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After noticing this thread, I tried to log in to my AGR account. Count not as account was locked out. Called the 800 number and after verifying my identity, they sent me an email to reset my password. All of the account info such as address and AGR points was correct, so I did not have to fix...

This is going to be a weekend only service. Will the Superliner cars be stored in Denver during the week? If so, it won't be an efficient use of equipment with a lot of down time for the Superliners. Which affects the cost recovery math behind the service. Same goes for the crew and OBS as well...

Against capable hackers? Probably not. With the recent incidents of state backed hacking of government and industry supposedly protected servers and databases, the PTC system on the NEC may be quite vulnerable (along with much of our power and communications infrastructure). The FRA spread $25...

What good would that do? The funds have been committed and Amtrak needs the diners, sleepers, and bag-dorm cars.

Doubt it. The Wisconsin Talgos were built for a relatively short distance corridor service. Likely not really suitable for an all day train trip w/o major mods. The Surfliners and Nippon-Sharyo bi-levels would be more suitable for the Coast Daylight if it ever gets fully funded and out of the...

One benefit to Amtrak if the Talgo trainsets replace the single level Surfliner trainset is that should free up a few Amfleets to be used in the east. California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) press release which is the source of the news: Transportation Agency Awards $390 Million in Cap...

California shows the benefits of an incremental improvement approach. Get the service up and running and then over a period of (many) years pay for various improvement projects to add capacity, service frequencies, and reduce trip times. Unfortunately Ohio and Gov. Kasich didn't take this...

The Mid-West equipment - the SC-44s and the Nippon-Sharyo bilevels - will be jointly owned by a consortium set up by the 3 states (MI, IL, MO). I expect they set up the consortium so WI, MN, IN, Iowa can join in (or buy in) if or when they decide to do so.

I would not pay much attention to incorrect statements such as this (the 1994 part). The statement could have been mangled by the reporter, a staffer given the task of drafting a Schumer "quote" to be released to the press, or Schumer mixing up dates for the Acela pre-selection testing, the...

Amtrak received a waiver from the FRA that allows for the first 2 HSR trainsets to be built overseas at an existing manufacturing facility. That will allow Amtrak to get 2 trainsets for what is going to be a lengthy testing and certification process while the Hornell plant and the US parts...

Once a billion or two has been sunk into a light rail line, converting it to true heavy rail is not going to happen for many decades, if ever. Given the population of the denser portions of LA, I think that more of the lines west of downtown such as the Expo and Crenshaw lines should have been...

Another video, but this one from the Pueblo test facility including inside shots of the control panel while running at 108 to 109 mph: A ride in Siemens' new diesel-electric Charger locomotive.

Amtrak will maintain the Mid-West equipment. That has been discussed in the minutes of the NGEC executive committee. Excerpts from one of the June minutes: There is content in other NGEC documents about defining a maintenance standard and plan that will presumably apply to the Amtrak...

Another news article on how the contracts & funding for the new trainsets will be finalized soon. We mean it this time! USA Today (Aug 8): Amtrak's Acela to run faster new trains on Washington to Boston route. Excerpt:

Read back a page to my post #376 in this thread with excerpts from the most recent NGEC executive board meeting minutes. MARC is purchasing 8 Chargers and has received approval from the FRA for testing on the NEC for speeds up to 125 mph. The Chargers at the Pueblo test facility have been run up...

IIRC, the ACS-64s typically spent a night in Chicago before being sent eastward on the next day's CL or, on a few occasions, the Cardinal. If the SC-44 is moved on the NEC by an ACS-64, hopefully someone will get a photo or video of it.

Amtrak issued a news release on the SWC portion of the excursion trip over the Raton pass: AMTRAK CEO INSPECTS SOUTHWEST CHIEF ROUTE IMPROVEMENTS IN THREE STATES. Starting excerpt: So the Chairman of BNSF was on the trip for at least part of it.

Another factor to consider is that the Keystone is more likely to be on-time. Checking the schedule, the Regional you are considering is #174 which departs PHL at 12:05 PM. #174 originates at Richmond Staples Mill so it is coming from further away. The Keystones generally have fairly good...

This was an unusual sports team charter because it was on the northern end of the NEC and operated on Metro-North territory to get to the Yankee Stadium stop. Sports team charters are routine on the southern end of the NEC. Amtrak is limited to 39 trains a day on the SLE and runs 38 trains a...

Hopefully the two new tunnels will be completed by the time the first of the Hudson tunnels has to be shut down for an extended rebuild. The environmental and engineering studies to build the new tunnels and tracks on the NJ side are underway with promises of being expedited by the US DOT and...