Recent content by jiml

Great angle.

Completely agree. The new charcoal with yellow stripe and red maple leaf, applied to both the Siemens and redone Budds so far, looks great and professional with the new lettering font. I was so hoping they were done with the trendy wraps and mismatched colors.

As a snowbird in a group that has a large Midwest contingent, the destination of choice is the Northwest Florida panhandle, near the Alabama border. That's a full day's drive from the southern terminus of the current Auto Train. Unlike the disaster that is I-95, our group members primarily use...

What is interesting is how they've started repainting some Budd cars in the same charcoal and yellow scheme. It also looks classy as they move on from the assorted blues, greens with the phase-out of the Renaissance and LRC fleets. Hoping they follow Amtrak's P42 lead and update some locomotives.

That's what I suspected, however they'll have plenty of time to work on it given the pace of a new ballpark. ;)

As the Siemens sets become more plentiful, here's some footage from a local videographer:

Some downtown ballparks have little or no parking and rely on public transit. Whether that's practical in Tampa would have to be determined.

That one statement makes perfect sense for "today's" Amtrak. :(

It has been over a year but the tracks through Oldsmar were still seeing the occasional CSX freight, and the route parallels SR580 including a very scenic crossing of Safety Harbor near the canal mouth.

Locomotive number is wrong in the video description:

CP steamer 2816 is currently on tour, travelling beween Calgary and Mexico City, so may be what you saw/heard. It was due into Chicago sometime this week on the original itinerary. No idea whether it is on schedule. https://www.cpkcr.com/en/community/final-spike-steam-train

Another great and thorough report!

...and reduce the chances of more whistle blowers. ;)