Passenger Trains > 42 x 3 in Pittsburgh

Amtrak P42DC, number 42 on train 42 leaving Pittsburgh this morning. Sorry about the headlight glare.

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An endangered train. State must support by 10/2013. Nice shot. I am due a trip on this Route.

Imagine the un-thinkable....No passenger train on the PRR through PA.....Geez...it can't happen....

bluesboyst Wrote:
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> Imagine the un-thinkable....No passenger train on
> the PRR through PA.....Geez...it can't happen....

The unthinkable has already happened in Pennsylvania. 18,000 teachers have been laid off in Pennsylvania and Joe Paterno's image is tarnished. All it takes is for the governor and PA legislature to do nothing and bye, bye Pennsylvanian.

RuleG Wrote:
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> bluesboyst Wrote:
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> > Imagine the un-thinkable....No passenger train
> on
> > the PRR through PA.....Geez...it can't
> happen....
>
> The unthinkable has already happened in
> Pennsylvania. 18,000 teachers have been laid off
> in Pennsylvania and Joe Paterno's image is
> tarnished. All it takes is for the governor and
> PA legislature to do nothing and bye, bye
> Pennsylvanian.

Doesn't the state still support the Philly-Harrisburg service? Anything west of there might as well be beyond the seven seas! Think New Castle, PA, Sharon, PA, or worse yet Erie, PA a continent away from Philly on Lake Erie, (Lake what?)

stone23 Wrote:
> Doesn't the state still support the
> Philly-Harrisburg service?

The state currently supports the Philadelphia - Harrisburg service, but I am of the understanding the frequency of service may be reduced along with elimination of the Pennsylvania if sufficient funds are not identified to keep existing trains.