http://uscode.house.gov/statviewer.htm?volume=95&page=647
Found this while reserching the creation of Conrail and associated laws
First off, the formal name for Amtrak is the National Railroad Passenger Corp. Amtrak Commuter Services was established as a separate entity to act as a contract operator for suburban services in Conrail’s service area. Amtrak did have an operating contract with MBTA and currently has a similar contract with Caltrain. There may be others.
Guess there needs to be a lawn mower!
That’a live PCC at Kenosha, Wisconsin: http://www.lightrailnow.org/facts/fa_ken_2005-01.htm
A better lawnmower (between the rails) on the St. Charles Ave. line, New Orleans:
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/f2/b9/bf/f2b9bfc6eb1a5b9e675bfdd8a3b6330c.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Streetcar_Line
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It’s a convenient way to hide your track defects until you go on the ground.[:-,]
And to cause the track defects by the usually wet and sometimes corrosive soil conditions . . .
And to make the defects much harder to fix because everything has to be excavated and then cleaned off by hand labor to expose it and figure out the problem before any repair/ replacement work can be done - and then a lot more excavation to remedy the usual culprit of deteriorated ties, which necessitates a lengthy trench out to the side . . .
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But it looks nice. When I was a kid (back in the 1950’s) there were full-time crews working on the ROW. They would dig out about half a block or so at a time and do whatever maintenance was necessary. Headway back then was about 2 or 3 minutes, and the streetcars would creep through the work areas. I don’t see how they were able to get anything done.
Been there[+o(]…and then the owner claims for “historical heritage reasons” he is immune to FRA rules and the fact that there are people on the railcars running over it is irrelevant. Wanted to irrelevant him six feet into 'da ground.[:(!] (wanted to curse FTA as well, but that’s another story)
How did Waht The Freek did we get here?
“According to this lawn Amtrak Commuter Corporation is entirely separate from Amtrak aka National Passenger Service Corporation?”
Are you in Lawn enforcement?
He isn’t the spelling police!
Quite true; he is more like a spelling criminal.[:)]
It’s fascinating to see how conversations evolve and wander. The Stringlining thread is a great example. It started with a stringlining incident and evolved into a gem full of information and reminiscences.