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Glad to hear several Broadway Limited mentions in this thread! My first Amtrak ride was actually either the Illini or City of New Orleans between Champaign, IL and Chicago as I was a student on the University of Illinois at the time. My first long distance was the Broadway between Chicago and then H...

If you replace Byrd Crap with a Broadway Limited, you save many hours of travel between Chicago and Philadelphia/New York. They should have never cut the Broadway Limited or Three Rivers just to save Byrd Crap. The only relevant cities served by the Cardinal not served by other trains are Cincinnati...

Why not just run more trains along the Coast Starlight route?Jus Because the Coast Line is, while not especially busy, much more lightly populated than the San Joquin Valley. That said, another Coast frequency is in the late corridor scheme And the bulk of the population on the SJV route is Bakersf...

Why not just run more trains along the Coast Starlight route?

Boston to Miami via Providence, New Haven, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Orlando (in either order) (would also consider Hartford instead of Providence and skip Charlotte and Atlanta and go along the Atlantic Coast) Boston to Chicago via ...

Mr. Norman, Please allow me to refer to "Perkowski's Saw" ... Congress controls these programs not the White House. These trains have just as much of a future as they had a past. Certainly no caviar on "The Chief" but otherwise, "yes" the Builder will return to "o...

I am always going to favor bigger cities over small towns when it comes to transportation. It isn't necessarily a perfect correlation but a larger population gives you a larger population base to but butts in the seats. Why are there more established public commuter systems in larger metropolitan ar...

I think it is absurd to propose an overnight service that leaves out the markets between MSP and CHI. Amtrak has suceeded to the extent that it has in recent decades by mastering the art of regional daylight service. With regard to naming (which I think is very important for passenger wayfinding) I...

I just don't get the attraction of through-service as opposed to connections. In another thread, myself and wigwagfan discuss the folly of such operation on the Cascade corridor. Because it's a compromise, no city gets really good service times. You also have a fixed consist train that cannot drop ...

Assuming that CSX continues to own the line, I don't think they will want NY State to electrify the Water Level route. If there were ridership demand this route would be a natural choice for Amtrak to pursue the same strategy as they did in Virginia. Setup two additional tracks next to CSX. That be...

Assuming that CSX continues to own the line, I don't think they will want NY State to electrify the Water Level route. If there were ridership demand this route would be a natural choice for Amtrak to pursue the same strategy as they did in Virginia. Setup two additional tracks next to CSX. That be...

I am sure one of the next things we will hear is a plan for the Sunset Limited route. The current route is one of the least useful routes in the system. What I would do with it is: - Eliminate the Sunset Limited East of San Antonio. - Extend the Texas Eagle from San Antonio to Los Angeles daily or ...

But related, to what extent are public funds and investor owned resources expected to provide for a "can't drive, won't fly" person residing in Wolf Point and who has a doctor appointment in St.. Paul during January? Oh, and how about that same person who lives in Columbus, OH and has an ...

I hope this is on topic, but I've always been struck by how much Congressional support Amtrak has enjoyed for decades when most states have never had more than a token amount of service. Is it mostly symbolic? I'm guessing that many of their constituents in Tulsa or Columbus or wherever might like ...

New menus announced and the SILVER STAR DINER IS COMING BACK NEXT YEAR! https://media.amtrak.com/2019/09/amtrak-introduces-enhanced-menu-and-flexible-dining-experience-on-five-routes/ https://www.amtrak.com/flexdining Unfortunately this means cheaper sleeper service from the NEC to Florida will be ...