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This wouldn't bother me but some passengers won't like riding "backwards"

How many conductors were on the train when it was moved to the yard?

Also, one of the biggest reasons that the railroads agreed to Amtrak running passenger rail was because Amtrak took over financing the pensions of the employees of the passenger trains.

I don't think it has ever been a better time for Amtrak to expand their fleet. I think the demand is there. The long distance trains appear to have high load factors with many sleepers typically at capacity. I travel to Florida on Amtrak multiple times either on the Auto train or Silver...

NYS is getting a service that is costing Amtrak almost $3 million a year. Am I naïve in thinking there is a signed contract that breakdown said costs and expenses?

It should be fairly simple with this data set for the silvers. There are three trains running on mostly the same tracks. 1 is non stop and carries auto freight. The other 2 travel a little longer but have multiple station stops. 1 is profitable the other 2 are not. Take the auto train and...

The other thing I find interesting is that Amtrak loses $17.7 million on state sponsored trains in total. Shouldn't there be an adjustment made, either ticket price increase or more state funding? To be honest the state sponsored routes should all be profitable to Amtrak. Amtrak is losing...

So if the other Silver's had more sleeper cars they too could be profitable?

So the Auto Train actually has the fourth highest operating expense at $8.8 million of all long distance trains. Only the Empire Builder, California Zephyr and the Southwest Chief had higher operating costs at $10.1, $10.4 and $9.9 million respectively. The Auto Train has the highest gross...

Everything I have seen so far to achieve 200 mph means spending 100's of $billions which result in saving 25 minutes of travel time. I think money would be better spent on expanding rail in the rest of the country.

https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/local/2023/12/05/scranton-nyc-amtrak-route-gets-500k-move-forward/71813416007/ The Federal Railroad Administration is providing $500,000 for the Scranton to New York City Amtrak route to move forward, the most critical step yet in restoring passenger rail...

"That is not what the MBTA has done." I agree with you on that. I was hoping for the MBTA to fix its problems and then expand the system. That is impossible with these numbers.

No, that is what was said.

No, there have decades of investment into the T. It was squandered. Four years ago it was $10 billion the T needed. The MBTA has the highest operating costs in the country. This bill will make it the highest in world bar none. What city is spending $25 billion on roads? The bid dig cost...

It's not worth it. It's not worth 1/2 that price.

"Amtrak is encouraging riders to take Metro-North to Croton-Harmon in Westchester, then switch to the Amtrak line for the rest of the way to Albany."

https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:8c97nb26d

I hear what you are saying but isn't always the case? Amtrak decides on a new route, gets approval then obtains the new equipment to operate on the route. I wouldn't expect Amtrak to have surplus equipment sitting around waiting for a new route.

Bob is Bob Elliott. He was the father of Chris Elliott from David Letterman and the show "Get a Life".

https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/10/22/healey-says-no-sign-baker-knew-of-green-line-problems/ Healey says no sign Baker knew of Green Line problems According to the governor, as far as she can tell, problems with the Green Line Extension project apparently known to high level former MBTA...