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Richard Anderson during his tenure as Amtrak CEO effectively destroyed TEMPO as an effective organization by taking way its participation in a unique joint Amtrak/TEMPO effort in setting fare levels and adjusting the consist on the TEXAS EAGLE. This was literally unbelievably stupid, as TEMPO's...

Amtrak has just begun a new advertising campaign. The first ad itself can be viewed at the link below. I am impressed with the upbeat tone of the advertisement and the fact that it largely pictures Regional/National Network scenic backgrounds. Ads like this give a nice idea of what an Amtrak...

May I offer at least a basically positive view of Amtrak's decision to create the FLORIDIAN. The article below offers a balanced view of the real/primary reason for the pending consolidation of the CAPITOL LIMITED and the SILVER STAR as the renamed FLORIDIAN--eg. the need to reassign the CAPs...

The ADIRONDAK resumed service to Montreal yesterday. For whatever it's worth the train was an hour early across the St. Lawrence River into Montreal! This included the Canadian Customs and Immigration stop at Cantic, P.Q. Hopefully Amtrak and the CN will take at least 20-30 minutes out of the...

The link below is to the latest from Trains superb reporter Bob Johnston on the ADIRONDACK track condition debacle. While it is certainly good to see the trains back starting Monday, the article makes it clear much track maintenance remains to be done and the work actually accomplished is...

Here is a brief update on the ADIRONDACK Montreal debacle. Thanks to Ross Capon, former NARP Executive Director and life-long rail advocate, for this catch in the lengthy Amtrak Appropriations language for 2025. I note the "thanks" to CN for what they have been doing (?!?) and hope that whatever...

Indulge me in a reshare of my Trains Unllimited comments on this. Trains' Bob Johnson reports in today's " Trains Newswire" that 3 of the 17 cars for the Chicago hub have entered into revenue service, initially on Chicago-St. Louis runs. But the car design seems disappointing. There are no...

The RDC is part of the AllEarth Rail fleet, maintained at Barre, VT. There were I think 12 Budd cars acquired from Dallas TRE service and/or VIA Rail. The hope was Vermont would run a regional service with these cars to compliment the VERMONTER and the ETHAN ALLEN EXPRESS, but neither VTRANS nor...

Rail Passengers Association President/CEO Jim Mathews spent much of the past week trying to hunt down some real background on the ADIRONDACK suspension drama. We talked about this as well and I am pleased to share what I think is an informed view of what is really happening. It does not offer...

I will particularly appreciate what if any on-board food/drinks are for sale. I know Touring Class is gone, which included meals in a unique single level quasi dome coach. If you can find a copy of Bill Coo's "Scenic Rail Guide to Western Canada" it has a very complete narrative of the line...

More on the Adirondack debacle. WCAX, the highly respected Vermont CBS outlet, has gotten a direct response from the CN as the track upgrade status. If they tell it "true" they did not ask Amtrak to suspend service. But the question remains of what speeds would be allowed on hot days this...

Amtrak, CN (and NYDOT) would do themselves a great favor if they gave a more detailed explanation of the work being done north of the border on the project to restore the CN Rouses Point Subdivision to proper passenger standards and why it has just been extended from 6 to 18. weeks. And I still...

Thanks. This is hopeful and helpful.

I am of course glad a diner is back on trains 19/20–the CRESCENT from June 1. Even with Flex food this is good news! And of course it should be open to coach riders. The LAKESHORE LIMITED apparently has been the test platform for the new version of the Flex menu to be served on 19&20, with...

I am of course glad a diner is back on trains 19/20–the CRESCENT from June 1. Even with Flex food this is good news! And of course it should be open to coach riders. The LAKESHORE LIMITED apparently has been the test platform for the new version of the Flex menu to be served on 19&20, with...

The CN ine used to reach the uS borderr splits at Cantic. The Rouses Point line used by the ADIRONDACK heads west (and slightly southh) there to reach the CPKC junction at Rouses Point. The "mainline" goes east over the Richelieu River and a bit south to cross the border at East Alburgh, VT...

The ADIRONDACK shares no track mileage with the remote VIA services. Those trains run into the Laurentian Mountains on the north shore of the St. Lawrence. The Amtrak service(s) are South Shore to the Victoria Bridge into Gare Central. The CN line to the border has a mix of welded and jointed...

Update from ESPA which clarifies the reasons for the pending ADIRONDACK suspension. Amtrak confirmed in a Press Statement issued May 9, 2024, that Adirondack Route service between Saratoga Springs, NY & Montreal, QC is being suspended from Monday, May 20 through Sunday, June 30 to accommodate...

Rider reports are widely circulating today that Amtrak is suspending the ADIRONDACK again, this time from May 20 to June 30. Service is apparently continuing as far north as Saratoga Springs. I emphasize that at present this is just a report of notices riders received. There is still no formal...

I'm fascinated by the reference to Flex +. What is the difference?