Comments on: Amtrak President Exaggerates http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977 Dedicated to the sunset of government planning Wed, 22 May 2013 02:02:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-319346 the highwayman Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:17:32 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-319346 Freight locomotives can be rented to push or pull, though they still need a passenger locomotive on the train to provide HVAC.

]]> By: prk166 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318820 prk166 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:19:14 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318820 And it’s baffling as to why Amtrak does this. They’re undercapitalized and, as a result, are lacking equipment. They’re constantly having to borrow power – aka pay through the nose – to fill in on it’s trains. The only thing I can make of it is that it’s shell game. They can count the renting out of it’s locomotives as revenue while they turn around and point to their expenses and complain they need more money.

]]> By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318580 the highwayman Wed, 03 Oct 2012 02:20:38 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318580 Frank; In this situation, we can be thankful hardly anyone rides Amtrak, or there might have been more injuries. Only 169 passengers When each Superliner has a capacity of 96? There are at least four rail cars in the photos, indicating that the train was not even half full, and if there were six cars, the train was only a third full.

THWM: So most automobiles go around at 1/4-1/5 full, also with the train people are getting off and on along the way.

]]> By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318572 the highwayman Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:51:29 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318572 Last year a in Nevada a truck drove into the side of an Amtrak train.

]]> By: Frank http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318448 Frank Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:17:11 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318448 And wouldn’t you know that when I criticize grammar, I would use their and not there. Geesh. No more comments until I have my morning coffee.

]]> By: Frank http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318445 Frank Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:14:50 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318445 You can’t blame this one on Amtrak. “the driver of the tractor-trailer carrying cotton trash failed to yield and hit the train”. Don’t be so lazy, reader. (Also, it’s its not it’s.)

In this situation, we can be thankful hardly anyone rides Amtrak, or their might have been more injuries. Only 169 passengers When each Superliner has a capacity of 96? There are at least four rail cars in the photos, indicating that the train was not even half full, and if there were six cars, the train was only a third full. We can also be thankful it wasn’t traveling at 200 mph.

]]> By: LazyReader http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318397 LazyReader Tue, 02 Oct 2012 11:46:50 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318397 Meanwhile Amtrak continues it’s current day to day operations.

http://news.yahoo.com/least-20-injured-california-train-crash-205833933.html

]]> By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318182 the highwayman Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:16:49 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318182 The Autoplanner; Mica plans to hold more hearings

THWM: Joseph McCarthy would be proud of Mica’s witch hunting.

]]> By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318181 the highwayman Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:14:19 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318181 Though there are both slow and fast freight trains.

]]> By: the highwayman http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977&cpage=1#comment-318179 the highwayman Mon, 01 Oct 2012 20:11:05 +0000 http://ti.org/antiplanner/?p=6977#comment-318179 Amtrak does rent out locomotives for some cruise trains operations though.

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