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If Amtrak can make money on renting out spaces then great but if they break even that is OK as well. Better station services will attract riders. I am not sure I want the store fronts to be loss-leaders but breaking even is fine with me. Not a coffee drinker but Starbucks is popular and...

Did Hudson News move out since late May?

Trains February 1968 ARRIVALS & DEPARTURES SORRY ABOUT THAT; Kansas City Southern,the "We Have No Intention of Going Out of the Passenger Business" road [page 40, November 1967 TRAINS] , has filed to discontinue all passenger service because of losses which have been accelerating since 1965...

Trains Oct 1967 ad by NARP

Trains, August 1967. First ad I have noticed for NARP. Full page on inside front cover. Based in Chicago at the start. Renamed but still a great organization to join and support. $5.00 membership is $47.06 is today's dollars. Membership is $60.00 now

Trains May 1967. Fastest world trains (followed by a list of fastest American trains.)

Trains, July 1966. Page 14. GONE BY 1976?: President B. F. Biaggini of Southern Pacific thinks that passenger trains will be a lingering memory in approximately 10 years and says that 125 mph speedsters, such as Japan's new Bullet Line operates, could not reverse the trend here

Starting around 1960 Trains started listing top speeds on rail lines. Interesting to see those numbers. I am skimming the June 1966 as I type this. I should have mentioned this the first time the list was published. Given the legal complaint against NS re: Crescent it is worth noting the old...

Trains, May 1966. Page 53. I will just cut and paste a picture of the screen clipping. I have not read the article yet but will at some point soon.

Trains, April 1966, page 4 has a short article on the passing of Lucius Morris Beebe, who passed away February 1966.

February 1966 Trains magazine. page 17 PASSENGER NOTES; Americans can now buy 30 consecutive days of rail coach travel anywhere on Canadian National for $99 in Canadian funds or U.S. equivalent. The Canrailpass will be offered October through April each year.

Trains magazine August 1965 has a nice photo spread about Chicago Union Station. However all the photos are of train, and exterior views. I was hoping for a few pictures of the interior.

BRS, Blue Ridge Southern. I mistyped and their reporting mark is BLU. Freight only Watco-owned shortline that has two segments coming out of Asheville. One segment heads towards Saluda and the other segment heads towards Dillsboro. GSMR has not had any freight in 20 years I have heard but...

My thought is that the state my get to come in to help rebuild the line and use that as leverage and get Amtrak to Asheville quicker as a way to pump money into the mountains. That will be needed. Of course, the flip side of this is that if the state helps with rebuilding the line that money...

I have seen some pictures of the Salisbury-Asheville "AS" line. Some of the pictures are on the west side of Asheville heading to TN. But some of the pictures are on the part of the line that would be used for Amtrak service to Asheville. Washouts can be fixed. But the cost is a concern for a...

not sure it would have made it. carolinian stayed at Greensboro for hours. CVS might have worked.

Something to consider until things are settled. https://unitehere.org/press-releases/ten-thousand-hotel-workers-on-strike-during-busy-labor-day-weekend/

Correct on all of that from what I know as well. FEC is SMART and was UTU before the merger of UTU and Sheetmetal Workers Union. I am sure many are aware of the FEC and organized labor history. It was contentious to say the least. I want to say UTU reorganized FEC in 1996 after a few decades...

Commuter and light rail do not fall under RLA or RRB from my understanding and I think maybe Brightline used that to get out of the more expensive RRB stuff. I think Brightline was arguing they are more like an interurban than a traditional railroad.

I assume the company stays there until the last employee drawing benefits passes away.