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Turning an Empire Service train at NYP (instead of running through to Sunnyside) would require it to occupy a track and platform space at NYP for a significant period of time. During the day, especially during morning and evening rush hours, these tracks are in very short supply. (I think that...

It is possible the 48 was totally booked, so they sold all the 448 roomettes, but later some of them were cancelled or still available between ALB and BOS, freeing up some of them but not for the full trip, or even that when they originally opened up 48/448 for reservations on your travel date...

Thanks, but not nearly as much as a lot of other people here 🤫.

On the westbound 3, forced to terminate/turn around at La Junta, will they let passengers who elect to return to Chicago (or wherever they originated) to get off at the first stop with an airport that is open, and book a flight to Albuquerque or LA? Can sleeper passengers keep their rooms...

That kind of makes sense since in the winter, there is a fair chance of freezing temperatures in Lorton but essentially zero chance in Sanford. It must be significantly more expensive to build and maintain a washing stand in a place that can freeze versus one in Florida. Also, given the choice...

VL 1 bedrooms (including the H room) have toilets and showers. VL1 roomettes have toilets and a shared shower at the end of the car, occupying the space of what would be the last roomette. VL2 roomettes don't have private toilets. Instead there are two shared toilets at the end of the car...

The existing tunnels have serious structural issues. Do you propose they wait until one or both collapse or flood before starting this process? They could in theory totally shut down one tunnel, rehab it, reopen it and do the same for the other tunnel. Running two directions in a single...

Viewliners. Single level equipment is the entire point. The Cap is/was Superliners, the Star is single-level (and must be to use the Hudson River and East River tunnels in New York.) By truncating the Star at DC and combining it with the Cap there, either single-level (Viewliners and...

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I moved to Watertown Sq (on the river just downstream from the Galen St bridge), directly across from the trolley maintenance facility in Jan 1986. The A branch had long been closed, but the maintenance yard was still in use and I remember the banging going on all night, especially in the...

I didn't know they had dumped the articulated trolley buses on the Silver Line. It always seemed so stupid that they ran diesel through the Williams Tunnel. One of the drivers told me it was because they didn't want to get stuck in traffic jams in the tunnel, but that made no sense. They...

I have walked from the Airport T station to a terminal, but many years ago and I'm pretty sure they've changed everything. It was possible, but not very pleasant or direct and I think I had to use a cross-walk across the main airport loop road that the car drivers basically ignored. I would...

It says "A more modern approach is likely to be taken" but judging by the logo, it looks like they are planning to use coal-fired steam locomotives and the passenger cars will be refurbished 19th century cars used to transport circus animals? A great view in the summer but not very comfortable...

Take it down, brick by brick, carefully labeling and keeping separate the exterior, windows and doors, etc. Remove the remaining structure. Excavate and build a new foundation that meets earthquake standards. Build an earthquake-proof steel frame (or other best practice) on top of the new...

I'm in favor because I live within walking distance of a station on the existing Fitchburg branch and the track is immediately adjacent to my sister's property in Charlemont. If I could just convince them to build a station where the tracks cross Route 2!

I think a lot of the proposed routes would require many miles of track to be replaced or upgraded to permit reasonable passenger speeds. 25 mph just won't cut it, even if non-perishable freight doesn't mind. As long as the ROW is intact and bridges, causeways, cuts and tunnels haven't been...

Absolutely. I once was booked on a Sunday evening regional NYP->BOS, then just before the trip discovered I had reasons to stay a little longer in New York and modified my reservation to coach in the 66. However, I messed up and didn't check the date. It turn out I was on the early Sunday...

That kind of problem can be prevented with what NASA calls "dissimilar redundancy", such as using GPS to verify all trains are on the expected tracks and are traveling at the expected speeds, but this is very expensive and won't fix software problems in the computer system that is controlling...

My Verizon "International on demand" feature (I forget what it is actually called) has a feature to disable international roaming, but you have to explicitly disable it. Since I wasn't planning to cross the border (and never actually did), it never occurred to me to disable it. I was going to...

I got nailed for Verizon international day charge as I slept near El Paso on the SL/TE. At some point we were a few hundred yards on the US side of the border, and my phone was asleep the entire time so I place no calls, sent no messages and did no web browsing through a Mexican cell tower. So...