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I'm not known for my mechanical leanings, but I will say that I'm on Tadman's side in terms of HEP. This shouldn't surprise anyone who remembered when I joined the board since this is one of the first threads I started: On-Board Generators for Passenger Cars? I give you the Cliff Note's so you don't...

Now one must wonder for its (timetable) Northbound Lakeland to Sanford run, did they get CSX power to handle the train backwards or did they wye the train at Lakeland and head North forward? They used their own engines for the detour and they didn't wye the train so much as they just took a left fr...

While we've been talking in the $2,000,000,000 thread about VA as well (and there's actually a good VA thread somewhere in the MARC/VRE forum too), I find two of my best and thoughtful posters raising very good points. So I ask: Will there be enough Avelia sets (28, right?) to run extended service ...

I wonder how much this will cause BNSF in the long run. https://flatheadbeacon.com/2020/03/13/montana-supreme-court-bnsf-not-shielded-liability-libby-asbestos-cases/ Facing hundreds of asbestos-related damage claims stemming from the operations of a now-shuttered vermiculite mine and its alleged rol...

I agree that 2 billion doesn't amount to much these days so I'm with the small, incremental crowd and I would put it towards:

Wash wrote: ↑Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:22 pm
6: Uhhh...longer passing sidings?

9: Uhhh...longer passing sidings again?

10: Uhhh...more longer passing sidings?

This has been done many times before: If you erect the fence, you must maintain it. If you don't erect the fence, you're creating an attractive nuisance.

There is no real way to win this unless you have an extremely reasonable jury....which is why most companies just settle.

ApproachMedium wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:27 pm Dry unloaded amfleet cars are about 110. When i have to move these things to and from the yard its sloooowww. i cant imagine in one mile it hits 90. we can barely get to 60 going down hill in a mile!

mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Mon Mar 16, 2020 2:36 pm So it should be getting to Harrisburg sometime Tuesday evening, and then Philadelphia the next day?

I bet there’s a ton of threads that can be collapsed under the general subject of track work on the NEC. That said, I noticed that the track interlock for the lead going into the old WB&A rail yard area (which turned into a group of manufacturing facilities and now is turning into housing) has ...

I can respect that they want to make sure there are a sufficient amount of new sleepers available for protection, but we do have 4 new sleepers delivered. It would be nice if they deployed one on each set of the Cardinal and deadhead it back to HIA as necessary.

My somewhat out of date 1996 Amtrak employees timetable shows 90 MPH Bergen to the eastward limits of Hudson and 70 MPH over the Portal Bridge. While I've heard the speed over Portal Bridge has been dropped it's quite possible the rest of it is still 90 MPH. I seriously doubt speeds on the High Lin...

There is still a shortage of parts for this equipment and a lot of them are specialized. They lack traps and have a fixed amount of seating. They would be an expensive addition to any fleet. Am I the only one feeling old about the Acela retiring? It seemed like last year Trains mag had a conception ...

And the law now gives them permission. Several LD routes are available to be run by a private company, and the private company would be subsidized. No Class I had expressed interest. I don’t get it. I'm not sure why you don't get it. One of the first posts I made on this board in 2011 was in respon...

Mr. SRY, I would be extremely [/b] interested to learn what provision of what enacted legislation obviates Section 2.1 of the May 1, 1971 Agreement, which holds the party roads are "out" and there is no going back in. Of course, the barristers call this whole exercise "moot". No...

They will be stored at Bear until the "surplus sale",may or may not be used as a surge fleet for the Holiday season. I seriously doubt they plan to do an expensive overhaul on a set just to use it a few days a year....particularly if they are considering limiting service to avoid the cost...