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    Lollygagging through Connecticut

    The track speed between New Rochelle and New Haven has been same 70/75 for nearly century. Metro north did have a small section of 90 but it did not really help timekeeping and wasted a lot of money in maintenance, so even that was dropped. the line has many restrictions , be it bridges or curves.
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    Metro North to Penn Station

    whole tech shebang
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    Metro North to Penn Station

    more pictures , taken 10 years ago
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    Metro North to Penn Station

    yes but there really is no room each and every M-8 is equipped with the dual purpose third rail shoe
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    Can we use squeegees on the outside of windows?

    bring long stick for squeezy , them windows are higher than you think.
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    Wedding Ceremony in Grand Central Terminal

    Neroden , Metro North owns the rail levels but not the terminal .
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    Wedding Ceremony in Grand Central Terminal

    Metro North does not really own Grand Central , the Grand Central partnership does . but start here : Contact - Grand Central Terminal
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    Getting hired by Amtrak

    keep in mind for each job posted about 1 to 2 thousands apply .
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    $66 billion for Amtrak

    the 66 billion is not just Amtrak, it is also not operations but capital improvements. it is also a 5 year appropriations bill, take it from there.
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    LIRR Service to Grand Central

    first one we know off, rail seem to be pretty shiny already and no it is not from work trains
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    LSL #449 has Private Car

    NYC 3 Portland maybe ?
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    DC Metro Suspends 7000-Series Kawasaki Cars

    more on this here: Drastically reduced Metro service until at least Sunday as derailment investigation continues | WTOP
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    Amtrak chargers

    so delivered are Siemens /Amtrak 300 and 301 ? but were are they ? did I miss something.
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    Eurostar passenger booted for wearing wrong mask

    Guess there is always two sides to story, but starting argument with employees will put passenger at loosing end. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10072063/French-police-ARREST-British-Eurostar-passenger-wearing-wrong-type-mask.html
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    Empire Builder accident (9/25/21)

    watch this: they seem to hint at track and state train was within speed. they clearly state train derailed before it reached the switch .
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    UK's Boris Johnson takes Amtrak to Meet President at White House

    The fact Biden not taking Amtrak right now s not his choice but Secret Service. Politicians In Europe are much more main stream , the Dutch Prime Minister rides his bike to work and even children of the King bike to school .
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    Power "off and on" on Empire Builder

    The Genesis has a protection system , if a 480 volt jumper in train is loose or defective , once train speed gets below 10 mph the power drops out , so a person trying to correct the jumper issue won't get zapped
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    Metro North, failure to enforce mask rules.

    MTAPD has issued zero tickets since may 2020. violators are pulled from one train just to be put on other train by MTAPD. Cdr's are powerless , as they can not call police due to electronics ban. they can only call RTC (dispatcher) who will most likely not call MTAPD cause he/she refuses to...
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    Sleepers at the consist rear are preferable

    have you thought about applying for management ??
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