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Re: Single level cars would reduce LD ridership because of the inferior views compared to from a Superliner
Author: Abandon ship!
Date: 03-20-2024 - 14:03
He actually said that Wrote:
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> He's a BS artist.
"No foreign-manufactured equipment would meet Amtrak’s needs and U.S. safety and accessibility requirements. I am surprised that you would cite VIA’s acquisition of the European-built Renaissance cars as a model that Amtrak should emulate. Barely a decade after those cars entered service, VIA was already making plans to replace them—even though they were the newest cars in its equipment fleet – because of their poor reliability and carbody corrosion and difficulty in obtaining spare parts for foreign manufactured equipment.
Manufacturing our new long-distance equipment in the United States will help develop the skilled American workforce and increased U.S. manufacturing capability the passenger railcar industry needs to fulfill future Amtrak orders for new equipment as we grow our service."
Charger locomotive in the snow?
Funny how pre-2017, they made $3.10 a mile to drag "1950s" between say San Diego and Seattle (8th street and Slo, Jack London and LAUPT, ETC ETC ETC) .
Delta $unk that Amtrak income source.
I like when he says "the report is coming" - aka "Your check is in the mail".
IIRC 45 signed a dnc budget that gave amtrak the most money it ever had.
Going between, highball. It is so hard to run the "1950s" causing so much distraction and delay.
We are doomed.
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> He's a BS artist.
"No foreign-manufactured equipment would meet Amtrak’s needs and U.S. safety and accessibility requirements. I am surprised that you would cite VIA’s acquisition of the European-built Renaissance cars as a model that Amtrak should emulate. Barely a decade after those cars entered service, VIA was already making plans to replace them—even though they were the newest cars in its equipment fleet – because of their poor reliability and carbody corrosion and difficulty in obtaining spare parts for foreign manufactured equipment.
Manufacturing our new long-distance equipment in the United States will help develop the skilled American workforce and increased U.S. manufacturing capability the passenger railcar industry needs to fulfill future Amtrak orders for new equipment as we grow our service."
Charger locomotive in the snow?
Funny how pre-2017, they made $3.10 a mile to drag "1950s" between say San Diego and Seattle (8th street and Slo, Jack London and LAUPT, ETC ETC ETC) .
Delta $unk that Amtrak income source.
I like when he says "the report is coming" - aka "Your check is in the mail".
IIRC 45 signed a dnc budget that gave amtrak the most money it ever had.
Going between, highball. It is so hard to run the "1950s" causing so much distraction and delay.
We are doomed.
