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Devils advocate -- why should trains have food service when no other form of publicly subsidized transport does? It's not like the time in transit is a surprise. Be prepared. If we include ferry services, many of the ones that came immediately to my mind do in fact have onboard food services (often...

I can't find any suggestion that there is any study to route passenger trains through Amarillo except a local paper's mention of a national study. The "national study" in question is the Federal Railway Administration's Amtrak Daily Long Distance Service Study , further discussed in the F...

I hope it goes without saying I respect your views, Mr. Schweppe, but again I must point out that having a Sleeper tied up in Boston - an out of the way place so far as Viewliners go - means that there must be spare parts and qualified Carmen and electricians to work on the car during its turn. It ...

Night. Owl. Please. It already runs to Boston (annulments at NYP notwithstanding) and on to Virginia. Whether or not an LD can be extended is a different topic in a thread that's on here somewhere. It's a worthy discussion, but belongs in the appropriate topic i.e. LSL, Silver, Palmetto, and all th...

In the "Federal, Night Owl, Twilight Shoreliner (Trains 65, 66, 67)" thread, Mr. Norman opined thusly regarding trains 448/449: I realize and respect that Mr. Trainguy holds differently in that he has noted here of a desire to have "The Vacationer" restored (a BOS-NH-NYP-PRR-WAS-...

People keep bringing this up and it's been debunked a number of times. There's no requirement that 100% of every car needs to be wheelchair accessible. Nobody is saying that. But any and every new build will require equivalent accessibility. The requirements for which are listed in 49 CFR 38 subpar...

Any sign of the Final from the NTSB? After all, there are "a couple of other "headliner RAR's" - Clarendon Hills and Mendon - "in the works". Here's the NTSB investigation page for the Joplin accident. It includes a link to the associated docket, RRD21MR017, but following t...

The T released its proposed bus changes and you read more about any particular route here https://www.mbta.com/projects/bus-network-redesign/update/bus-network-redesign-proposal#maps One route in particular caught my eye: the new T7 high-frequency service that, among other things, provides a direct...

Another bad morning on the Fitchburg. Culprit was the 1055... https://www.universalhub.com/2019/fitcbhurg-line-riders-feeling-pain-two-hours-no" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; One of the unhappy riders was state Senator Jamie Eldridge: .@MBTA_CR, my hands are finally unfroz...

The NTSB has released their preliminary report: https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Acc ... prelim.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My thought process behind this proposal of higher-density sleeping accommodations, based on airline lie-flat seats: * Sleeping car space on many routes is often sold out. * Sleeping car prices are pretty high. Selling out at a high price point means that Amtrak should either (a) raise prices furthe...

Keolis has been running a wash train to clear the salt water contamination on the Newburyport/Rockport tracks. https://twitter.com/KeolisBoston/status/950808841217822720" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (with wash train video) https://twitter.com/KeolisBoston/status/950833841...

This move on the Vermonter required special approval because it required slowing the train to a maximum authorized speed of 110 between WAS and NYP. However there is enough dwell time and slack in the schedule that they could easily be back on time by NHV, maybe sooner, depending on how long they t...

How hard would it be for Amtrak to setup a GPS based warning system for speed restrictions? The Engineer and conductor carries the tablet or whatever with the system on it for the route , so no need to equip the actual trains. GPS nominal accuracy is only +/- 15 meters - not enough to differentiate...

I've only seen the one tweet about this, so I don't know how real it is. But someone is reporting that as of January 9 2018, Amtrak is planning on reducing or eliminating many of its discounts: On November 8, 2017, the LOSSAN Agency was notified by Amtrak of upcoming changes to Amtrak’s national tar...