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One FYI item: if you make a purchase now on your BoA card, then return or cancel it after the transition to FNBO, the “refund to original form of payment” will be pointed back to the old BoA card. In my past experience with change of banks like this, the credit will end up at FNBO. However, it...

The Ferrisburgh-Vergennes station building is not new. It was built in 1851 making it one of the older station buildings served by Amtrak. The building was moved about 1000 feet to its present location and extensively renovated in preparation for the Ethan Allen extension.

There is a period of each day when there are six CZ consists on the road at the same time. When the CZ departs from Chicago at 2pm CT, there is that consist in IL, another westbound in CO and a third westbound in CA. At that same time, there are three eastbound sets operating - one in CA...

Gee whiz. Making the maps was so much fun. 😁

Assuming my route assumptions are correct, this is what the diversion looks like. First image is the detail in the Schenectady area, second is the full route.

I did a topomap distance of the proposed diversion route and came up with just over 47 miles station to station between Schenectady (SDY) to Albany (ALB). At 30mph that would be about 90 minutes running time. Add 10 minutes each for the three changes in direction, we're up to two hours. Add...

The linked map provides a good overview of the rail lines in the Albany region. Albany Rail Map

Jim's burned down yesterday. Total loss. Vows to rebuild. NBC10

The Ethan Allen is wye'd at Rutland. Engine one end.

As far as I know, Business Class on the Pennsylvanian does not have pre-assigned seat like BC on the corridor. So, while you are (in theory) guaranteed a seat, if you want a good seat, boarding early would be helpful.

No party - railroad, government, property owner - has the authority to unilaterally install crossing protection. Any proposed improvement has to be approved by the appropriate regulatory authority. The federal DOT, which regulates railroads and sets standards for crossing protection, has...

Special number is 800-523-9101.

The requirement that all persons entering the country by air show proof of a negative COVID test taken within 24 hours of flight departure is being lifted effective Sunday, June 12. Land, sea entry did not have the pretesting requirement. USA Today

Why would flying back to Seattle from LA require you to stay in a hotel for an extra night or buy extra meals? Wouldn't you get back home a day earlier?

Yes.

With high speed rail, the optimum catenary span length is largely a factor of the design train speed. The action of the pantograph sliding along the contact wire imparts some significant dynamics such as waves and oscillations into the catenary system. The longer the span between supporting...

"County" is west of New Brunswick at MP 32.8 "Midway" is 8.5 miles west of County at MP 41.3 "CP Clark" is not shown in the NEC timetable, but Princeton Junction is at MP 55.7, so a little west of there. So, about 23 miles of speed upgrades.

There was a time when Amtrak served a major airport. This was service to a station in the airport terminal – not just nearby. It occurred in 1990 when Amtrak started service to the SEPTA stations in Philadelphia International Airport (PHL). As far as I know, it was the one and only time...

Amtrak updated their mask policy: While Amtrak passengers and employees are no longer required to wear masks while on board trains or in stations, masks are welcome and remain an important preventive measure against COVID-19. Anyone needing or choosing to wear one is encouraged to do so...

The OTOL mileage database is in MS Access and has all the timetable mileages for each station and each service - what I called the station "mileposts." These mileposts were entered the hard way - manually, one-at-a-time from the Amtrak system timetables (after first having produced a table of...