Ryan: Having Kiddos in the Household tends to make the Money disappear Muy Rapido No?!!! Acela 150 will find this out when his Twins make their Appearance into the World!
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Amtrak Fall Foliage trips out of Philly
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Acela150
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Wrong person Jim, it's me whos having the twins!
Assume the price is fixed, as they state a single fare in their promo, so won't be subject to "buckets". Now, if it sold out early on, would they consider adding coaches? Sure would be nice to tag the Ocean on.......one can dream.
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DANG! Michigan vs. MSU that day.......decisions, decisions....
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DANG! Michigan vs. MSU that day.......decisions, decisions....
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jis
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No Ocean. It won;t work too well in Philadelphia 30th St.
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I realize that JIS, but one can dream. At least Amtrak is using Horizon's, but a lot of people travel by rail for the scenery, (days gone by, it was also the food......) how about throwing Beach Grove on the tail! LOL
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Ryan
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That's what slingboxes and/or Tivo was invented for.
(we've got Boston College that day, that game has been a snoozefest in the post-Matt Ryan era.)
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Well if we are going to dream, why not a couple of open cars from Strasburg Railroad?
the_traveler
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YOU'RE having twins too Steve?Wrong person Jim, it's me whos having the twins!
Stop the presses! I thought it was your girlfriend who was having twins? :giggle: (I didn't know a man could have a baby? Or is that a new 21st century thing in the flying cars? )
Good idea jis, with all the AUers riding they will need a Car just for them to help protect the "Normal" Folks! ^_^ I like the idea of Beech Grove being in the Consist also, why just let it sit in the yard in WAS!!(especially when the_traveler's Penthouse will not be in the Consist! :giggle: )Well if we are going to dream, why not a couple of open cars from Strasburg Railroad?
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I personally wonder why in the world they would run Horizons on such a run. If the windows are taller than Amfleet 1s, it is by no more than an inch. Furthermore, the seats do not line up as well with windows as on Amfleets, the windows are substantially shorter in length so they do not have as good views, and the brighter lighting makes it harder to look out. Interesting to ride them in the northeast, but don't see the attraction to running such equipment here.
I wonder if we can get 60 AUers to ride, if they would give us our own Horizon car?
Scary thought :giggle:I wonder if we can get 60 AUers to ride, if they would give us our own Horizon car?
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On the ones I've been on they have two outlets against the wall for each seat pair, much like the Superliners.
Nothing like Amcans
Now if the crew would be 'railfan friendly', I can see these cars having a big advantage over Amfleet with two open dutch doors per car, for photographer's.......
I think all the coaches have dutch doors. I don't recall seeing any with one-piece doors.
I don't know if the dinettes have had their doors converted or not (most dinettes were converted into a club-dinette configuration, a couple have been retired, and the rest have gone for California conversion).
I don't know if the dinettes have had their doors converted or not (most dinettes were converted into a club-dinette configuration, a couple have been retired, and the rest have gone for California conversion).
Mike77E9
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I seem to recall a policy that NS has that doesn't allow the dutch doors to be open except for crew members. They had an incident a number a years ago where there was an injury and that NS put the kibosh on it since then.
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I am trying to figure out what the timing would be on this trip. I am still trying to decide if I want to ride or maybe just take some pictures. Here are some guess I have
Philadelphia, PA 9:00 AM
Perryville, MD 10:00 AM
Columbia, PA 11:15 AM
Enola, PA 12:15 PM
Harrisburg, PA 1:00 PM
Columbia, PA 2:15
Lancaster, PA 3:15
Philadelphia, PA 4:30
If I photograph, I catch it somewhere south of Columbia and try chasing it as far north as I can before it crosses the river. Then grab lunch, maybe catch it in north of Marietta, chase it south, and then catch it somewhere before Lancaster.
Philadelphia, PA 9:00 AM
Perryville, MD 10:00 AM
Columbia, PA 11:15 AM
Enola, PA 12:15 PM
Harrisburg, PA 1:00 PM
Columbia, PA 2:15
Lancaster, PA 3:15
Philadelphia, PA 4:30
If I photograph, I catch it somewhere south of Columbia and try chasing it as far north as I can before it crosses the river. Then grab lunch, maybe catch it in north of Marietta, chase it south, and then catch it somewhere before Lancaster.
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I suspect Amtrak is taking the opportunity to do something of a "Horizons on the East Coast" passenger-reaction test while they're doing this. Most informed speculation regarding fleet allocation has pointed to most of the Horizon fleet being unnecessary and unwanted in the Midwest starting in 2016 or so, and the logical place to move them is the east coast.
Acela150
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The logical place to move them is the scrap yard. I've heard of crews absolutely despising the Horizon Fleet. Don't know how true it is but what I've heard.
I was wondering if there will be a short "stretch your legs" or "smoke stop" when we get to Harrisburg?
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