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Yes, the specifics are in the FRA regs referenced above.

Looking at the timetable revisions, it seems that the old references to 9637 were not removed just because the car was been wrecked. There are other ex Capitoliners serving as cab-control cars with similar rules governing movements, restrictions, etc. For posterity of rules, until a group of equipme...

708 was incredibly ragged last time I rode to SDY, as in it had some pretty agressive tin-worm damage in the rear.

They won't prevent CRRC from bidding. They might put the fingers on the scale if they win. Also, CRRC so far has been importing shells from China, wonder if that will continue if they get a big order. Congress is going to ban (or attempt) the use of Federal funds for the purchase of CRRC gear it se...

From the article No production has taken place at Rochelle since October 2017, although staff has remained on the payroll. The 230,000m2 site had the capacity to assemble 120 double-deck coaches a year but has built just 220 vehicles during its six-year existence. You can't stay in business if you c...

I work in Jamaica and see the occasional DE/DM dragged back to the doghouse from my window. My folks are out east too so I was surprised to see more than one train out there on the weekend. Since they sent back the MARC equipment I was curious as to how the equipment was faring. Reading the latest m...

Thank you for the detailed reply, the points about the mono body is interesting. One could get the impression for durability sake, Amtrak should go for a modern day F40. Get a freight locomotive from EMD (probably offer a better deal) or GE and stick a full-length cowl on it. Since the operational ...

If LTK found excessive wear etc on 25% of the LD engines (in CHI) it could only be as worse on corridor equipment. Remanning a freight engine is one thing because they're generally designed to be rebuilt. There are supply and tool chains that support the whole rebuilding process from start to finish...

The reorganization by Wick Moorman indicates to me that senior management is gearing up to dig in against any sort of further cutbacks. Management that was already lean is further streamlined to three execs for each functional area, reflecting a more industry flair than say bureaucracy of a transit ...

It costs too much money, manpower, and time to paint them. There has not been a dedicated paint shop in years (all paint has been rolled on since at least the early 1990s). It's only a matter of time before they either get replaced or extensively rebuilt, so don't count on them looking spiffy anyti...

Cab car shortages are also quite common, as they are short of essentially everything in the diesel fleet. There are only 23 C3 cab cars and they need roughly 18 for daily service, so there is always a chance of them coming up short. isn't it odd that there aren't enough cab cars to go around? wasn'...

probably because if one pukes on the way one can push? or ferrying an engine back to the terminal. its pretty lame that they have a 10K mile MTBF. I work near the ML in Jamaica and take a class at Ballys 2 days a week so I can railfan pretty much anytime, but the state of the LIRR's diesel fleet is ...

how the hell can they be running out of diesel equipment if there're 40 DE's and 39(?) DM's? Especially on the weekends where there's less service on other branches? If the equipment dept can't provide enough operable equipment then there's a big problem that isn't being dealt with no? Revenue is re...

After shopping at Costco, i headed back to the Meadowbrook and I saw the trucks there and I thought the overpass was going to be torn down. Thankfully its not the case.

No clout was really necessary.....seniority did play a small role....but if a request was made by a train crew, and it was doable without too much inconvenience to the people involved it was done. It was a different railroad 20+ years ago and a much more friendlier place to work. Some guys liked th...