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  1. Green Maned Lion

    changes at NJT--any thoughts or background info?

    NJT was deeply infiltrated by PB and Christie goons. But I cant imagine Murphy not wanting to continue the generally lucrative relationship with PB or Bombardier. The people he has installed seem unqualified to me, but we will see.
  2. Green Maned Lion

    Delta changes policy on service animals

    Emotional support animals? Vas ist Das?
  3. Green Maned Lion

    Metro North Looking for Conductors

    I think NJT is looking for people, too.
  4. Green Maned Lion

    Canadian Passengers Stranded in Spy Hill SK 12/25

    Whats wrong with a well maintained F40PH?
  5. Green Maned Lion

    Canada's Rocky Mountaineer Stadler Order

    CRCs carbon steel (hahaha) designs have been the bane of everyone who ever operated them.
  6. Green Maned Lion

    Advance Notification of Delays

    Russian railroads are a world better than ours. The Russians are far better about basic infrastructure than we are.
  7. Green Maned Lion

    Delayed Train-Forced out of Met Lounge at CHI?

    Franchises hotel operations, especially Choice, have done just that to me.
  8. Green Maned Lion

    Siemens Caltrans/IDOT Venture design, engineering, testing and delivery (2012-1Q 2024)

    The Station in Newark is quite old and is a horde of the Iron bound district.
  9. Green Maned Lion

    Delayed Train-Forced out of Met Lounge at CHI?

    Yeah, everyone is forgetting long standing rants about the previous lounge employees.
  10. Green Maned Lion

    Pacific Parlour Car Permanently Retired February 2018

    I have always thought TR7s posts to be a Triumph. FOCLMAO.
  11. Green Maned Lion

    Delta changes policy on service animals

    If someone is so bound to their pet that they cant leave home without major emotional trauma such that they would subject them to the horrors of aircraft travel, isnt that proof enough they are mentally fahrklempt?
  12. Green Maned Lion

    Pacific Parlour Car Permanently Retired February 2018

    I'm not sure some people get the concept of trying to maintain a 62-year-old antique in revenue service like this, especially as things break and super-special customized parts have to be fabricated every time something does. Rail cars being operated in regular service the way these were do NOT...
  13. Green Maned Lion

    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    While some design work would probably be required to re-orient the car for American style sleeping compartments (as opposed to Euro-style), Diners similar to those used in the US have already been built on this design for Russian Railways.
  14. Green Maned Lion

    Viewliner II Part 2: Dining Car Production, Delivery, Speculation

    Why, precisely, does an order for any additional diners and/or sleepers have to be based on the Viewliner car body? The Siemens carbody is demonstrably capable of being adapted to both diner and sleeper configurations.
  15. Green Maned Lion

    changes at NJT--any thoughts or background info?

    I once sat across a table from former (then current) executive director Jim Weinstein and asked him, "Have you considered setting up your busses and trains so that they connect and complement each other?" I was expecting him to be offended by the question. My tone was a bit acidic, and my...
  16. Green Maned Lion

    Married couple killed as Amtrak train hits SUV in N.C. 1/14/18

    Here’s Why Semi Literate Readers Only Look At Lists Of Ten Bad Headlines! Its Not What You Think! Is it really just the readers literacy that has declining quality, Ryan?
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