three questions re Amtrak & Silver Star

Trains Magazine General Discussion
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In a few weeks I’ll be taking the Silver Star Philadelphia-
Ft.Lauderdale & return

  1. What is the scanner freq for the on-board staff?
  2. At Jacksonville there is an Amtrak P-32BWH on a siding
    next to the station. Is this a switching loco. Any switching
    I have seen here is done by other switchers. Is the P-32
    classified as a switcher or a road unit as I have seen it
    doing both services? Is this unit just on standy in case of
    regular trains breaking down?
    3 With the CSX track work being done between Richmond &
    RockyMount, Passengers are being bussed to Tampa
    How does this affect the scheduling between between
    Lakeland-Ft,Laud or Lakeland-Phi. I have asked Julie’s
    agents at Amtrak & none of them seem aware of this work
    or any Amtrak slow orders.
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  1. There is no On Board Staff frequency they don’t have radios
  2. No the P32 is the Jacksonville Protection Locomotive in the event one dies they have 1 ready to go as of Dec of 05 it was 516.
  3. It doesn’t effect the time table that I know of they just make 1 Lakeland Stop also the bussing is Southbound only.