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    Delays somewhere between BAL and WIL

    Send some of it here 19 days straight of over 100 here. Last night at 10:00pm it was 101 Aloha
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    Amtrak Employees Claimed to Work 40 Hours Per Day

    Aloha In Entertainment we have an employement catagory callled a "Day Player". If you were in that catagory you might have more than 24 hours. On one job i had I clocked in and clocked out 47.5 hours later. the sun rose twice on that "day" :D
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    Hello, new here

    Aloha, Welcome
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    I have a need - a need for speed.

    Aloha If you book your travel in the same maner as The_Traveler you can include the 150mph segement on the way to the Grand Canyon. On one trip from RI to Phily, I joined him il LAX
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    Amtrak Derailment Philadelphia (5/12/2015)

    Aloha Something I have wondered about in this acident. Something caused the train to accelerate. Will take time and skill to find out that cause. What I am wondering is, would it have been better for the train to have continued at the high rate of speed rather than going into emegency stop? In...
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    Parents against train hobby

    Aloha Just think I have been into trains and theater. Trains when 6 and I saw my first GG-1. Theater not so sure of the age. Astronemy which morfed into theater stars.
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    New York to Tucson through Thick and Thin - mostly very good!

    Aloha Jim I never thought the song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" ment water! Hope all is good with you.
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    350 Wolverine & 359 Wolverine

    Aloha Tyler Hope you take this as constructive. You have made a common mistake by smartohone users. You have recorded a horizontal object with a verticle aspect ratio. Think about your subject and rotate the phone camera acordingly.One of the hardest to learn in Photography is your...
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    New Moderator - Railroad Bill

    Aloha Bill
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    Driver, Pilot, Engineer...?

    Aloha The Disney Monorail Calls them Piolets.
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    Amtrak Derailment Philadelphia (5/12/2015)

    Many of us here have had enough, PLEASE stop turning this Tragedy into a mockery with wild guesses. Let the experts finish the investigation.
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    New 'Tagging' Detector

    So I better not use a sharpie in a notebook, An I guess I can't use my external drives as I labeled them. Oh no worries I do not expect that I will ever be in Australia, though I would like to see The Sidney Opera House Aloha
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    What does your Forum User Name mean?

    Aloha Jersey is where I saw my first GG-1
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    2nd Motorcoach Amenities Poll (Please read OP before voting)

    I would have to check but my longest trip is close. Manchester Conn. to Los Angeles Just for the heck of it, but I did not go back. Later went on to Hawaii. Aloha
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    Amtrak's Desert Wind May Return

    Aloha Interesting, If a train ran this weekend it would be full. news is reporting all hotel occupancy at 97%. Fight weekend also after that is the Rock In Rio concerts.Dina Titus is helping spear head a return of the Desert Wind. Apparently there is a way to reroute the route to avoid the...
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    1st Amtrak Trip Booked - Any Last Minute Tips?

    Aloha At 4-1/2 I took my daughter on a 5 month trip 35 years later she remembers many of the places she was. The biggest surprise to her was snow on the beach at Coney Island. Being born in Hawaii snow was a new thing for her. The advice to relax is the best, Have fun Enjoy!
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    Tip Thruway Driver?

    Aloha I consider Tipping as a way to show appreciation for service above the call of duty. So if the driver handles baggage loading unloading and or acts as a tour guide I will tip them.
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    Wembley's experimental 'never stop' railway line (1925)

    Many Disney attractions use constant moving vehicles. Most with simpler drive systems. Some have moving sidewalks to allow faster speeds at stations. Aloha
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    Spike

    Aloha It can be, Based on the class of track though and speeds a certain amount of loose spikes is allowed. I do not know the values.
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    Carolinian 80(9) Grade Crossing accident

    Aloha Probably no longer true, but when I had my Class 7 DL in Hawaii, before they adopted the CDL license provisions all vehicles longer that 28 feet had to stop at all railroad crossings.except for the one on the Maui Tourist RR, that had a swivel gate. this gate at the terminal end blocked...
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