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It’s probably the same language pulled from the OBSSM so it doesn’t panic passengers or anyone else.

Not a huge surprise but glad it’s finally confirmed. Hoping they turn out well!

KCS/CP deal doesn’t mean anything. The KCS board has a fiduciary duty to pursue the best deal for the shareholders, and if that ends up being CN instead of CP then it’ll be CN/KCS.

frequentflyer hit it right on the head. Any new piece of equipment is gonna have teething issues. That’s why the Navy does shakedown cruises with new ships and after refits: to find and repair defects.

1) Love the profile picture. 2) Yes, politicians do indeed love studies. Some use studies to delay or derail (pardon the pun) projects like this so the other side will drop it. Other use studies to show a potentially hostile crowd that this isn't some half-baked project and that their tax...

Gotta consider potential issues with CSX on that run. The Plymouth Subdivision isn't in rough shape but it also is going to take a lot of improvement. SOTL is something that is still very much on Amtrak's wish list. I remember that their five-year plan from two years ago specifically listed...

The OBSSM doesn’t cover everything. The version available on Amtrak’s website is also a redacted version (says so right in the URL). Conductors and OBS personnel use their best judgement when the situation requires a non-standard response. Frankly, if I had to choose between a Conductor who...

Masks are required on all public transport systems. Trainmasters have likely been instructed to do frequent audits to ensure the crew is enforcing the law and taking action if someone is disobeying. As a result, masks announcements are frequent. Station stop announcements are also a frequent...

I disagree...if Amtrak is contracted to run a service and it says AMTRAK and it’s marketed as AMTRAK then its an Amtrak service. You don’t see regional airlines operating their jets in their own paint normally because there are branding standards. The times you do are for aircraft to float...

it’s the special one, phase VI hasn’t been released yet.

Major transportation coordination centers have redundancy in their power supplies to account for power loss or natural disasters. Not to mention that those systems are pretty well secured. While I agree that some sort of assessment has likely been done, there’s no way we’d every see anything...

Ive been working on one based off the Viewliner design but it’s nowhere near ready to be shown. I’m not even sure I still have it on my laptop hard disk but I’ll look for it.

I don’t disagree (and as an avid West Wing fan I’d like to think I’ve learned a decent amount of how things work in DC) but had this happened sooner, I probably wouldn’t have accepted with a major Class I and waited to see if Amtrak was going to start hiring conductors again.

I wish the House would’ve done this sooner so it was ready for the new Admin in January...it would’ve significantly changed my career plans.

Again, all stolen off Twitter. Can’t remember the user’s handle but they aren’t my photos. So far I like what I see. Very spacious and the windows look great.

Ye ask and ye hath received. stolen off Twitter. There are more but I can’t post right now

Oh heavens, what's with the Heritage diner in the middle of the consist? Axle count?

I don’t think it’s passed through Kalamazoo yet unless I missed it. Haven’t heard anything this morning

IDOT has informed me that the test train left Chicago at 7:20 Central this morning. Should be on the AML now barring any delays.

The western half of the AML is already 110mph barring slow orders due to maintenance or ITCS failure. The real trick has been getting everything east of Kalamazoo up to par. NS left it in pretty bad shape when MDOT bought up the line. Work has been proceeding slowly over the last few years and...