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Cap'n Transit<p>RT <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bird.makeup/users/commutinglarry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>commutinglarry</span></a></span> Gift article ⁦<a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a>⁩ new Acela trains are close to being certified for passenger service</p><p><a href="https://www.nj.com/news/2024/12/amtraks-fastest-trains-in-us-could-start-carrying-passengers-in-spring.html?gift=ab8bd5eb-bd03-451d-a601-db99c3aa96d1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nj.com/news/2024/12/amtraks-fa</span><span class="invisible">stest-trains-in-us-could-start-carrying-passengers-in-spring.html?gift=ab8bd5eb-bd03-451d-a601-db99c3aa96d1</span></a></p>
LegraLeGra<p>I do not like traveling. But when 40,000 worlds’ best experts are an <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/amtrak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amtrak</a> away, I hop on my 6am w glee 1: let me count the ways I I’ve my nyc-dc express <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/train" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#train</a> thrills me 2: I lament the ways it pains me I cannot continue this journey home 3: <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/texas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#texas</a> is flat with few rivers 🤨 🚊 <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/agu2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#agu2024</a> </p>
gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>The A1339 Fusion 9.6K uses 3 cells, but they are not 21700s, probably 18650s. So, it's also a bit chunky, but not as bad as the A1336, and it also has the AC charger built-in with a folding plug.</p><p>Unfortunately, this still means that on <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> trains, where the AC power can be intermittent, I will have to run entirely on battery power in order to avoid frequent reboots of the router and Pi.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/AirTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirTravel</span></a> should be better, as an airliner's AC power is internally generated during the flight. …</p>
Stephen Repetski<p>An <a href="https://dmv.community/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> bridge north of Baltimore shed some concrete 😬</p><p><a href="https://www.wmar2news.com/local/under-portion-of-amtrak-bridge-appears-to-have-collapsed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wmar2news.com/local/under-port</span><span class="invisible">ion-of-amtrak-bridge-appears-to-have-collapsed</span></a></p>
14mission<p>Took this back in October. I let a couple of rolls from my <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/kodakbrownie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kodakbrownie</span></a> pile up before I got down to my fav lab.<br>This is the view out the rear car of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CaliforniaZephy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaZephy</span></a>, passing through <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Truckee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truckee</span></a>, CA.<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/filmisnotdead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filmisnotdead</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bnw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bnw</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/blackandwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackandwhite</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/120film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>120film</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mediumformat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mediumformat</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://union.place/@PeachMcD" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>PeachMcD</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Hika" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Hika</span></a></span> I mean, can you enjoy views like this while driving through traffic? Nope! <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>4. Here is the bicycle area of the Pacific Surfliner. You may need to remove the panniers and stow them if there are a lot of bikes. Key thing is to know which side of the train the bicycle train is! In my area, it's always the southern most car. Otherwise you will be running to find the right place! (Cont.) <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lessons</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a></p>
decitect<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@MsMerope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MsMerope</span></a></span> Aren’t seats reserved on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> too. Maybe just commuter segments like Oxnard to Burbank are more “plane-like”? Prolly btwn Ventura and Gilroy ppl become chatty Kathys…</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>So, <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/lessons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lessons</span></a> from this trip (Amtrak -&gt; Destination -&gt; Amtrak Return)</p><p>1. Need to remember that Amtrak is aspirational travel, i.e. you want to go where your ticket is taking you, but you PROBABLY won't get there at the time it says. i.e. You'll get there EVENTUALLY, not without adventure and delays, but at least there is a bathroom on board.</p><p>2. Amtrak does allow bikes, but it is on a ROUTE-BY-ROUTE basis, and you need reservations. There is a single car with bicycle racks (on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, approx. officially 6 spots per train, though one of the trains had enough space for 8 bikes). They don't seem to check, but if you run out of room, could be an issue. </p><p>(cont) <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a></p>
allen<p>[026] <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/CoastStarlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastStarlight</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> departing Sacramento station at sunrise.</p>
allen<p>[025] An <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> car passing by at <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Sacramento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacramento</span></a> station early in the morning. Some beautiful pink and purple colours begin to appear in the sky.</p>
Mark Liederbach<p><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/Amtrak" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amtrak</a> ridership is up +15% from last year, and we barely made a dent in rebuilding our historic passenger rail infrastructure.<br><br><a href="https://media.amtrak.com/2024/12/amtrak-sets-all-time-ridership-record-in-fiscal-year-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Amtrak Sets All-Time Ridership...</a></p>
allen<p>[024] The <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/CoastStarlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastStarlight</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a> arrives at the fifth smoke break stop, <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Sacramento" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sacramento</span></a> at 6am, ahead of schedule. (I slept through the 2:30 one at Redding).</p><p>I would highly recommend earplugs for anyone braving the overnight in coach, as there will be at least one person snoring astonishingly loudly. Unlike flying, there is plenty of legroom, and the seat can recline back not fully but a fair bit.</p><p>The day has not broken yet, but it is just about sunrise when we depart.</p>
brendan (ジャンク品)<p>tren time <a href="https://lasersword.club/tags/amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amtrak</span></a></p>
Elliot<p>Amtrak carries record number of passengers for fiscal 2024<br><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/travel/amtrak-train-record-year-upgrade/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2024/12/03/travel/amtr</span><span class="invisible">ak-train-record-year-upgrade/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CNN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CNN</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/TransitTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TransitTooter</span></a></p>
allen<p>[023] Klamath Falls, <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oregon</span></a> station is the third southbound <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/CoastStarlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoastStarlight</span></a> break stop, and surprisingly furnished despite only seeing one train in each direction per day.</p><p><a href="https://rail.chat/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a> <a href="https://rail.chat/tags/train" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>train</span></a></p>
gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭<p>It's also pretty obvious that the manufacturers of <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> devices do not account properly for the fact that <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/trains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trains</span></a> do not have as reliable <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> systems as aircraft, at least, not in the US.</p><p>On <a href="https://mstdn.plus/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a>, intermittent power is the rule, and while this may not be much of an issue for people who are using the AC accessory outlets for devices which have built-in batteries, it plays havoc with other devices.</p><p>I can only hope that it's better in the EU and elsewhere, but I just don't know.</p>
Rob Bellinger<p>I'm trying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EmpireService" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmpireService</span></a> RHI-NYP instead of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trailways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trailways</span></a> and it is a fascinating microcosm containing almost every Amtrak issue. Trains are canceled due to work on an East River tunnel, even though the route doesn't use them except for yard access. But AMTK needs to accommodate NJT trains (also for yard storage) in those tunnels. Because there is no through-running, because there is no inter-agency cooperation. Also: boarding through only 2 doors, no assigned seating, wifi comes and goes.</p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Seriously, Amtrak, why are you using AES encoded data for your train tracking map? (and no API available). 🙄 <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/api" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>api</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/decoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decoding</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a></p>
AndThisIsMrsPeacock 🏳‍🌈<p>There's a whole thread in this that I'll write someday, but tl;dr the fact that after the 1970 rail industry collapse we ended up with a single, universal, continent-spanning, publicly owned, congressionally authorized rail passenger operator (thanks...Nixon?!?!) was like a one in a million miracle in the first place and the fact that it's survived 50 years of conservative fuckery and is more popular than ever shows just how good an idea it is.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Amtrak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amtrak</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Transit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transit</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RailTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailTravel</span></a></p>