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I don't think Jamaica has a place to stash the Amtrak equipment between arrival and departure unless Tracks 4 and 5 could be used outside of rush hours. Also, only trains terminating at NYP could be extended to Jamaica, leaving lots of gaps in the hourly pattern. I can't help feeling that Amtrak tra...

I don't see room for hourly service. Where would they find slots through the East River Tunnels in rush hour? Every Amtrak train would displace an existing LI train with a much greater capacity, crowded as it is with commuters originating at NYP. Maybe file this away until all the related Gateway wo...

When South Station was built, wasn't the lower-level loop designed with the idea that the suburban lines would be electrified, and when that didn't happen the ("future-proof") loop tracks were unusable?

Particularly considering that women are generally regarded as being graceful in their appearance, I would agree that "it" is the appropriate pronoun. (Just before we get back on topic, I have a question about containers: Before I retired, when I was involved in container movements, a marin...

I would think UP on the Embarcadero in Oakland, CA; 2 main tracks in pavement, in mixed traffic with cross streets, used by Coast Starlight, Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin, and UP double-stack trains.

Looks like he knows what works.

The Silverliner III's had the engineer's position on the left to enable head-end passenger boarding at stations with right-side platforms during single-car operation, but I don't think they ever did it. In PRR days they ran single MP54's between Media and West Chester, but that was manual block, wit...

When PATCO (Philadelphia) began operation (1968?) their police immediately took action against fare jumpers, with apparently lasting reults: word quickly spread around -- don't try it. In New York, I think during the Koch administration, a crackdown on fare jumpers caught a guy who had no criminal r...

I think the first ones were acquired by SP pre-Caltrain (they were painted in the Overland scheme); probably seemed a good idea at the time, since the Harriman coaches were not air-conditioned (and as I recall the windows couldn't be opened -- not a problem in The City but of course the weather is a...

Excellent shots; thanks for posting. Was there much fuss and bother crossing the frontier?

A number of larger lines used smaller vessels--or even barges -- to serve lower-volume ports with sort of a "last mile" connecting operation for transshipment of transatlantic containers moving via a major nearby port. Sea-Land had such an operation connecting New York with other North Atl...

When the Altamont Corridor Express was inaugurated the UP publicity department informed the media that it was the first UP passenger service to operate over Altamont Pass -- technically correct, but forgetting (or not knowing) that the CZ operated over the WP from 1949 to 1970(?) on tracks later acq...

With joint through trains so operated I'm sure that was all coordinated in advance; it happened every year in season, and the need came as no surprise. Of course in those days there was a lot of equipment on hand for such occasions.

I can't imagine what container line would consider calling at both Halifax and Portland on the same voyage; containerships are so expensive to operate that the emphasis is to make as few port calls as possible to keep the ships moving. It's been frequently commented that no vessel earns money while ...

Another unique feature apparently now gone: The FA's were equipped with air horns scratch-made from drawings .found in Roseville, apparently used on Interurban Electric and Pacific Electric interurbans dating from the early 20th century (maybe also NWP?). The line is largely side-of-road with many g...