by bostontrainguy
Cool but who the hell reads Time magazine anymore?
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bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:39 am Cool but who the hell reads Time magazine anymore?Mr. Trainguy, I was addressing The New York Times Magazine. The fault was mine in referring to a publication that I have read for the past seventy years by its shorthand name - The Times.
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:57 amI can't help but think of that quote from zoolander.bostontrainguy wrote: ↑Mon Aug 31, 2020 7:39 am Cool but who the hell reads Time magazine anymore?Mr. Trainguy, I was addressing The New York Times Magazine. The fault was mine in referring to a publication that I have read for the past seventy years by its shorthand name - The Times.
But the point we both have made stands. "Private Rooms available" could easily have demand while the crisis dominates our lives - and Amtrak has the available equipment to meet such.
STrRedWolf wrote: ↑Tue Sep 01, 2020 10:01 am I was so going to ask where the Viewliner II's could go where the Bombardier Multilevels (MARC IV) couldn't (purposes of a new novel)... and saw that the Viewliner II's were 14' tall. The Multilevels are 14' 6".And the new Siemen's Venture cars (thought to be the front runner in the Amfleet replacement race) are exactly the same dimensions as the Viewliners. I still can't quite figure out if the side camber is similar but Amtrak may finally have close to a consistent beautifully matched profile on their single-level LD trains. Throw Phase III across the board and I think you would have a pretty good looking train.
FFS... I should of been following this thread more...
gokeefe wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:46 pmI'm going to take "no later than" June 1st, 2021 in the betting pool for the date when these cars are all suddenly put into service by a Biden appointed CEOMr. O'Keefe, I'm starting to "feel like a Wallenda" commenting further. However, should there be a change in Administrations next January. I don't think there will be a change in the storage status of any V-II by your projected date. Apparently, it is simply more economical to keep your "dates" (COTS, periodics) current on the active fleet rather than "spreading" them over more cars for whatever reason such as "passenger attractiveness".
Gilbert B Norman wrote: ↑Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:28 amInstead of "packing" the Supreme Court, Biden could pack the Amtrak board.gokeefe wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 8:46 pmI'm going to take "no later than" June 1st, 2021 in the betting pool for the date when these cars are all suddenly put into service by a Biden appointed CEOMr. O'Keefe, I'm starting to "feel like a Wallenda" commenting further. However, should there be a change in Administrations next January. I don't think there will be a change in the storage status of any V-II by your projected date. Apparently, it is simply more economical to keep your "dates" (COTS, periodics) current on the active fleet rather than "spreading" them over more cars for whatever reason such as "passenger attractiveness".
Additionally, there would be costs associated with employee training, however slight, avoided simply by keeping these cars away from the active fleet.
Finally, and here is where I just might find the bottom of Grand Canyon or the Chicago River "next stop" (with equally predictable results), Messrs. Anderson and Flynn were hired by the Amtrak Board to execute the policies they set forth, one of which is to finally fifty years later get rid of what was simply to be a transitional "ease the pain" product. There are still former Administration appointees on the Board and no way will there be vacancies of present Administration appointees sufficient to alter the Board's policies should there be a new administration by your noted 131 day "timetable". There are much higher priorities for any such new Administration to address in their "first 100 days".