Amtrak has just announced the sale of some “Surplus Rolling Stock”, most of which has been assembled at Amtrak’s huge repair and maintenance facility in Beech Grove, Indiana. There are baggage cars, Horizon coaches, more than 20 diesel locomotives and, it pains me to report, all five of the Pacific Parlour Cars. For those…
INDIANAPOLIS–The Cardinal, Amtrak’s train #50, left Chicago on time late Thursday afternoon and, despite running for what seemed like 20-30 minutes at slow speeds leaving Chicago, arrived here 16 minutes early. At least a dozen NARP members were on board coming here to Indianapolis for the Fall meeting being held on Saturday and Sunday. …
Amtrak has been gaining passengers steadily for the past several years. That we know. The big problem has been not enough equipment to comfortably handle all that new business. A year ago, Amtrak had more than 100 rail cars – coaches and sleepers – in storage because there was no money for the minor repairs…