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Re: Trump Administration wants to cut service south of Eugene
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 08-28-2019 - 11:26
BOB2 Wrote:
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> You're absolutely right, about the current travel
> times, on the padded UP schedule of 19 hours, is
> absurd. So what was the scheduled time from
> Oakland to Portland in 1958 via Davis and the West
> Side, and what it the best passenger time that
> could be achieved on the CORP segment? Aren't
> there at least 3 hours of pure unadulterated
> "slop" time (like "smoking" breaks) built into
> that current schedule?
>
> Once, again, as I would on the Coastline, if you
> were to make a substantial investment in the Corp
> line (like with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and
> Vermont on the "inland" connection to the NEC), I
> would be looking at having mid point (filler)
> departures (so you can have more of that
> "frequent" service customers seem to prefer), as I
> have proposed for "all day" Coast services.
>
> If we want "first world" rail passenger services
> in this here United States of America, services
> that are able to provide "real" and "significant"
> benefits for travelers and taxpayers for the money
> spent, then we will probably need to look at
> filling those critical travel time slots, that
> would allow for better timing of intermediate trip
> departures and arrivals at key hubs?
>
> IMAGINE? Imagine what it takes to do it right?
>
> Imagine that there are still some competent adults
> out there working quietly away at keeping the
> "lights on"...? Imagine that there might still be
> folks who may still possibly be competent enough
> to do these kind of things...,?
>
> Imagine that possibility of competent effective
> actions and outcomes, despite all of the evidence
> you may be seeing to the contrary, that most of
> our current crop of so-called "leaders" seem to
> be clueless thieves and liars, doing their
> damnedest to drill holes in the boat, that keeps
> us all afloat, that you may see every day on cable
> news?
From the May 1959 timetable for Train No. 10:
Dep. Oakland 16th Street - 8 AM
Arr. Portland Union Station - 11:25 PM
Elapsed time: 15 hours 25 minutes
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> You're absolutely right, about the current travel
> times, on the padded UP schedule of 19 hours, is
> absurd. So what was the scheduled time from
> Oakland to Portland in 1958 via Davis and the West
> Side, and what it the best passenger time that
> could be achieved on the CORP segment? Aren't
> there at least 3 hours of pure unadulterated
> "slop" time (like "smoking" breaks) built into
> that current schedule?
>
> Once, again, as I would on the Coastline, if you
> were to make a substantial investment in the Corp
> line (like with Connecticut, Massachusetts, and
> Vermont on the "inland" connection to the NEC), I
> would be looking at having mid point (filler)
> departures (so you can have more of that
> "frequent" service customers seem to prefer), as I
> have proposed for "all day" Coast services.
>
> If we want "first world" rail passenger services
> in this here United States of America, services
> that are able to provide "real" and "significant"
> benefits for travelers and taxpayers for the money
> spent, then we will probably need to look at
> filling those critical travel time slots, that
> would allow for better timing of intermediate trip
> departures and arrivals at key hubs?
>
> IMAGINE? Imagine what it takes to do it right?
>
> Imagine that there are still some competent adults
> out there working quietly away at keeping the
> "lights on"...? Imagine that there might still be
> folks who may still possibly be competent enough
> to do these kind of things...,?
>
> Imagine that possibility of competent effective
> actions and outcomes, despite all of the evidence
> you may be seeing to the contrary, that most of
> our current crop of so-called "leaders" seem to
> be clueless thieves and liars, doing their
> damnedest to drill holes in the boat, that keeps
> us all afloat, that you may see every day on cable
> news?
From the May 1959 timetable for Train No. 10:
Dep. Oakland 16th Street - 8 AM
Arr. Portland Union Station - 11:25 PM
Elapsed time: 15 hours 25 minutes
