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One of the variables is of course that predicting the path a hurricane is actually going to take is not a very well developed art. Charley in 2004 was not expected to go where it went, and as a result the Orlando area, and all the places from there down to the Ft. Myers area, where it hit land...

Amtrak handled that very poorly, I think, and I'm sorry you had to go through that. Having to pay for two seats for one person is unacceptable, especially when you ultimately paid the equivalent of three seats at the originally reserved price. I would send a DETAILED letter to their customer...

Last time my wife and I went up there, (from the Orlando area, on train 98, Silver Meteor), we took a short taxi ride to the CHS Int'l airport and picked up a Hertz rental car. Renting it through their deal with Amtrak, (check and verify that's still a valid deal) they reimbursed us for the cab...

Perhaps. But that airline is NOT the one and only airline. Amtrak IS the one and only passenger rail system. There is no other passenger rail operator to take up the slack. So your simile is not valid. Apples to oranges again.

Another quote from the report: Sounds like the whole segment from Pensacola to Tallahassee, including Chipley and Crestview is 20 mph, doesn't it? NO IT'S NOT!!! And if you aren't interested in following this subject DON'T READ IT. Those of us who ARE interested in it WILL read it and...

Their most honest option wasn't listed in the report: "NOL-Florida is not on the NEC, and is therefore irrelevant to us, so we don't want to be bothered, unless Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida want to pay us 100% of what it will cost to run the trains. And furnish the necessary...

Congress can do or not do whatever they please, unfortunately. Presumably there would be transportation committee hearings and hopefully they would pick one and say do it, but who knows. Amtrak was given the hot potato and they have now, per instructions, delivered it back to congress.

We also need to remember that somewhere in here we need equipment when they reinstitute NOL-ORL service, based on one of the three options they gave Congress this week (by Congressional mandate): 1 - return 3x/wk Sunset to the full route; 2 - extend CONO daily to ORL; or 3 - begin a new NOL-ORL...

If you are careful, Craigslist can be a viable, local, CHEAPER alternative to eBay. I bought a Brother HL2070N networked laser printer that works just fine, and some used theatrical stage lighting equipment for the church. My wife sold a treadle sewing machine (for the church), and I bought a...

There WERE two stations in Sanford. SFD was the station that was used by 91/92/97/98 and Sunset as a passenger stop. That is completely separate station from SFA, which is Sanford Auto Train and SFA is still in operation, with a very efficient storage and maintenance facility for both...

It IS comparing apples to oranges. It also adds over three million to demolish and rebuild the Sanford depot, which has NOTHING directly to do with Sunset OR that whole route, really. If they wanted to do that, why didn't they do it already,??? 91/92/97/98 used that station, DAILY, and...

The bridge gap you see in that picture is on the south/west end of Bahia Honda State Park. It is the OLD rail/road bridge, and is something to behold. The original road from the mainland down to Key West was Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad. It was destroyed by a hurricane early in the 20th...

Well, I would not be surprised to lose control of a car if, while traveling around a curve at a high but controllable speed (i.e., safe as long as everything works), one or more wheels locked up, or a tire blew out. Even on a straight high-speed road, the same thing can happen. Also, remember...

The Feds do have jurisdiction. As far as the State is concerned, it is a bit complicated. Walt Disney managed to get the Florida Legislature to give him (the company) actual municipal status - I believe it is the Reedy Creek Development District or some such (circa 1967, I think). Disney...

I seem to recall that a certain California town has just recently turned OFF the "moon"........ :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

From a technical standpoint, my guess would be that in urban and suburban areas you would have a chance of reception, but given that almost all of the HDTV signals are UHF, the motion of the train would create a very rapid flutter on the incoming signal, made worse by moving between tall...

I guess Laguna Niguel got tired of being the butt of the joke.

They DID edit the story, to say it was a passenger on an Amtrak but that Amtrak says they don't yet know how he exited the train. The engineer on a freight saw him on the tracks in the morning and reported it. No mention of his exiting from a locomotive any more. Probably a good thing you...

OTOH, given the fact that Amtrak is a semi-governmental institution, and given both the recent (over years) climate of secrecy and of highly spinned government-generated propaganda that was then dished out for public consumption, this reporter may be making a genuine effort through internet...

I don't think you have to take the cellphones away, just make using them while on the job for anything other than legitimate railroad use (i.e., emergency use when the engine's radio doesn't or can't do the job) an immediate termination offense, with a written permission, upon hiring, for the...