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I thought they might as well. Does Brightline use FEC operating crews or are the conductor and engineer direct employees of Brightline. Sounds like the staff on the trains that are not conductors and engineers are Brightline clearly, hence the TWU drive. Employees of unions are also covered...

Looks like Brightline is not part of RRB but they are being organized under the RLA law and NMB agency. I assume TWU could make that part of negotiations. Link downloads a PDF file of all employers in RRB as of 2024 July 1. Brightline is NOT on the list. I assume the list is updated every 6...

I have had the same problem.

I think so. Here is what I know. https://www.twu.org/brightline-florida-workers-file-for-a-union-starting-the-path-for-a-voice-on-the-job/ Since TWU is filing with NMB and not NLRB it seems the employees fall under RLA and not NLRA. In that case right to work for less would not apply as it...

Working people have been taking a beating for decades and transport is one of the last strongholds of labor unions to keep a floor on wages, benefits, and working conditions. I don't like seeing Brightline have non-union operations that can cut into unionized Amtrak. Even if Brightline is...

I just read that Brightline employees in Florida on board service were looking to join the Transport Workers Union (TWU). Good to see this development

The Crescent is so much more a nicer route up to DC. Obviously cost is a consideration but Eastern NC is just sooo flat.

For all the Simpsons fans out there I have to reply with the quote. "Le Pub, what the Heck is Le Pub?" IYKYK

Trains February 1965 page 3 on editorial column TV for the Special For the 77th season of its wintertime extra-fare Florida Special, Atlantic Coast Line is adding television (23-inch black- and-white sets installed at ceiling height in all coaches, lounges, and recreation cars) to such other...

Not connected to any magazine directly but just read about this on another social media site. Music in a lounge car in the 1970s. http://www.fenderrhodes.com/v2/gallery/13/Amtrak+Rhodes.html

So Amtrak's call.

Is it FNBO or Amtrak that is making the decision to bump AGR members up a tier? I was bumped to Select though I missed it by a a bit for this year, but I have already made Select and now working on Select Plus. I doubt I make it but it may be close due to credit card spend. I did earn some good...

Mistake is one word about ownership. It would be nice to have had 25% more riders but it is more riders, and it is also with less stops on some of the trains. A good measure would be how many rode the train and took cars off the road because the 5th RT made it doable. Anything that is adding...

2024 so far seems to have good numbers https://www.wcnc.com/article/travel/north-carolina-train-ridership-records-broken-2024-travel/275-2c2eb045-25d6-4d08-8da6-5bae921eeff7

Trains, July 1964. 16 pages on the Crescent Limited. Lots of exterior pictures but not as many interior shots and no diagrams of car layouts.

November 1963, Trains magazine of course, has an excerpt from a book by David Morgan. The chapter is about some Burlington Denver Zephyr cars with many diagrams of the car layouts. Very interesting to see the diagrams. One of the car diagrams is the vaunted slumbercoach that is discussed on...

I think it is so late it is now impacting the return 20 tomorrow. Edit: Now not "not."

Trains, march 1963 has an article about "Those Budget Sleepers". The 49.16 in a sleepercoach (a slumbercoach) is $506.39 in today's dollars using the federal government website. Amtrak has a roomette for $698 booking a few months out.

Trains, November 1962. Arrivals and Departures. PREDICTION: U.S. Steel's Vice- President Traffic E. Grosvenor Plowman thinks commuter services will probably be nationalized eventually but expects private enterprise still to be running other air, truck, and rail transportation by 1999.

If anyone is curious about the Crescent 19 and the huge delay at Charlotte. I was told by an employee while I was at the GRO station this morning there was a freight derailment around Atlanta. I assume north of Atlanta. I guess they got to Charlotte and maybe let people off the train if they...