 billion to cover revenue losses related to the coronavirus. The railroad industry won enhanced unemployment benefits that account for its workers not being covered under traditional state-run unemployment programs. Railroad workers instead receive unemployment benefits under a program administered by the Railroad Retirement Board. The bill removes a seven-day waiting period to collect unemployment and provides $50 million to cover the benefits tied to that waiver. It also provides $425 million to double biweekly unemployment payments to $1,200 through July. —Paul Ziobro
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