yeah right, Sure you did. Just like news analysis people needs to tell us what the canidates really meant to say.
While I'm fully aware that the tunnels in Baltimore would stop Amtrak from running a Superliner down there, I'm not real sure how they would have any effect on someone trying to run Superliners between Boston and New Haven, which is what Joel said in his post. :unsure:
Not anymore, these cars were removed from NOL in December of 2007.
Ah, you got me there.
So what will Amtrak do with them? I say daily Cardinal or daily Sunset. Sunset is the whipping boy of every Amtrak hater. Daily service will
All the cars were returned to the Bear shops in Delaware. Amtrak has started on a program to return those cars, as well as another 20 or so that never left Bear at all, to service.
They couldn't run BOS-NHV due to the catenary issue.
But since there is catenary on both tracks, that is no longer possible! 
According to what I have heard most of those cars are going into the Northeast Regional pool, in an attempt to provide some more capacity on the Regional service to collect some more much needed high revenue/mile revenues for the coffers. All regionals to be restored in general to 8 cars and additional cars to be added to select trains that are overcrowded as discovered through monitoring the reservation system. Doesn't seem like a bad idea.
Just keep telling yourself that, ok?
They could not, for the reason everyone else states. Also, the Sunset, running daily, would, in my opinion, lose even more money. In the event that Amtrak gets a ****load more equipment and can run all the other trains and routes to their full potential, then making the Sunset daily would be great. Until that time, concentrating on the less-loss-heavy routes, upgrading overall capacity, and improving service on routes that get decent ridership makes alot more sense.
Daily Sunset plus east of NOL shoulod be Amtrak top priority. Sunset before Katrina served 3 of the 4 largest states. One of the fastest growing states, Arizona.
I've ridden on bilevel coaches that happen to belong to the MBTA all the way from BOS to PVD. I was under the impression that the Superliners were not any taller than the MBTA coaches.They couldn't run BOS-NHV due to the catenary issue.
Back many (7+) years ago, before they extended the catenary north to BOS, there was a re-dedication of the KIN station. On that day, they brought many locos and other cars including Superliners to KIN!
Not sure, but I think the sunset still stops in Arizona, maybe up to 4 stops each way.
What you advocate would kill Amtrak. Amtrak would have died years ago if not for the collective efforts of all pro-Amtrak politicans ACROSS the country.
Population, not land size.
The System Timetable says Maricopa counts as Phoenix. Not sure how realistic that is.
In no way is it in the realm of reality unless you can con a family member or s.o. to take you, drop you off and pick you up( I've never even been brave enough to ask).
Wikipedia shows Superliners at 16' 2" tall, whereas this press release from Kawasaki says that the bi-levels are 15' 6" inches tall, so there is a little bit of a difference. Looking at the whole NEC, these are the same bi-levels operated by MARC that make the trip from WAS to Perryville, MD on a daily basis, so the 8" is enough to make a difference between go and no-go down here.I've ridden on bilevel coaches that happen to belong to the MBTA all the way from BOS to PVD. I was under the impression that the Superliners were not any taller than the MBTA coaches.They couldn't run BOS-NHV due to the catenary issue.
Back many (7+) years ago, before they extended the catenary north to BOS, there was a re-dedication of the KIN station. On that day, they brought many locos and other cars including Superliners to KIN!
I guess it wouldn't be too surprising if somewhere south of that, there were one or more bridges carrying roads over the tracks that happened to be too low for bilevel cars; if that were the case, it would make very good sense to simply lower the catenary wires rather than rebuilding the bridges or lowering the tracks, until there's real demand for taller cars, or the bridges happen to be getting rebuilt for some other reason.
That might be more productive and less offensive for the other members of the Board.
Then you should realize, vis-a-vis the Sunset, that what needs to happen is a very distinct change in U.P.'s operations, first, and, second, for all non-daily trains, including Sunset to be made daily. Do they have the equipment to do that? NO. But there have been numerous discussions on the board over the past several years, and, I believe, sufficient statistics showing that when you make a train non-daily, ridership, financial performance, AND OTP all suffer.
For now, that is probably a very good idea. Effectively calling another participant in a discussion on this Board more obtuse than a brick wall does NOT meet the level of civility and good manners that is the standard on this board. We do NOT have to agree with each other, and you can privately think what you want about another person who posts here. However, when it comes to the public discourse on this Board, unless you can disagree without being disagreeable, i.e., name calling, please don't make the post. And while it is an issue aside from the name calling, I would have to also comment that blasphemy is just as offensive to a lot of people as profanity.
Actually, the Kawasaki supplied MARC bi-levels are subtly different from the MBTA ones, including the fact that they are half an inch taller at 15' 6.5" and are capable for operation at upto 135mph, though currently operate only at 125mph, unlike the MBTA ones which are limited to 88mph. Info on the MARC cars can be found here.
Not to be a nitpicker, but when you're talking about 25,000 volts of electricity, a 1/2 inch can make a big difference between the juice staying in the wire or arcing into the car.I did note those differences, "the same" was poor word choice on my part - I didn't think that the 1/2 inch difference was big enough to highlight for the purpose of our discussion.
