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Service suspended 4/13 through at least 4/30.

Anderson was never planned to be a long tenured CEO. Coscia seems to be making it clear that the board sees Flynn as their leader well into the future.

Maybe Michigan should give themselves a pink slip for the procurement problems and let Amtrak do it instead. After all, the state was the one that took on the responsibility of purchasing their new locomotives and rolling stock.

Wow am I glad I don't pay for this forum. At least I lost nothing but time.

Blunt nosed locomotives and EMUs run 100+ mph every day, a few inches of difference between the carbodies on the Avelia is not going to have any impact on performance vis-a-vis air resistance.

There is the slight problem of the right of way being a bike trail from Concord to Lebanon...

That picture seems to answer the question of who bought them.

There's a new menu for the western trains: https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/menus/routes/Long-Distance-Dining-Car-Menu-1119.pdf No changes to the meal choices - this change is exclusively to reflect the coke and wine vendor change. "Coke-Cola" so...

We discussed having an engine on both ends (diesel and electric) over on the New York State Amtrak topic and the idea got shot down. I thought the prospect of run through service (one seat rides) between Toronto, upstate NY to PHL, Balt and DC as well as Montreal/Albany to DC was intriguing and avo...

Silver Star wreck maybe?

David Benton wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:12 pm What do you do , go through and ask all the coach passengers why they aren't in sleeper , or why they are not using the Diner.

Indianapolis was in a line of assorted rolling stock on the evening of the 6th when I was leaving Chicago on 383.

I still have lots of questions about the Nippon Sharyo debacle. They consistently built some of the best stuff out there for 30 years and then massively dropped the ball? To a customer with a reputation for procurements gone wrong? Something stinks here. Amtrak did not order nor was managing the pr...

Is there still any sort of junction at White River Junction? I know the old Northern Line to Concord is dead. And that makes me wonder how many places there are in the US with "Junction" in their name but with no remaining junction (but formerly had one... I don't know if Yeehaw Junction ...

Backshophoss wrote:MPI Boise may still have their construction jigs from the Super II and Surfliner builds done there.