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Re: Why stainless cars?

 by phillyrube ¦  Mon Jun 15, 2020 5:34 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Why stainless cars? ¦  Replies: 18 ¦  Views: 3884

Easier to remove graffiti?

Thomas the Tank engine and friends. Ok on TV, not so much for real.

Get off my weeds( no grass to speak of).

Re: The new site look

 by phillyrube ¦  Mon May 18, 2020 9:07 am ¦  Forum: Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) ¦  Topic: The new site look ¦  Replies: 21 ¦  Views: 3398

Hard to get to the end of a thread to read the latest comments. Then too 8m a computer idiot.

Re: Payment for onboard services-cash or credit card?

 by phillyrube ¦  Sat May 16, 2020 9:17 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Payment for onboard services-cash or credit card? ¦  Replies: 46 ¦  Views: 11388

Cash only....funny story. Couple of years ago wife and I took train from Rome to Florence. High speed, very nice. Spent the day there, missed the train to go back. No worries, they run like 6 trains a day. We could have gone to ticket office to swap, but wife was getting panicky. Got on the next ret...

Re: Favorite Locomotive

 by phillyrube ¦  Wed May 13, 2020 5:01 pm ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Equipment ¦  Topic: Favorite Locomotive ¦  Replies: 15 ¦  Views: 2917

Gotta say GG1..
North Phila. Station, my grandfather holding me up to talk to engineer. Hot air blowing out the window. The railroad smell. The closeness of the High Voltage signs next to the pantograph.

Re: COVID-19 Effects on SEPTA

 by phillyrube ¦  Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:20 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: COVID-19 Effects on SEPTA ¦  Replies: 94 ¦  Views: 22021

I’m retiring at the end of the month. My age concerns me about commuting on the train, so I’ve been driving to the city. The experts on TV say the older you get, the greater your chances are for complications if you get the virus. I can tell you that ridership has definitely plummeted just from loo...

Re: Auto Train problem

 by phillyrube ¦  Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:25 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Auto Train Discussion ¦  Replies: 1744 ¦  Views: 275940

I'm not versed on the different rail owners or divisions? What towns did the auto train go through when the detour was in place? Day 10 of house arrest, want to track it using Google earth.

Rt 13 Yeadon Loop

 by phillyrube ¦  Sat Mar 28, 2020 1:33 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Rt 13 Yeadon Loop ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2228

Day 2 of house arrest, watching septa on YouTube. Looking at the Kawasaki cars, next to the Amber rotating light ( never see them on, why?) there is a small box that looks like an opticom emitter used for traffic light exemption. We had them on our trucks and ambus where I worked. They have an infra...

Re: SEPTA Loco Videos

 by phillyrube ¦  Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:52 am ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: SEPTA Loco Videos ¦  Replies: 1 ¦  Views: 1619

Saw them. Would like to see something about the RDCs.

Re: Auto Train problem

 by phillyrube ¦  Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:48 am ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: Amtrak Auto Train Discussion ¦  Replies: 1744 ¦  Views: 275940

Cant have been much, nothing in local news last night.

Re: Boiler explosions & Boiler building books

 by phillyrube ¦  Mon Mar 23, 2020 7:57 am ¦  Forum: General Discussion: Locomotives, Rolling Stock, and Equipment ¦  Topic: Boiler explosions & Boiler building books ¦  Replies: 10 ¦  Views: 2549

Catch the YouTube of the mythbusters tying down the safety on a hot water heater and letting it go. Pretty impressive.

Agree, don't mess with pressure vessels.

Reading Company History

 by phillyrube ¦  Thu Mar 12, 2020 9:25 am ¦  Forum: Reading Company ¦  Topic: Reading Company History ¦  Replies: 2 ¦  Views: 2045

Article from Hidden City Philadelphia about the old Spring Garden St and North Broad St stations: https://hiddencityphila.org/2020/02/abandoned-ghost-station-on-spring-garden-awaits-resurrection/ https://hiddencityphila.org/2019/09/still-chugging-along-exploring-philadelphias-other-broad-street-stat...

Subscribed. Fan of old lanterns, always looking for the hidden RR lamp at the flea markets.

Re: $25000 Ticket on the Chicago-Bloomington Run

 by phillyrube ¦  Sat Jan 25, 2020 10:29 pm ¦  Forum: Amtrak ¦  Topic: $25000 Ticket on the Chicago-Bloomington Run ¦  Replies: 63 ¦  Views: 9956

Amtrak just doesn't like people in wheelchairs. Few years back we rode Miami to Richmond, VA. Somewheres in the middle of Florida an old man in a wheelchair was lifted onboard, and placed in front of us. There were some brackets on the deck. No crew members ever came by to check on him. We took him ...

Re: Wayne and Carpenter Loop

 by phillyrube ¦  Wed Jan 22, 2020 4:56 pm ¦  Forum: SEPTA (and PATCO) ¦  Topic: Wayne and Carpenter Loop ¦  Replies: 4 ¦  Views: 2159

Reopen the soda fountain.