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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>From what I have read, the delays not only on the Capitol, but many of the Amtrak trains is due to the recent rise in the number of tank trains across the nation. The host railroads are supposed to give priority to Amtrak, but we know that rarely happens.<br><br><div>Dennis F. Cramer <br><a href="http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/" target="_blank">http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/</a></div><br><br><div>> Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 22:06:55 -0400<br>> From: shadow@dementix.org<br>> To: pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] RAIL Magazine (Issue 35)<br>> <br>> On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 9:07 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran@cavtel.net> wrote:<br>> <br>> > D Cramer,<br>> ><br>> > I've been a passenger on the Empire Builder three times from Pittsburgh to<br>> > Sparta, WI (Fort McCoy) and return. That was when I worked for the Dept of<br>> > the Army on Leech Farm Road. The civilian administrative training center<br>> > was at Fort McCoy, WI. Under the JTR civilian employees who were required<br>> > to travel had the choice of flying coach or taking Amtrak first class. It<br>> > didn't take much thinking for me to select Amtrak. It is an excellent train<br>> > and has excellent service, especially in First Class.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> The delays on the Capitol Limited recently eastbound have been nuts. Still,<br>> they<br>> don't screw you like the airlines when you're missing a connection.<br>> <br>> ><br>> > Bob,<br>> > I was looking at several "Pgh Dad" videos on YouTube a couple weeks ago.<br>> > They're good and worth watching.<br>> ><br>> <br>> The younger of my sisters bought a house near Canonsburg recently, and she<br>> ran into Pittsburgh Dad while<br>> she was at IKEA this past weekend.<br>> <br>> --<br>> Daria<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: http://mailman.dementix.org/pipermail/pittsburgh-railways/attachments/20140723/cb98749e/attachment.html <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Pittsburgh-railways mailing list<br>> Pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org<br>> https://mailman.dementix.org/mailman/listinfo/pittsburgh-railways<br></div> </div>
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