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I suppose the real question is, what’s the procedure for removing the cab car from the consist and is there some other unit that can cap it? The Talgo cab cars are essentially permanently coupled to the rest of the train, sharing a single-axle truck with the car behind it. You can’t just take...

It’s not common sense that’s in short supply, but rather a workforce skilled in the trades necessary to perform this kind of work.

Given that none of freight train interference, Amtrak mechanical problems, the equipment used, or the tracks operated over are exactly new, I don’t really see this as “kinks” to be worked out (though some elements, such as where the train gets en-route fueling/servicing, are perhaps new). The...

The upper-level bar in the lounge was also briefly used when the Empire Builder was promoted as a premium train sometime in the mid-2000s.

For those curious: The consist of the last Superliner-equipped 29 (dp 9 Nov) was: 343 61039 32072 32050 37012 34027 34072 The train had an almost-perfect run, with only two stops having departures 1 minute late, and everything else on time. The first 41 (dp 10 Nov) has: 338 343 25049 25113...

St. Louis trains are supposed to move to Rock Island. The Michigan trains would take the South Shore Line.

I think the issue is having a train tying up lower-level space at WAS for so long, given that you’d have a bunch of Amtrak trains to/from VA, plus a (hypothetically on-time) north/westbound Floridian, plus the VRE service all needing that space.

But that doesn’t stop folks from trying.

In post-2000 times: There was a very, very brief period where Amtrak actually scheduled a single-level Kentucky Cardinal and a Superliner Cardinal, to be joined with a transition sleeper. The April 2002 national timetable confirms my memory on this. If it ran that way at all, it would have...

Except for the one (maybe more?) Viewliner I that was restriped into Phase III.

I do. FRA is a regulatory authority. For one reason (out of several), there would be major conflict of interest if it was responsible for procuring new equipment that it also had to certify.

Veolia/Connex operated Metrolink from 2005-2010.

In the past, Amtrak definitely would overbook coach. Not by a ton, but maybe a few percent. During the early COVID days, I understand that was stopped simply because they had to cut back to ~50% or so of seated capacity. Now that they no longer have those restrictions, I don’t know if they...

They sure are making a production out of this.

When does this ever happen?

Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two. Hope you get one.

Driver shortage.

As someone who lived in Chicago until very recently, and saw CTA’s ebbs and flows since the turn of the millennium, I’ll say there absolutely is a narrative here. I’m connected with a number of transit supporters who have been organizing for a couple of years to try to put pressure on CTA to...

One person tells me they actually started today.

Wouldn’t that be resolved by having your phone plugged in? I mean, if your alternative is a landline phone, it would seem that would not be any worse. Then put the phone on speaker and you don’t even have to be tied to it for however long, and you can walk around as long as you’re within...