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The words "increasing and at record levels" in combination with a graph showing 2011-2017 imply that 2017 is the record level, which it obviously is not. If the intent is to say is that 2011-2017 taken as a whole are record levels, a graph showing long distance ridership for a longer period...

Ignorance of the reader may, however, be a direct result of the ignorance of the writer.

You're assuming multiple types of accommodations would be available on a given train. More likely they'd convert a route to exclusively offer Contemporary Sleeping.

Slice a Delta A350 down the middle, and you get a center aisle with a row of suites on each side, just like the Viewliner Delta One sketch by cocojacoby. The cabin interior width is 221", so half of that is 110.5". Viewliners are 125" outside. I haven't found any numbers on the interior...

There's also the possibility, depending on timing, that they would pull you from the train at Galesburg and put you on the bus to Champaign to board the CONO there.

If the government took over dispatching, it could require that no train be longer than the shortest siding on its route. As a side benefit, the resulting construction of siding extensions would create jobs.

I wonder if the OP actually contemplated loading and unloading cars at NOL or if that was just an indication of the route. Offhand I wouldn't see much demand for CHI-NOL or NOL-SFA, at least in comparison to CHI-SFA. I also wonder if it would need to be a separate train, at least at the...

The fast run between Frankfurt airport and Köln is interesting too, but not nearly as scenic as along the Rhine. Euromed (Valencia to Barcelona) has some nice views along the coast. Has anyone done the Semmering route between Vienna and Graz along the east edge of the Alps? I'm looking at...

In my case, west of Toledo, flying to Chicago would be inefficient; the choice is between Amtrak and driving. I was looking forward to the VL2 on the LSL; board at breakfast time, eat an omelet and visit with other passengers in the ambience of the new dining car while riding across northern...

Why stay in a hotel or in the station when you could be on a train? Northbound Option: Stay on 42 to NYP, transfer to 168 and ride up to Kingston RI, then back on 65. Southbound Option: Take the Meteor down to Rocky Mt NC and back.

The endpoint fallacy again. TE doesn't really exist for CHI-LAX, though a few might ride the whole route. It exists for city pairs like CHI-ELP and FTW-LAX and LRK-TUS. Similarly, the number of people who would ride NYP-EMY would be extremely small. The advantage of such a train would be for...

The quick math says $84/passenger net surplus on Acelas and $24/passenger on the Regionals. Tweaking supply and demand to push some Regional passengers to Acela and extract more revenue from the rest seems like an obvious strategy.

Yes, but do they stay open until the last train leaves?

The footcandle levels are basically the same as the building code requirements for lighting of the paths to an exit, the "means of egress." Except the building measurements are at floor level rather than 25 inches up. In a building, the egress lighting has a battery backup (or the building has...

For the record, 50(28) would have delivered you to PHL at 8:56 pm, only 20 minutes behind schedule. You would have been home (with the luggage) hours earlier.

... which would promptly become known informally as the Lunchburgers.

I wouldn't consider a one seat ride over 2000 miles (or two nights) to be reasonable. Now a one roomette ride, sure.

Usually towels. Yes. Usually yes. Usually no. Earplugs. Read the reviews on Hostelworld, TripAdvisor, etc. to get a sense of the protocol and vibe for the specific property, since they do vary.

Would they have been able to navigate their way out of the car and onto the platform, where you could meet them?

Equally important is *when* the statement was made. At the time, I believe the NS bilevel order would still have been in play and may have been factored in.