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Amtrak should never allow CAF to build any kind of car for them in the future. CAF truly botched this job in a big way. Is the sleeper order even complete at this late date? CAF must have one person working on the entire project at this date.

Rent a car companies are the worst. They ask your preference for the type of car you want, but there's no guarantee they'll actually have that type of car available when you arrive at the office -- and this is in the best of times. A friend of mine reserved a "large size car" for a trip from his...

I think it was just a press opportunity. The loco and cars are probably already gone back into service.

Then they're nobody I'd want to know.

Broadway Limited, of course, is one of the first trains that should be reinstated. It served a number of large markets and the rail routes still exist. The National limited is more of a problem such part of it has been abandoned or turned into a slow moving short line. There's probably a way to...

It's a new technology. There's always problems with new technology. New technology never works as well as its hyped.

The platform at Homewood is being rebuilt. Actually it's been under construction for some time. There will also be new elevator access and I believe the station building is being renovated. There's a connecting bus to Kankakee for wanting to use the Homewood station.

Did that class you took in counter-terrorism teach you not to reveal all the security flaws at a location so as not to make it easier for people to utilize those flaws to attack that place. I don't think we needed to everything about Beech Grove and how it apparently is pretty easy to breach...

It was probably a news picture of the first days of the fare gates.

That looks to be the South Water Street entrance at the north end of the Randolph St. terminal. This was before the construction of the Illinois Center complex which completely covered the platforms.

In addition, you need the cooperation of the freight railroads. Look at how hard CSX is fighting Amtrak on adding two roundtrip trains from Mobile to New Orleans. Think CSX will just OK to a second train on the Lake Shore Limited?

More trains, more cost....somebody's got to pay for it.

I would suggest just sitting together once you get on the train. I doubt if a crew person would physically try to remove you.

It amazes me that only CN has this problem. Perhaps they should actually install shunts that work.

I've been checking around the internet and I don't really see any Randolph St. station photos before the latest refurbishment. I've used Randolph St. for more years than I can count and I never took a photo there! The station just isn't very photogenic. My early memories of the place, from the...

I'm certain CSX, along with the other major railroads, have a full staff of lobbyists and are happy to make political donations to those who support their agenda ---both at the state and national level.

So these are all routes that state and local governments interested in, and in many cases, are well beyond the "wish list" status. It makes much more sense to work on these projects, rather than somebody's pipe dream.

I not sure the restoration of these routes, which travel through miles and miles of unpopulated areas, is necessarily a good idea. The establishment of corridors around the country serving cities that are currently underserved, or not served at all, would be a much better idea.

CN recently unveiled a number of heritage units, including IC, EJ&E, GTW, Wisconsin Central.

Well, for one thing, the chocolate and orange was only used on passenger units. IC's freight locos -- including the Geeps used in passenger service -- were always in black and white. During the ICG era, freight locos showed up in orange and white.