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Totally agree with Mr. Loco regarding Manitou.

In fact, that was the "selected" (and kept quite on the QT) photo op for Members of the WestConn Chapter of NRHS for the steam powered (NKP 759) May 1969 Golden Spike Limited.

I've still got mine.

Regarding Mr. Drewh's two preceeding postings, distance Penn-Chi US is 902.7 via the Subway, even though PRR Form 1 and Amtrak NRPC T1 both report 907.7/908 miles. The latter considers the "doubleback" 30th St to Subway. So I guess another hour could be shaved from your "Broadway Acel...

OK, what say we return to topic of "Amtrak and Politics" A few "brief passages" from an article appearing in Today's New York Times: "The Secret Service ordered the closings, saying they were necessary to block potential terrorist attacks at the (Democratic National) convent...

Colonel--

Only two roads ordered Sleeper Domes, C&O and NP.

If, in the unlikely event a C&O Dome was assigned to the Chief, you would have instantly noted the "low profile" dome; therefore it was a safe assumption your car was ex-NP (OK, SP&S, or CB&Q pool contributions).

Let's see. Mr. Laubenheimer-- The Century first added Coaches during summer 1957 and with the Spring TT went to its Coach-Sleeper configuration that lasted until Dec 12, 1967. The newbuilt 24-8 Budd Slumbercoaches were added to the consist during 1959 and were so assigned to The Century (Dubin will ...

The Milwaukee was often noted as being one of the most compliant contractors regarding accounting matters under both the Basic and Amended Agreements. I will acknowledge at the end, OTP was not quite what it should have been, but for most of my years with the MILW, it was quite stellar. Lastly, Mr M...

I believe the article I submitted is most appropriate to the Union Pacific Forum, but it does have relevance to our discussion here. Great to see Don Phillips' byline again at his new home (also, for that matter, MY new home, of "in print and in my Ekornnes ottoman chair"). Here is a link ...

Mr Ohlemeier notes-- "How about employee relations, media relations, work place safety? Those don't show up in the % of business pie chart" No these items do not show up in any kind of revenue measurements, but they do show up in the "bottom line", and accordingly warrant the con...

No, Mr. Ohlemeier

I do not want the CEO that I elected to be overly concerned about a source of .0001 the pennies coming into the till and contributing nothing to the $6.04 EPS.

Killing 4/7ths of your passenger train miles during an interim between measurement and enactment will override any inflation considerations.

I'm glad to see, Mr. Fels, that we are on the same page regarding UP intentional delays of Amtrak operations. I'm not completely sure how analogous the Dry Cleaner loosing or damaging your garmets is to the discussion at hand. The "once or twice" it has happened to me in some twenty years ...

May I add to Mr. Deasy's report that Golden Tower also was on the Amtrak roster as #2561 Lincoln Park. It was regularly assigned to the Broadway Limited during the "mid-seventies". Lastly, who is presently L&C's Vice President-Vnveiling. The last time I had occasion to check it was Gyp...

Adding to Mr. Laubenheimer's thoughtful response, we should note the measurement period for determining the Amtrak entry fee of 100% fully allocated loss as determined by the ICC, or 200% of the avoidable loss as determined by Arthur Andersen in their capacity as consultants to the Incorporators, in...

It is interesting to note that the Union Pacific's 2003 Annual Report (mine showed up yesterday; thank you Uncle Charlie) does not mention one word about any contractual relationship with Amtrak. The same applies to the SEC 10-K (the annual version of 10-Q's often mentioned here by Mr. Fels) which i...

Evidently, I guess it was time for "Dad" to sit the 33 year old kid down and have the little "facts of life" lecture.

The EB Lake Shore schedule certainly appears indicative of that.