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Archive for April, 2005
Vol. 2, No. 9 – April 26, 2005
- Oh, the humanity of it all. The Northeast Corridor somehow seems to continue to lurch along without the assistance of spiffy Wondertrains, otherwise known as Acelas. Some think a crisis is still brewing, since the return date for Acela service keeps getting moved further and further into the future. Read more…
Vol. 2, No. 8 – April 19, 2005
- There is again crisis in the land, but only if you’re an Amtrak senior manager or sycophant Amtrak apologist and cultist. Read more…
Vol. 2, No. 7 – April 13, 2005
- This Week at Amtrak is back, after an enforced absence due to some annoying and inconvenient health problems. Many thanks to those who inquired about the author’s status.
- Here we go, again. This is an abridged story (the local angles are omitted) from the Camden, South Carolina Chronicle Independent, along the route of Amtrak’s Silver Star. Many readers of this will clearly remember last December, when the Red Cross was called in to assist stranded passengers on the Coast Starlight (sigh). This story is about the unhappy plight of passengers on the northbound Silver Star. For all of the unhappiness by the passengers, one can only wonder how thrilled CSX was to have its main line blocked by an errant Amtrak train for this long. Read more…