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Something odd is going on. 448[29] is showing “sold out” at least ALB-BOS. That is inconclusive but unusual. Usually space is available, even last minute. Sleeper space is available later in the week. My bet is an equipment failure and subsequent fallout.

Somewhere on this forum there is a pdf of the FRA filing. I read it but I forget which thread.

They tried on the Chief. That seems to be about the limit. I love that you clean the windows. Sad though it is, if enough of those crews start complaining that the customers clean the windows, we may get somewhere. On a recent trip a passenger took his finger and wrote in the filth on the cafe...

I don’t know if @TRA_Thom would be able to confirm this, or @Steve's Wanderlust might be able to watch for it, but Thom’s video suggested 1333 put a hundred off at MKE and boarded 50 new. That phenomenon might suggest that maybe the presumption we all (or at least I don’t remember reading an...

The third leg of this trip was aboard Train 50, the Cardinal. Departure was scheduled for 5:55. About an hour prior a message was sent out suggesting a delay on origination of up to 90 minutes due to late turn of equipment. The lounge staff indicated it was indeed mechanical failure in the yard...

Early reports suggest high winds caused a 40 car train to derail in Stuttgart, AR, disrupting the Texas Eagle. Amtrak suggested a possible HAZMAT. That does not seem to be confirmed. We’ll see what happens today. Local media report...

The next leg was the City of New Orleans. This was the uneventful run of the trip. I was rather annoyed that the third coach was closed, the train was busy but not jammed, so I guess it’s a question of perspective. One coach handled Chicago and Memphis. The other coach handled everywhere else...

This year’s loop trip was a short one May 20-25, 2024. Departure was Monday aboard Train 19, the Crescent. I thought for a second I wasn’t going to make it. There were problems on the NEC that seemed to have closed the eastbound inside track. As a result several Amtrak trains passed me on the...

Clearly the sort of people who just pop an address into the GPS and blindly hope it gets them there.

I really don’t think the Milwaukee predicament is much of an issue. It’s almost impossible to totally fill a train the whole length of the route. If it becomes concerning to the states involved, they will employ the same sort of fare management that Amtrak employs for the LD trains that sell...

It seems the long distance connections for the Borealis are to the CONO in both directions and the westbound Capitol Limited. We’ll see how that holds up. The connection from the Borealis to the CONO is a mere 51 minutes, tight even by NEC standards.

https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101905729/in-transit-amtraks-future-in-california An interesting local podcast on the problems surrounding ridership and ways to increase it. I don’t fully endorse everything in it, but it is interesting nonetheless

No, there was at one point service from Louisville to Florida, which caused the failure of the private AutoTrain. I think the service is only really economically viable on 16-20 hour runs over flat country. Mountains really dampen the schedules of mixed trains more than regular passenger...

Mea culpa. 96% is correct. Good catch. YTD Total seat miles 2024: Star 132.4, Meteor 122.9. 2019 was the apex of the Anderson anti-accountability age.

With the understanding that tomorrow is Mother’s Day and volume will be higher than typical, 507 and 518 each are showing nearly sold out (less than 4 tickets available) for tomorrow, this after the addition of coaches and round trips in the last year. The route is becoming remarkably popular

The March Monthly Performance Report is out. Again these are monthly, not YTD figures. The following four routes are between 95%-100% of March 2019 ridership (Note this month begins comparison with 2019 figures to better follow the twelve months pre-COVID). Six routes are between 95 and 100%...

https://www.news10.com/news/local-news/upcoming-closure-to-amtrak-adirondack-line/ Local media confirming the aforementioned outage. No technical details provided

We have on pretty reliable authority that there are ample Horizon coaches and more coming https://railfan.com/in-effort-to-resolve-equipment-shortages-amtrak-to-rebuild-63-cars/ With an estimated ridership of 170/train a two coach train would sell out many days in a month. It would also be...

That’s a huge deal given March is not typically a high point in the ridership year. It suggests plenty of room to run.

If you put the quarter billion wasted on the Key and the $180,000,000 here together (Only about $50,000,000 was wasted… ONLY!), plus interest, you get most of Silverliner VI done.