Posted on 06/27/2022 12:32:02 PM PDT by fruser1
You won’t want to do that on a cross-country trip. 8 hours from New England I could handle. Overnight, to Wisconsin, no thanks.
Superliner is not just west of Chicago. We’ve been on them and see plenty of them here in the East.
Unless they scaled that back, too. I admit my last was 19 years ago.
They aren’t found on any trains in the NEC between Boston and DC due to low clearances. The Capitol Limited from DC to Chicago via Pittsburgh and Cleveland runs them but nothing north of that. The Auto Train uses them and the City of NOLA between Chigago and, well, NOLA as well.
“...I don’t think there’s been an airliner crash in this country since 2004.” [BfloGuy, post 96]
Last Monday (21 June), a Red Air MD-80 wrecked on landing at Miami International. Technically, not a US airliner incident; Red Air is flagged in the Dominican Republic.
Initial indications: landing gear collapsed and the aircraft left the runway. Three hospitalized. Aircraft a total loss.
Been on the Capitol Ltd many times including that last.
Since we’re in the area that could be why we see them enough.
A fried has done the Lake Shore from Springfield to Chicago in both Coach and Sleeper. They said coach is doable, but wouldn’t want to go much farther. They were on the first coach car in the consist so not many people passing thru, which helped.
Summer and high gas prices.
Amtrak vs. dump truck...remember central VA carrying GOP House members to a strategy retreat?
“It’s deja vu all over again”!
Minus the House GOP.
Wonder what punishment the dispatcher received.
I grew up in Central CT. My school was next to the Hartford - Willimantic Highland route. The line was NHs autoroute and used to see Fords going past. Around 68 I took a picture of the freight leaving Pratt-Whitney for the last time.
Not sure, but one of the trains was running late due to a Steamboat being late.
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