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A few days old, but another victory. https://therealdeal.com/miami/2017/09/30/treasure-coast-loses-another-bid-to-stop-extension-of-brightline-to-orlando/

To go in depth on what I experienced, Irma was indeed much more potent then Matthew. Tornado warnings were going off like fireworks on the fourth of July. I counted over a dozen tornado warnings before I lost power over the course of three and half hours. When I saw four tornado warnings all at...

I can report my power is back on too. Slowly places are coming back after getting power. Before the power came back, everyone lost power here and they lost service. No one could use their cellphones either, as the service was down.

I'm riding out the storm here in Orlando. All I'm worried about is flooding as there is a lake nearby (as are other people in my area), but we're confident we won't flood. Stay safe everyone in the state, we're all in this together.

Between 40-86 seats according to PDF on the Viaggio Comfort. Not sure on the bi-levels.

Not to go off topic, but we'll be lucky if the Second Avenue Subway even gets completed in our life time. Although, technically food service for the subway is more or less covered by news stands at select subway stations, if you consider candy and snacks food along with sodas, juice, and water...

A hurricane will hit South Florida again before one does a direct hit in Jacksonville, so that's being a little paranoid there. Natural disasters can hit any state and effect operations in some way. Blizzards in the northeast and Chicago, plus the severe storms and tornado threats.

This is interesting. http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/27/california-supreme-court-ruling-could-end-bullet-train-suits/

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http://www.masstransitmag.com/news/12354928/all-aboard-florida-has-requested-175b-federal-loan-would-likely-default-opponents-say

Moorman isn't giving up on the service. http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/07/17/amtrak-co-ceo-optimistic-restoring-service-gulf-coast/485000001/

I did hear from Moorman as he spoke at the National Press Club about extending the life of equipment. That was one of the things brought up, so life extensions of the P42s and Amfleet Is is no surprise there.

Well Prevost has been awarded a large contract for 360 buses from Greyhound. http://www.masstransitmag.com/press_release/12345744/prevost-awarded-large-greyhound-contract Greyhound Lines Inc. , based in Dallas Texas, has awarded Prevost a contract for up to 360 motorcoaches. The three year...

And it's backfiring real quick. I can't walk two miles in either direction without seeing roadside memorials. That's just in Orlando, I heard its worst in South Florida.

So it didn't go as far as I was expecting, nonetheless that was a strange sighting. Had to have been the strangest thing I've ever seen in the many times I've fanned Amtrak. These shots almost didn't happen yesterday, as I had to really convince myself to go there, but now I'm glad I did.

So yesterday, PO98 comes into the Winter Park Amtrak station and I was expecting it to be a usual consist. First time I had fanned Amtrak in a while. However, I was wrong as I found a surprise on the end of PO98. So I gotta ask, how often does this happen? Oh and yeah, the engine was...

Oh damn. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-airport-train-station-uncertain-20170423-story.html

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Not sure if this is the right topic for this, but interesting. Miami to Orlando could be among the first Hyperloop routes in the country, with a travel time of just over 26 minutes. The route was one of eleven announced as finalists today by Hyperloop One, which has hundreds of employees...

Wasn't sure where the Brightline station was, but I did take these pictures of the construction at the airport in February onboard a Lynx bus (FastLink 407). I'll do another ride onboard the 407 to take more shots of the construction soon.