The Business and Politics of Passenger Rail; 2011-08-25
August 25th, 2011
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The Business and Politics of Passenger Rail; 2011-06-09
June 8th, 2011
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Volume 1, Number 7
What were those allegedly crazy guys at the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida doing in 1970 running all of those long, passenger-filled trains every day of the week?
Categories: This Week Amtrak, David Morgan, Florida, ICE, Penn Central, Pullman, Robert Young, SCL, Who Shot the Passneger Train
This Week at Amtrak; 2010-03-31
March 31st, 2010
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Volume 7, Number 11
As Amtrak continues to say the right things, and to do a few as well, the logic of incrementalism is making inroads… but the “old-think” that stunted our passenger rail network for half a century hasn’t gone away yet.
Categories: This Week Amtrak, average speed, c&o, equipment, fleet, Florida, incrementalism, north carolina, priia, schedules, timekeeping, wisconsin, young
This Week at Amtrak; 2009-12-10
December 10th, 2009
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Volume 6, Number 50
- Just when we thought things were slowing down for the Christmas season … word has come the Amtrak Board of Directors has authorized taking the current tri-weekly Sunset Limited and turning it into a daily operation. Read more…
This Week at Amtrak; 2009-12-08
December 8th, 2009
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Volume 6, Number 49
- Finally, at last, after waiting oh, so very long (Too long, in fact.), SunRail, the 61 mile long commuter rail system in Central Florida serving the Metropolitan Orlando area is about to be a reality. Read more…
History can often be read with many definitions
June 12th, 1999
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Originally posted to the All-Aboard email list
As a thought, both the Southern and Rio Grande stayed out of Amtrak in the beginning; even the staid Seaboard Coast Line wasn’t doing poorly running the Florida trains and many have said SCL thought long and hard before jumping into Amtrak.
On Privatization
September 20th, 1997
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For now, Amtrak is the only game in town regarding long-haul trains. As California has on many occasions concerning many other subjects, they have shown the way to regional self-reliability through willingness to tax themselves for local concerns. And they should be applauded for this. They wanted more rail, so they were ready to pay for it, along with the necessary equipment to operate services. All other areas of the country should take note. And, don’t forget the commuters of the Midwest in and out of Chicago have been doing this very thing successfully for years.
