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Sadly, before I worked at JetBlue I was at Delta doing a similar job. When I used to try to do this the sups would get pissed off as hell if I switched anything up... I would say "but..." and the resposne is "thats not how we do things. what we have is something that works, don't change it..."...

I must admit that some of the best rail trips I have had have been in the rain. Maybe it's that "missery loves company" or something but I always think of taking the train in the rain as to being really comfortable inside with a good book. make sense though, trains make me really relaxed and...

I remember seeing this in the timetable as a child. I never knew it was only a few coaches... I actually looked on the board when I tooked the train to Tampa last spring but didn't see it and figured that was the route it has gone...

It seems that a lot of cities are realizing that by creating a "inter-model" transportation hub of sorts in these areas they can actually help boost the area's economy. I think the best and smartest one I heard was some time back (I wish I could remember which city) about using space in old...

Yeah thats kinda what I figured... Airlines are kind of similar in the fashion that there is a preset of how fast to fly the aircraft- something they really enforce now with the price of fuel. if you're a smartpilot and actually give a hoot, you can ask ATC for a direct routing (a bouns of not...

See, I kinda of assumed that Amtrak had to use some type of GDS system cuz I knew that they partcipated with Continental in doing codeshares. What I didn't understand (and apparently I'm not the only one) is why when booking travel on expedia or something if flights are sold out why they...

awesome! do you have a link so we can check it out? Philzy

I’ve been playing with this idea in the back of my mind for some time: “What if all the passenger rail providers used the same reservation system?” Amtrak and Commuter rail providers! As I’ve mentioned in other threads I worked for the airlines for years. While working for the Legacy Airlines a...

Very Interesting stuff! I went on a hunt for the Coast Daylight checking out the Wiki article. That lead me here and then aslo lead me here...Now mind you one of those articles was written Oct 2006 so we can't count on too much from that one... In this article it states: Which makes me wonder...

<i>"We just don't have the fleet to run trains that long. Funny, in 1994 we had the fleet, but not the ridership. Now we have the ridership, but not the fleet.</i> lol, thats what I was thinking that kind of make me want to write this thread. At least I'm not the only one thinking this...

I was just browsing through some photos of the Crescent on-line and checking out some videos and I started thinking about all my Crescent trips. Recently the past few times I’ve ridden the Crescent from between my home town of Charlottesville and Washington the train “it self” has seemed to be...

So I was looking through pictures of the Crescent on Flicker and came across this one somehow of the Michigan Central Train Station. I was actually kinda shocked as I’d never ever heard anything about it before, I guess from not being from that area of the country. I checked out the wiki artcile...

Ahhh, yes you are right I was looking at the CS routing... I actually couldn't find a routing of the San Joaquins extended down to LA. 8.5 hours to 12 is a pretty big improvement. So, i'm sure that would most likely be the route of choice. But knowing Californians they'll prob decide that it's...

the next question I'm sure (on everyones minds) will be where will these cars go to? new trains? or extra cars on current service?

Interesting ! While there is always the question of funding lets say we had it...I think a morning, early afternoon and late evening departure in each direction would suit it perfectly. I was comparing the run from Oakland to LA andit looks like trip time is running about 12 hours. So each...

So, curiosity gets the best of me and I decided to do a little bit of investigating myself. After pulling up some figures from the DOT in regards to EAS services here I was able to calculate some figures that are kind of interesting. You’ll have to excuse me on the rail figures though as since...

Well, I debated placing this in the other Amtrak California thread but I’ll prob have too many questions and will end up hijacking the thread. So here goes…. I just moved out to the West Coast in Sacramento for the moment actually (and loving it here btw). I was kinda puzzled when I came out...

Wow, I know I'm a young'n but that is just fascinating... It's so interesting to read the Carrier Notice "...The ICC has ordered this operation to continue untill March 31, 1979..." I've never seen anything like that, quite neat. Thank you for sharing that. As a child i would hoard amtrak time...

So, yesterday in a valiant search to find more information on rail in Virginia I came across an article that… well just knocked my socks off. :lol: It’s a good read plain and simple, It's from earlier this year in the Washington Monthly. Be forewarned though it is a long read, but well worth...

a ha! I knew you guys would have some input! Awesome read, you guys a are a wealth of knowledge! Rafi thanks for the diagram, I had kinda figured that since a build up around the area might result in broad street not having the same ability as it once did before. Can't be any worse than backing...