Recent content by kmothersil

Well I have an issue with three locomotives I downloaded from Jointed Rail. I am using TRS2006 for this and everything is up to date. I downloaded the following: The C30-7, the Amtrak Dash 8, and the EMD Demonstrator SD60s yesterday. They worked well yesterday. Now when I tried to use them...

How many of these cars are operational?

I got a couple of questions about this. Now say that they do restore the Sunset to it's transcontiental status (We will find out July 17th about the fate of the Sunset and the eastern portion of the route.), than how many sets would be needed to make it daily from LA-ORL? Would they be able to...

It has been confirmed that the Slants are now retired. http://docs.google.com/View?docid=d268djb_4f2wsg5kp I rode these cars back in 2000 when they were on the Q train.

A new station in Sanford is being built for the Auto Train. Groundbreaking is starting tomorrow at 10 A.M. Here's a video from News 13 on this. http://cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer2/MediaPlayer.htm?video=000TVYSxAmtrak_051720091057&cat=MR&title=New%20Auto%20Train%20Facility

When I saw what engines were involved I was completely shocked along with the fire that started. http://cfnews13.com/MediaPlayer2/MediaPlayer.htm?video=trainderailment_051020090811&cat=Local&title=Train%20Derailment

I really don't know if this was the longest train in America, but by the looks of it, it may have been . According to another article on google it stayed on the Guiness World Record for 22 years. http://list.nwhs.org/pipermail/nw-mailing-list/Week-of-Mon-20040503/000134.html This is...

Well guys it has finally happen those of you who are R160 fans you will like this than.

Well from every source I can find all R38s were retired today. Plus I heard the R40S are next to be retired.

Well everyone the official name of the commuter rail in Florida has been revealed as Sunrail. :) http://cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/1/14/commuter_rail_commission_unveils_sunrail_logo.html Plus their is a new website for it as well. http://www.sunrail.com Even though there is a problem...

Does anyone have a guess on when this engine will go into production? By the way i notice we have no thread about this engine so here you guys go.

Don't know if you guys either know this or not, but I found an article about a new subway car that will be placed on the 7 line and will displace the R62As with them here is the article. The reason why is the cars are going to be CBTC ready and some R142/R142As will be converted to CBTC...

With the approval of the Amtrak bill by the Senate that gives Amtrak $13 billion in funding is there a possibility that if the bill is signed by the president will Amtrak bring back it express mail service? P.S. This thread can basically be a discussion about the bill and what may happen once...

The accident of 1993's anniversary is tomorrow. I'm going to post several videos from the show Seconds From Disaster and a other videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OkMVwptXac http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtZAjVpvV1s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt2Ii2QNvXM...

Guys I got three questions about Amtrak. If anyone will be willing to answer these that will clear three large thorns that have been on my back for a while. Question 1: Why did the Silver service go from 12 cars or more to 10? Before After Question 2 : Why were these removed from the...