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There were a few Ohio projects in the RPA presentation a couple months ago, including trains to Cincy and Cleveland (via TOL).

Agreed. Assuming Biden is the 46th POTUS, (they're just projections right now), it would be a very, very good thing for Amtrak for the next four to eight years. It might finally be the break they've been waiting for to start expanding into new areas (MSY, DEN, PDX, MSP) and improving service...

When Delta and Northwest merged, Worldspan was merged into the DLTerm system and was left online. I can still access everything that Worldspan could do back when NWA was still around but I mainly just use it for weather. These systems have been around for ages and still work (mostly) well. I...

I think it’s a little early to be asking about who Biden may or may not appoint. No one has been declared the winner yet.

As jis said, they won't be going anywhere outside of the Chicago Corridor Network. Wouldn't be too difficult to program a fleet management system (I'm sure Amtrak has one) that would classify certain cars as "qualified" or "not qualified" (to put it simply) for a certain service based on the...

I think a good idea of how badly Amtrak wants to switch to trainsets outside of the NEC is displayed by the history of the trainset with Amtrak. Wasn’t exactly a lasting solution. I’m sure technology has advanced since the Turboliners and I commend Amtrak for checking things out again but I’m...

It doesn’t help that UK trains all have to be custom-built due to the restrictive loading gauge. The technical issues that need to be overcome to effectively shrink the units are likely complex.

It’s absolutely possible that Hitachi will use the Breda subsidiary to help produce the cars. All I’m saying is that it doesn’t say Hitachi Rail Italy (the new name for Breda), just Hitachi Rail. From what I’ve read the two entities are separate but that could’ve easily been changed.

They’re buying the 8000 series cars from Hitachi Rail, not the Breda subsidiary from what I understand. At least that’s what it says on the Wiki page.

I was just seeing the same stuff in my research. WMATA called the Breda cars the most unreliable units in their fleet. Hardly a glowing report.

Hitachi (to my knowledge, and according to their website) has never made rolling stock for the US. The chances that they will do so are not great. Kawasaki has made heavy rail rolling stock for a variety of commuter lines in the US, but nothing like what Amtrak is looking for. Take it from...

I think Chicago-MSP has been in the works for a long time. It’s a viable higher-speed corridor that if done right could be a great addition to the Chicago Hub Network.

It isn't always cut-and-dry like that. There are a number of trains that only dis/embark passengers depending on the location and direction in order to better serve the community. The City of New Orleans for example, picks up passengers at Homewood, IL, going south and only discharges going...

I volunteer for a small railroad track gang as well so I can somewhat answer this. “Spiking a switch” means just that. You drive a spike into the gauge so the points can’t be moved. We use it when we place a spur track out of service. Low tech security measure really

Chances are it’s primarily financial-related. Kinda hard to convince Congress to give you more money with one hand when you’re signing a deal to completely overhaul your single-level fleet with the other. All passenger-carrying entities are struggling right now, and Amtrak is no exception...

The order won’t change. The delivery schedule will.

Chicago-Detroit is the same way. I’m not an “active” advocate because I don’t have the time to spare, but I would love for the establishment of a third pair of LD trains to run between Chicago and NY or Boston via Michigan and ideally Canada. Amtrak toyed with the idea a few years ago of...

Service standards didn’t come from just Anderson. Before he took over Delta, he was at Northwest, who had a relatively crappy customer service experience but was, from an operations standpoint, one of the best airlines in the world. crescent-zephyr is correct, neither a CEO or a manual will...

That experience ain’t worth more than $30 and even then I wouldn’t pay it, just so I could avoid flying the Deuce. It’s a little above my pay grade but there is an entire team of people in Atlanta that focus solely on the customer experience. We even have an ACS branding and signage guide that...

The US airline management folks love 'em. The passengers and ground crews...less so. Kinda hard to feel the "Delta Difference" when your shoulder is shoved up against the sidewall outcropping and you can't look out the window without breaking your neck. We had a 200 break so badly a month ago...