All Things Empire Builder

USRailFan wrote:Could be the extra sleeper was deadheading?

Definitely not deadheading, I was in it (0731). But several roomettes remained empty the entire trip. No one was booked into the trans dorm, though it was numbered 0732.
So the consist was 2xP42, View Bag, 0732-0731-0730-diner-0711-lounge-2714-2715-2730. And boy was that 0711 full!

Comic book writer Gail Simone just took the EB from her home in Portland, Ore. to the C2E2 comics convention in Chicago. Her Twitter thread about the experience starts here. Spoiler: she had a great time.

Hearing that the Empire Builder had a run with a Siemens ALC-42... which didn't go so well. I haven't been able to confirm but rumor is that Engine 301 had PTC issues. They ended up slapping P42DC 84 up front, which blew the HEP generator and had to get that swapped out in Glenview, IL... and the HEP box on the lounge also blew up, causing a small fire.

I'm assuming it's on 7/27(8) because it's running over 2 hours late to Milwaukee right now.

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:20 pm https://www.insider.com/amtrak-train-tr ... 2023-1?amp

Clickbait list article. Nothing to really see here.

STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:21 pm

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:20 pm https://www.insider.com/amtrak-train-tr ... 2023-1?amp

Clickbait list article. Nothing to really see here.

I found it interesting.

STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 9:21 pm

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Sat Feb 04, 2023 1:20 pm https://www.insider.com/amtrak-train-tr ... 2023-1?amp

Clickbait list article. Nothing to really see here.

Yet you still clicked on my post!

Jeff Smith wrote: ↑Sun Feb 05, 2023 6:29 am Yet you still clicked on my post!

Yeah, I gotta stop that because half of the stuff is paywalled and I hear there's a nasty spin on the reporting that affects the articles' accuracy.