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I have no idea how they pay the property taxes on their storage area, let alone act like a viable business. Stuff like this helps them stay in business: https://wqow.com/2020/06/25/passenger-train-study-to-possibly-start-next-week/ Any bets on this operation ever happening? Or how loudly the UP wil...

On the other hand, the timing is weird, since traffic is already been cut down due to lock downs, and things are reopening now, the only thing I could think of is maybe they are preparing for a second wave? Pretty sure it's related to the expiration of CARES Act funding for transportation. The airl...

While it might help their bottom line short-term, this is another change that fails to take into account long-term effects, a policy being adopted widely across companies as of late to increase profits while driving away customers. The current ridership levels for Amtrak and record airline passenge...

At this point, they should just reroute the Chief to Denver, bus bridge La Junta to ABQ, and day train LA to ABQ. It allows Amtrak to get out of their maintenance segment, provides better hours of connectivity ABQ to LA, gives Colorado a front range train and a connection to Denver is more useful to...

I can't find any evidence that Prestige Class is profitable. Anyone got a link? The 2015 annual report , touting its launch, declared it had exceeded revenue expectations but did not claim profits for it (no discussion of costs). Leading up to and including launch, looses had been in the $500 ~ $60...

It says "We have exciting news to share about your upcoming trip Train 50 from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia on 12/27/2019. Staring October 1, we will be debuting a new dining experience aboard your train—made exclusively available for Sleeping Car customers. Here is what you can expect...

Who is going to pay to subsidize the competitive crews, and why are they not doing so already? There's already an existing Amtrak subsidy from the feds and some states. Use that one. Nobody has established that outside crews would cost more, and they likely might cost less given that they're not bu...

Not at all thrilled with having coach passengers eat at their seats with no true lounge area, but I think the move to a single food service car with a grill counter is rather overdue. Glad to see the V-II diners aren’t going to sit under-utilized for long. How is the loss of the cafe car a good thi...

Why can’t Amtrak have a nice first class lounge on Eastern trains? Photos of pre-Amtrak trains show such nice lounges: comfortable seats and a bar. Eastern LD trains have a dining car and a cafe car. The cafe car in particular is like a 1970s high school cafeteria. The Viewliner diners are fantasti...

As you think about expanding VA Pax Rail, think about these numbers for each carrier that uses the Long Bridge. The first thing I noticed (over in the DC thread where the main discussion on Long Bridge is happening) was that there are slots available on the bridge itself (which surprised me) The th...

The previously linked Caltrans ITIP document describes the Coast Daylight as follows: A new passenger rail service, the Coast Daylight, is being developed to provide regular service between San Luis Obispo and the San Francisco Bay Area, with an onward connection with the Capitol Corridor. 1.2 bill...

I actually think the opposite might be the case these days, Its the senate that would me more hostile to dismantling the LDs, especially with the rise of the progressive wing of the Ds in the house. Anderson's corridor plan focuses highly on raw ridership numbers, would get people out of cars (one o...

I don't think it's a game in this case, she seems to have been brought in because she has experience with large procurements, which amtrak is embarking on with all their new equipment coming in and planning to be purchased. Hopefully since she's a former CFO she is also being brought in to address A...

On the Empire Service, where the unions successfully prevented Subway from being substituted. Given Subway's trademark of freshly baked bread, I'm doubtful if a full size baking machine can be installed on an Amfleet. The Amfleet II can definitely use the same Turbo Chef type evens used at Subway (...

Her resume makes Anderson look highly qualified. No transportation background, much less any railroading. This defines a political pick.