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This is the first of three tied-arch spans to be delivered from the fabricator located near Albany. Each of the three arches span 400 feet. To put things in scale, each arch is 86 feet high, 57 feet wide, and weighs about 2700 tons (5.4 million pounds). The channel width will expand from about...

Amusing that Amtrak's alert refers to the Empire Builder as "Empire Service" throughout the alert and it got posted without anyone at Amtrak spotting the error.

Pretty spectacular explosion. Whenever there is a hissing noise coming from a power substation, something bad is about to happen.

As AmtrakBlue said, stay on the train platform (do not go upstairs) and walk west on the platform following the numerous signs pointing to the Moynihan Train Hall. It is almost all the way at the end of the platform. There will be an escalator and elevator to take you up to the train hall level...

Uh oh. I wondered how renovating the station could possibly cost $250 million. That answered it. Unreinforced masonry in a seismic risk zone - not good. No easy or cheap way to deal with that. One good shake and you have a pile of bricks and block. Absent the historic significance, it would...

Not counting the Lake Shore, ALB-NYP goes from 12 weekday trains to 10. A disruption, but maybe not that major. By the way, kind of amused that an article in "Mass Transit Magazine" (from the Albany Times-Union) confuses NJ Transit with PATH.

And westbound:

Floridian Timetable.

Kenneth Bowersox is the NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations and he will have a major say in the decision whether to return the Starliner crew on Starliner in the next few weeks or on a SpaceX Dragon as part of Crew 9 in early 2025. Mr. Bowersox is a former Astronaut and his last...

The answer is yes. I've done it for exactly that reason. Even on the train and underway, just open the app, pull up your trip, and pick a new seat.

Not May 24 (which is not a Sunday). The bus suspension is this Sunday - May 19. The race is the Bay to Breakers - half race, half social event. It draws a huge crowd. Much of downtown SF will be closed to vehicular traffic.

I would urge caution using the timetables on the RPA website. Some are not current. For example, the RPA Northeast timetable is from last summer misses multiple schedule changes and added trains. Also, the posted California Zephyr timetable does not reflect the new schedule times. Virtually...

Maybe The Pittsburgher - formerly PRR Train 60 :)

From the Wall Street Journal, 4/6/2024 A (hopefully) free link to the article: Wall Street Journal

Which would permit lengthening the span and widening the shipping channel. I also would not be surprised if the ACOE and USCG press for a tunnel to protect the waterway from closure. No matter which route they take, the replacement will not happen soon. The Sunshine Skyway bridge over Lower...

The bridge seems to have had minimal collision protection for the main span piers. Large ships, even moving very slowly, have huge momentum. You don't stop them very easily. The first photo shows the base of the bridge piers of the Key Bridge. There is not much to prevent a ship from taking...

The return trip (392 @ 6:40 PM) is already sold out.

This my version of the Amtrak seat map that shows the windows more clearly. It assumes the break between the seat directions will be Row 8-9.

The seat is assigned when the reservation is made. When your booking is complete, the reservation system picks your specific seat which is shown in your reservation details. You can then change that seat by going to your reservation online or in the app. A seat map will be displayed, your...

For me, pre-assigned seating is the primary reason to book Business Class in the corridor. And, from my limited experience, it works well.