by gregorygrice
For anyone who wants to keep track of the numbers, the 3 that went west were 68005, 68013 & 69004. (2 diners, 1 bag dorm)
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Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:09 am Mr. Benton, it would appear that Bear has the equipment and institutional expertise to work on the Amfleets, and in short "busy enough".Mr Norman , I thought I recalled photos of the Viewliner module mockups at Bear. so thought they may have some experience with them .
What surprises me is that if Amtrak is planning to convert V-IID's to a Cafe' configuration prior to assigning them to, say, The Cardinal, and even in due course, the Star, I'm quite surprised that there hadn't been a "leak" from some "flappy trap" at One Mass.
Now the irony of it all is that as soon as they start to convert these cars, down comes the edict to restore full-service dining to the Single Level LD's.
We follow Amtrak affairs closely around here. One must wonder what kind of folly such as immediately suggested goes on at other Federal Agencies - and with the price tag "Doubled in Spades".
gregorygrice wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 8:07 pmIndeed, but that was 5 years ago now if you can believe it! Maybe they need to be retested with whatever mods were made to the design.
They were sent for some kind of test train so this is more likely. Though I thought they did this already on the NEC a few years ago.
mcgrath618 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 12:30 am I mean to be fair, A day happened about 30 years before I was born. I'm allowed to dissent what Amtrak is doing.
ryanov wrote: ↑Sat Jul 13, 2019 2:10 pm Sure, but if you want to be taken seriously, you should probably make yourself aware of the fact that Amtrak was started precisely to allow the railroads to exit the passenger business because none of them wanted it or could make money at it. I wasn’t alive for A-day either, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know why it happened.Doesn't it? If you knew a bit more than the one-liner history of A-day, it does indeed mean you don't know why it happened.
ryanov wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 10:35 pm Wonder where all of these incredible entrepreneurs who could save the railroad were on A-day and shortly before.They were staying the heck out of an over-regulated industry and attempting to make money somewhere a bit less risky.
Railjunkie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:17 am Elmira special signs up Albany 0700 this AM. Picking up 2 cars.Just think, if these two cars are both Bag-dorms, there will be five on the property. That would be enough for a line and protects on The Cardinal.