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Or Orlando, which I do not believe is either crew change or refresh, simply a long dwell time stop because of the high volume of passengers that either entrain or detrain there.

???? It's WAY less than 60 miles between Orlando and Kissimmee, and there are NO intermediate stops between the two. If you are referring to what is now probably the dead SunRail commuter train corridor they had proposed, that would have run from Amtrak Deland to Poinciana (a bit South/West...

Really? So if you are old, on social security, your pension plan went bankrupt because the stocks they invested in dropped through the floor, you have to make the choice of whether to buy food or pay for your prescriptions or keep the lights on, you NOW have the obligation and ability to pay a...

PRICELESS!! As they say, a picture is worth a thousand (mental) wards.

The reason you hear all those ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH's is the pirates' parrots, that you always see on their shoulders. They must have been parroting their parrots. (So that's a Pirate Parroting the Pirate's Parrot?) My African Grey Parrot LOVES "RRRRRRRRRRRRRRR", often commenting that...

One small correction: SAN is San Diego, not Sanford Auto Train. SFA is Sanford Auto Train. SFD was the (now closed because the building basically fell down) Sanford "Depot" station for the Silvers. Folks who need to get to Sanford on the Silvers now have to either get off at Deland or...

I just had a kind of wild thought. What would the trainset requirements be to turn Palmetto back into Palm ( i.e., with sleepers) and extend it, via JAX, not to the south, but to NOL as a daily? It would bridge the missing south transcon route and connect with Star and Meteor at Jax to cover...

Unfortunately, there is also a rail museum at the station in Palatka, including a caboose on stationary display outside, as of the last time we were there. Kind of kick in the teeth for those folks to bypass it. And unless you could perhaps piggyback onto the U.S. 92 ROW, there has been a lot...

A problem with Tri-Rail handing off and taking Amtrak Pax is baggage. Tri-Rail stops are VERY short duration. Sometimes literally just a few seconds, and they can be literally packed with commuters. Handling much in the way of pax with luggage would gum up the whole works, be dangerous...

1880's or 1980's ?? :lol: :blink:

And to further buttress the link between this discussion and trains, there is always the reference about "having been railroaded". :lol: and, again completely, OT, a Yogi-ism: "If you come to a fork in the road, take it." :lol: :blink:

Intent is inferred from "threatened". I didn't say "imminent", "possible," or" likely". A threat carries with it the necessary element of intent. A threat to knock you into the middle of next week is certainly an intentional offer of physical violence sufficient to qualify. While I suppose...

Since earlier on there was a discussion of "assault", and since the Media insists on using the word incorrectly, here are the definitions of "assault" and "battery" (which are NOT the same thing): Assault is an act that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent, harmful, or offensive...

Speaking of wastes of decent population bases, we should have some folks send them reports from Pensacola, Tallahassee, etc., to the effect that the station wasn't much to speak of, but although they had heard that Sunset was frequently behind schedule in that area, they've been sitting there at...

Looking at the proposed Corridors map, I find it interesting and a bit strange that there would be continuous HSR corridor from Maine & Eastern Canada down the east coast all the way to Miami EXCEPT from Jacksonville to Orlando.

Link to the story in the Lakeland Ledger: http://www.theledger.com/article/20090415/.../904159977/1338

I'm delighted to hear that they are going to work on Sunset's OTP, Especially since the arrival and departure times for such places as Pensacola, Tallahassee, Jacksonville, and Orlando are currently running several YEARS late.

(Insurance Agent): "And what did you say was the make, model, and tag number of the vehicle that rear-ended you? I must not have heard you right......" :lol: :o :blink:

Actually "the blond leading the blond" is probably preferable to our usual status of "the confused leading the befuddled". :lol: :lol:

It's nice to know, "from the horse's mouth", so to speak, that a daytime S-Line run might not face stiff opposition from CSX; Palm/Palmetto ran through there in the middle of the night, hauling U.S. Mail on contract with USPS and as I understand it was terminated when Amtrak decided the mail...