Recent content by Goldspike_Railfanning

I am aware, but this is much less green than what it sounds like for older rolling stock if we’re basing it off the red marks for First Class on the Viewliners. It looks fine in smaller amounts at least.

All in an effort to provide a wayfinding color for each class, though I have mixed opinions on green for coach… it doesn’t feel like Phase VII like the red, white, and blue that we usually see. Another person I spoke to even suggested not giving coach a wayfinding color and just keep it blue...

The remaining ALC-42s will probably take 2-3 years to be fully delivered. After about four-ish years, we're about to see the delivery of the first 75. But there's also the Airo sets coming in which will take more time. Good thing that second facility in Lexington will be in operation soon.

Unless something has changed, WisDOT should already have an order for six Venture cars and three cab cars. They are likely behind schedule just as the San Joaquins cab cars are finally being manufactured; however, I don’t know anything about the status of the order. sjvrailfan says they may be...

Virginia has broken ground on the new Long Bridge! This project is part of a larger project to separate passenger and freight traffic in Virginia between DC and Richmond by constructing a third and fourth mainline track on the RF&P. These two tracks will be owned by VPRA and will prioritize...

Confirmed to be new SC-44s, courtesy of WorldwideRailfan.

The conversion of P42s does not confirm the HHPC program a failure and instead is a rumor. Remember that the P42C project is based in Rensselaer while the HHPC project is based in Wilmington. Nothing states that one project cancels the other. Supposedly, 9750 is waiting for crews to be trained...

Amtrak probably has their reasons whatever the case. At least some of the other yards are still getting upgrades for Airo.

Not sure; however, both yards that you mentioned are still two of the five yards (not including Philadelphia) expected to receive upgrades to handle the Airo train sets, which will probably include some sort of maintenance facility since Seattle is also one of the yards. The Keystones are a...

The two new locomotives for Cascades are actually diesel SC-44s to supplement the existing fleet. No hybrid power is involved.

The Cascades sets are fully diesel. Essentially, it’s what Midwest has but with different interiors and a cab car. Also the battery APVs that the Empire Services are getting aren’t for long term use. The point of them is so that the diesel engines aren’t running in the tunnel to NY Penn and in...

Yes, 4626 got the nose and I believe other Midwest Chargers will head to PLS to get it too. It's also been implied that the WSDOT Chargers may get the nose around the time the Airo sets come in, but not confirmed as far as I know.

Airo is an Amtrak branding of the Siemens Venture sets; however, these cars are also modified to Amtrak's requested standards rather than being in an "off-the-shelf" configuration like the Midwest and San Joaquins Venture cars. Aside from that, the Airo sets consist of Venture cars and Charger...

It is worth noting that the Airo sets are being used to replace intercity consists, which often use Amfleet Is. Since the night trains use Viewliners as well, or Superliners, Amtrak is not looking to replace those consists with sets that do not provide roomettes, etc., which explains the...

Now there is the Commonwealth Corridor that was approved by the Corridor ID program, so we will see some east/west service eventually. However, given the number of projects on the DC - Richmond corridor, and the heavy infrastructure upgrades the Doswell - Charlottesville part of the route...