United Rail Passenger Alliance » Commentary http://www.unitedrail.org Almost anything is possible in a train ... - Paul Theroux Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Stats: Empire Builder vs. Hiawatha http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/07/20/stats-empire-builder-vs-hiawatha/ http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/07/20/stats-empire-builder-vs-hiawatha/#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:29:16 +0000 wlindley http://www.unitedrail.org/?p=558 A comparison of the Empire Builder to the Hiawatha Service trains:

F.Y. 2007 Empire
Builder		 Hiawatha
Service
Endpoint departures per day 1 7
Route Length, miles 2,200 86
Total Revenue $53,177,800 $10,230,000
Revenue Passenger Miles 390,824,000 47,619,000
Passengers 505,000 593,000
Average Trip Length, miles 773.9 80
Load Factor 60.7% 37.7%
Revenue per Passenger-Mile $0.1361 $0.2148
Average Passengers per mile 206.7 110.7

source: Amtrak

In summary, the single daily Empire Builder carried 88,300 fewer passengers than the combined seven daily Hiawathas, and generated $42,947,800 more in revenue and generated 343,205,000 more revenue passenger miles than all the combined Hiawathas.

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]]> http://www.unitedrail.org/2007/03/28/selden-on-long-distance/feed/ 0 Byron Nordberg Remembered http://www.unitedrail.org/2007/01/30/byron-nordberg-remembered/ http://www.unitedrail.org/2007/01/30/byron-nordberg-remembered/#comments Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:54:04 +0000 wlindley http://www.unitedrail.org/2007/01/30/byron-nordberg-remembered/ January 30th marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Byron Nordberg. Called the “heart and soul” of RailPAC, his influence on Rail Passenger service is still being felt nation wide.

Byron Nordberg, 1985

Above: Byron Nordberg has the microphone at the 23 February 1985 RailPAC convention. At left is Andrew C. Selden.

Monument at Oceanside (California) Transportation Center

Byron was the “father” of the Oceanside Transportation Center, and is remembered by this monument there. (Photo By Noel T. Braymer)

Sprinter Platform Under Construction, 2006.

A view from the “Scottish Thistle” of the Sprinter Platform under construction at the Oceanside Station, another Byron Nordberg  design. Photo by Dean  McCormick.

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