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Alas, the slippery slope..... As a Delta ACS employee: DAY-DTW is usually operated by a CRJ-200. The "Deuce Canoe" barely counts as an aircraft; it's a glorified Greyhound bus that breaks far too often. Glad we're finally getting rid of it. As for the other DCI fleet types: Both the...

Don’t think so. They run 110 on the AML regularly. They could probably do 125 without much of an issue and even if the current ones can’t, a revamped Horizon series probably could with some tweaks.

Siemens is building cars for the California order, the IDOT order, and I’m not sure if they’re totally done with Brightline yet.

I am almost certain it will be Siemens, and not just for the versatility of their product line. Having an all-Siemens fleet would VASTLY improve fleet standardization and would reduce costs. Any agreement would most likely include a TSSSA clause ensuring that Siemens will help with fleet upkeep...

That's what I heard.

They work out of GR but administratively they report to the trainmaster/RFE in Battle Creek.

I’ve heard that GR is a sub-base of Battle Creek, just like Port Huron is a sub-base of Pontiac (apparently). It surprises me because I know there is (or was) a T&E base in BTL but if the AML West crews are CHI and AML East is Pontiac, then what’s the point of having a BTL base?

I’m trying to get an idea of what services in Chicago utilize Chicago-based T&E crews. I know all of the long-distance services do, but I recently learned that most AML trains west of Battle Creek are crewed by Chicago T&E. Are all corridor services based out of Chicago too? How does this work?

This presentation happened earlier today. I wasn't able to attend it live but I did go through the PDF document and it contained a veritable gold mine of information. Here are some of the current/potential corridors listed as "Under Review" by Amtrak. Any city name in bold is a new corridor...

If the decision was made already and they’re included in the meeting minutes, then there’s a good chance the file is sequestered until Amtrak puts out their press release.

No Seriously, no news. NGEC didn’t have a meeting in August. Or at least the minutes aren’t online.

The only reason BNSF hasn’t is because they’re still privately owned. I bet that if they were public like the others, their shareholders would’ve put the screwed to senior management already to implement PSR.

That could be something that DOT can do. However I’d imagine the AAR is still going to fight it with everything they have.

You wouldn’t have to mandate anything. Tell the railroads that DOT is going to start enforcing the “Amtrak first” policy and they don’t care how it gets done, as long as it’s safe and within the confines of the applicable sections of the CFR. Even if you were somehow able to get train length...

I wouldn't say it's a nail in the coffin yet. There is still a chance IF the federal government starts taking enforcement seriously.

Couldn't agree more. It was bad before but with the Class I companies continuing with PSR, it's just gonna get worse. Trains that are 12000+ feet in length fit very few places, and since no one wants to spend the money to upgrade the infrastructure...

One, and that was for CalTrans. None of the Chicago cars were on the NEC as far as I am aware.

Those specifications likely wouldn’t be anything that we have access to as members of the public. However, as RickyCourtney said, Siemens wouldn’t have much of an issue making changes if needed.

Yes

It’s really not hard to believe at all...