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The return of the Sunset Limited, or some type of passenger service East of NOL is NOT a lost cause regardless of what Kummant says. Congress can provide whatever mandate they decide to, regardless of what Amtrak HQ or Kummant think. And it's a LOT more than some "SL supporters" on this...

1. They already have the equipment to run the train. It sits unused in NOL until it's time to run it back westbound. They DON'T have to buy equipment in order to resume the full route. 2. Sunset was the most recently still running full transcontinental route that is not now running. Vegas...

The observation as to passenger counts is quite relevant. They tossed away a large market when they truncated Sunset. We probably rode that train 20 times in the Orlando to Jax corridor, and also rode it as far as NOL and there was always a very good passenger count, especially at Orlando and...

You might want to revise question 1, or turn it into 1a and 1b, as I believe the Hog was the locomotive and the Hogger was the engineer:

The detrain only or board only comment means you can't get around the detrain-only or board-only requirements at those stations simply because you have a Florida Railpass. In other words, you can't board at a detrain-only stop just because you have a railpass, etc. That really is primarily...

They do that a couple of times a year, I think. The one distressing thing I heard yesterday from a station agent here in Florida is that as of Sept.30, they are discontinuing the Florida Resident Annual Railpass. If that is the case, we will probably each buy one just prior to that date. If...

There is a normal speed limit for passenger trains, and a speed limit for freight trains, for any given section of track. If an inspection reveals a track defect in a given section of track, the railroad owning the track will slap a slow order on that section, which reduces the speed limit for...

Most of them do walk the train, so to speak, but not continually - usually just for ticket checking or it there is a reported problem. Most of the time, the conductors seem to occupy a seat in the lounge, where they do their paperwork. And of course they are also listening on the hand-held...

A few years ago now, Amtrak and Florida East Coast RR agreed to do the work necessary to begin a JAX-MIA route along the East coast of Florida. That would include service to St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Cocoa Beach, Vero Beach, Stuart, etc. It would require some additional...

Amen to that. Wendy and I did that one year, too, when it was still running thru to ORL, using Florida Railpasses to get as far as Pensacola, and buying railsale tickets for the Pensacola-NOL-Pensacola portion. Wonderful trip. And the NOL station is within walking distance of the French...

Yeah, and I'm sure I've got at least three sailboards that will fit in a suitcase :lol: :lol: :lol: I wonder why they didn't prohibit front-end loaders, airplanes, and bulldozers? And no furniture. Darn. I had a nice dining-room table I was going to put in my suitcase. I'll have to...

link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/21/business/21amtrak.html excerpt:

Anything that increases the number of tushes occupying Amtrak tush receptacles (i.e., the number of passengers Amtrak carries) is a good idea. Business, vacation, or any other reason. It all helps the Amtrak bottom line (pun intended).

Too bad Amtrak is too bull-headed to move the otherwise stranded rolling stock South and run a daily Sunset Limited all the way to Orlando, or at least Jacksonville, and add some additional cars to the Silver Service trains, in the interim, to bypass all that flooded area, at least until (as I...

Interesting. I hadn't heard that. Does that mean they will have to build a wye or another circle track, or will they have to travel north to the current circle? Are they also going to move the car/engine servicing facilities? It's been three or four years since we've been into MIA Amtrak...

The Tampa Union Station is indeed quite close to the cruise terminal. I don't know for sure if it's the only terminal, But we've walked past it several times on day trips from the Orlando area on 91 and 92 when there was a large cruise ship docked there. It's two or three blocks from TUS to...

You might try upgrading on board for a portion of the trip. If you want to do that, upgrade for a portion that will include at least one major meal-time, and that way you will get your shower, and a meal and some horizontal-resting time, all for one additional price ( assuming there is a room...

This lack of being able to figure out just what any one particular thing is costing or bringing in is one of the things addressed in the new bill, I believe. The idea is to eliminate the smoke-and-mirrors bookkeeping system. Why they would lump payments to freight roads for use of their...

Oil is a finite, non-renewable resource. We WILL run out of it. We need to seriously discourage the use of it. GM just started closing plants that make big pickups and Hummers. About time. Vehicles should carry a tax on purchase which is inversely proportional to their fuel efficiency, and...

Parking your car at MCO (Orlando international) will run you from $10 per day at the satellite lot to $17 per day in regular terminal parking to $23 per day for valet parking. So for a two-week vacation, that cheap airline ticket cost just jumped by $140, $238, or $322 !!!!! Parking at WPK...