Recent content by joelkfla

Are you hanging up your motorman's hat? Looks like the nearest trolley museums are about a 3-hour drive.

I think the better battle is keeping the Cafe car reliably open between 11a-2p and 5p-8p. OBS can take their meal breaks outside of peak hours.

The station building is now a convention center. The only think left of the station tracks and platforms is a couple of short sections of concrete. I think they might be where the pedestrian tunnel exits were.

I suggest riding a Hyde St. cable car from downtown to Fisherman's Wharf, and waiting until you can get a seat on the front open section, or even better, if you're up for it, a standing spot on the running board. The view from the front of the car as it crests the last hill is magnificent. Be...

Tampa has no rail transit, other than the trolley which is mostly single-tracked. Even if they replaced the current replica historic cars with modern trams, there's no way it could move the crowd exiting from a ball game to the Channelside parking garages in a reasonable time.

FYI, you're traveling east from SF. The best views are from the Sightseer Lounge car, which has windows from the ceiling almost to the floor. It's open to all passengers, open seating, and will sometimes fill up, so you want to get there before the train reaches the most scenic areas. The...

Google Maps shows it as a drive time of 18 minutes max, even at 7:30am on a weekday, which gets you to the station at least 50 minutes before scheduled departure. You're traveling opposite to the commute., so traffic should be light. I think it's likely they would delay the train's departure...

In fairness, it's route was more comparable to the current Meteor, which makes the run in 27h 44m, and most of the 3 hour difference is to service all the Central FL stops.

I was curious about the "Recreation Car": https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:6108vb763

How about an APM?

Which they have done away with. The website now tells passengers to contact their "partner" Uber directly. Premium passengers are given a pretty measly $10 credit towards an Uber ride, and that's per reservation, not per person. It looks like the entire last-mile Brightline+ offering has...

Doesn't go near the station. The nearest stop is about 5 blocks away, and some of that is not very pedestrian-friendly.

I was talking to AGR this afternoon (around 1-2 pm), and asked to be transferred to Customer Relations. They picked up in about 10 minutes, and the CR agent seemed concerned and helpful.

Why?

I don't think you have true HSR in IL. The top speed is what, 110 or 115? TX HSR is planned to use Shinkansen trains, "Capable of operating at speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour." From the website: "The Texas High-Speed Train will operate on secure, separate, closed tracks dedicated fully...