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I do concede that this is a possibility, but it is also true that when this issue first came up in October, when this issue first arose, that staffers for Connecticut Public Radio who were on a particularly problematic train to cover the story heard a crew member stating  that lack of available...

I should clarify, while the article doesn't make it explicit, a local rail and transit advocacy group is saying on its Twitter page that no standees are being allowed at all. I did not link to this in my initial post out of consideration that people who don't have a twitter account might not be...

Considering this newly enforced policy then, assuming it is true that the agreement between Amtrak and ConnDot stipulates that Amtrak is to honor Hartford Line tickets on an equal basis with its own tickets, then Amtrak needs to switch to having its tickets be unreserved seating between New...

I see. Thanks for the information. I assume this is partially to do with the fact that the cars used by Amtrak don’t have grab handles like transit busses and commuter rail and rail transit cars do? On a less serious note, as for no SRO on airplanes, I take it you have never seen Ryanair’s...

Despite repeated assurances that it would no longer occur, Amtrak's practice of denying boarding to passengers holding Hartford Line tickets, while allowing Amtrak ticket holders to board, has continued. Amtrak has stated it is unsafe to allow these passengers to ride as standees when no seats...

This is a purely hypothetical question because I imagine there is little demand for such a service and so it would almost certainly not be financially viable, but is there anything from a technical standpoint that would prevent the provision of at seat and/or in sleeper room satellite tv like...

In since the Ex-Metroliner cab cars are now past 50 years old, has Amtrak had to obtain waivers to continue operating them, or was their conversion to cab cars so extensive a modification that they are  treated as only dating from their conversion in 1988 for the purposes of that regulation? 

Thank you for the clarification, I didn't realize that the term referred specifically to cars that underwent conversion from steam heating. Does that mean that Amtrak's original baggage cars were heated, if they were considered part of the heritage fleet? I didn't think they would be, since they...

I was aware of the retirement of the Pacific Parlor Cars last winter, but I was surprised when I recently read an article mentioning that their retirement marked the end of the use of the heritage fleet in regular revenue service. Why aren't the Ex-Metroliner Cab Cars considered part of the...

Another option is that you can take a thruway bus to Philly from Scranton (really a thru-ticked Martz Trailways line run), take a Regional train to DC, and then go to Chicago on the Capitol Limited, as shown below.

The source of my confusion was that I didn't realize that the Downtown Transit Center is on the former Redlands Loop. I had assumed it was on the Southern Transcon main line.

In that case, then how do the Metrolink trains continue to their terminus at the San Bernardino Transit Center in Downtown San Bernardino?

So right now, the Southwest Chief is not stopping at San Bernardino because the elevator to the Amtrak platform is out of service. What i'm wondering is, what is the reason that the Chief can't just use the Metrolink platforms?

Assuming you can manage the 3/4 mile (1.2km) walk, your best bet is to just go to McKinney and Smith and pick up the route 40 bus from there. It's basically the same distance as walking to the Theater District light rail station and then you have a one seat ride. If you have mobility issues that...

I figured as much.

Looks like Cabin has entered a new market /s https://www.ridecabin.com

Just to clarify, even the locomotive's dynamic brakes, and not just the train air brakes, are controlled by train line? Also I realize I was very verbose in my question, and I could have phrased it in a less confusing manner. I also meant to include a link that I neglected to. If you look at...

With the rear unit disabled, wouldn't only its air brakes have been operable and not the dynamic brakes? I don't think it would have made much of a difference though considering braking began only about five seconds before the derailment. As for the part about the "accordion effect", the...

I assume the state of the trackage makes a detour over the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad (Siskiyou Pass Route/former Oregon and California Line) infeasible?

I actually only mentioned the former Rock Island route because I didn't realize the route via Quincy was still intact. I was under the impression the bridge over the Mississippi River was never rebuilt after the 1993 flood. I guess i was mistaken about that too.