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I think its has to due with the customer base...Alaska Airlines for example, went to all cashless on board the aircraft for food service in 2009 and it hasn't slowed them down; my understanding was that a good majority of all transactions for food was on plastic. However if you insist on cash, you c...

What I remember hearing about Amtrak considering a "West Coast Auto Train" from a few Amtrak employees was that they were looking for the same pattern of travel you find with the current Auto Train: a snowbird route. The consensus was that its eastern terminus would be described as in the ...

I know with the Cascades units, they had problems with them since WSDOT got them...I think one of them caught on fire in 1997?

The engineers on the Cascades I have met all universally hate the F59 and their hope it gets sent to a museum...

On my very first Amtrak ride in the infamous Turboliner in 1989, I remember that windows well as we waited in line to get tickets for our return to SDY.

My understanding is that Amtrak now uses VPN connections over internet to their back office.

A few Amtrak employees have told that "bad ordered employees" generally get straightened out pretty quick by both Amtrak and the union...one of the Cascades conductors told me its probably one of the most fairest systems in dealing with HR issues he's seen.

Weren't a lot of these facilities assets transferred from Penn Central and the other original railroads?

Retail and Food could be contracted out to Delaware North....

Only deal changer I could see with a BBD getting the order would that they would be built in Plattsburgh, so it supports the state economy verses Siemens getting it and building it in California.

At this rate, it might be easier to run out the clock on on Mr. Harrison....

Here's a thought....

Could proper ventilation systems be installed at a lower cost than dealing with 3rd rail? from my understanding, you just need to have vent ducts placed at sections where a diesel locomotive would idle.

The NTSB is not responsible for charges, civil or criminal. They investigate incidents and give recommendations as to how such an incident could be avoided. They are not afraid to assign blame ... I have read NTSB reports that affix blame to named individuals as well as to the airlines/railroad com...

The ye old Port Authority I think wouldn't want it...

However, perhaps a "PSNY Operating Company" might a smart idea where Amtrak, MTA, and NJ Transit all have interest.

mtuandrew wrote:When the MTA cedes part-ownership of the New Haven and Hudson lines to Amtrak, Amtrak can cede part-ownership of PSNY.

BandA wrote:At what service density does electrification become cost-effective for a railroad?