Passenger Trains > CZ may cease

is the rumor



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/20 14:13 by dan.

This is not very informative.

Cease as in temorary cessation of operations due to the coronavirus or cease as in permanently discontinued?

Who is the source of this rumor?

 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/20 20:30 by RuleG.

Where is this information comming from? Currently you can book the CZ for all dates

A man with a place to stay, but nothing to do....just an idle roomer

just a rumor to think that it is anything else would be silly

if you want to read more into it knock yourself out

it would  be covid related you would have to think if it was correct

maybe just the CZ will be cutback to a shorter distance  train, but the emy-chi of the 29th maybe be the last

will see what plays out, if any verification comes up, this could be hog wash therefore as stated a rumor, perhaps the  empire builder with few  other options would continuue, all dependent on many variables such as load factors, health concerns  etc  

just see if any other info surfaces before anyone gets worried

Was actually considering taking a trip with all this free time I have off now, but last week I checked and that God awful Sunset Limited was 11 hours late. 

If that's any indication on how those trains are running these days, they can get rid of them for all I care and redraw the national map to something that makes sense to where more people will ride and the tracks will actually run the trains better.

when the train is late just more train time for  the money , with gps tracking , not like you need to get to the depot early

the above just came from facebbok , there are always rumors  and b/s so no need for anyone to even approach this as reality   why i said it was a rumor, and perhaps Todd should remove this thread as i can't erase it  
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/28/20 21:32 by dan.

Why would Amtrak stop running, when Amtrak just 1 Billion Dollars from Congress on Friday??

with only 2 people on the last couple nights, why run it

Dan is right.

Notices and availablilty should show up Sunday.

Starlight will be five car train.

the only travel that is safe is your own car, and probably wipe down the keypad and handle on the the pumps, minimize curtail all contact

maybe cut amtrak trains to tri weekly ? bi weekly the ones that remain

​those that have traveled  to the north east self isolate!

Otoh...I feel like it would be a great time to take a train ride.  Get a train almost to yourself.  I think it would be at least as clean as  the local food store or the post office..

 

if you want to feel like you have a private car experience for the price of a coach ticket,  but anything on the or coming from the  east coast i'll pass

you may have to take your trip tommorrow

The w/b CZ due into Denveron 3/30 is terminating here in DEN, seems to add more credence to this

thou you can still book next tues emy-den i checked $19 for travel insurance



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/20 05:11 by dan.

          Not all the money going out to 'stimulate' the economy goes where it should. Much is siphoned off to personnal accounts and disappears. In the MILLIONs. Therefore not all the good gets done where it was intended.

dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
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>           Not all the money going out to
> 'stimulate' the economy goes where it should. Much
> is siphoned off to personnal accounts and
> disappears. In the MILLIONs. Therefore not all the
> good gets done where it was intended.

Another good fact-filled report.

Gordon

Keeping Amtrak running even at a bare bones level is an economic stimulus if it involves keeping paychecks going to its employees. If this thing gets to the point where Amtrak has to shut down for public health reasons it’s still a stimulus even if they are paying all Amtrak employees to stay home. That’s where we are at this point - anything that Keeps paychecks going to as many workers as possible is going to be the policy. Any worker still getting a paycheck through this crisis is a person who will be able to reengage in the economy immediately and help the country get back on its feet. From what I have heard Amtrak has not yet had to issue any furloughs including those employees who work are out of work due to suspended trains. We can have our future debates on the network when this is over, but for right now keeping money going to the employees wallets and maintaining skeleton operations so that the company can get back going again when this is over is what matters and is thus a legitimate part of this stimulus.

Posted from iPhone



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/20 05:17 by lordsigma.

gbmott Wrote:
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> dcfbalcoS1 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >           Not all the money going out to
> > 'stimulate' the economy goes where it should.
> Much
> > is siphoned off to personnal accounts and
> > disappears. In the MILLIONs. Therefore not all
> the
> > good gets done where it was intended.
>
> Another good fact-filled report.
>
> Gordon

Consider the source

lordsigma Wrote:
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> Keeping Amtrak running even at a bare bones level
> is an economic stimulus if it involves keeping
> paychecks going to its employees. If this thing
> gets to the point where Amtrak has to shut down
> for public health reasons it’s still a stimulus
> even if they are paying all Amtrak employees to
> stay home. That’s where we are at this point -
> anything that Keeps paychecks going to as many
> workers as possible is going to be the policy. Any
> worker still getting a paycheck through this
> crisis is a person who will be able to reengage in
> the economy immediately and help the country get
> back on its feet. From what I have heard Amtrak
> has not yet had to issue any furloughs including
> those employees who work are out of work due to
> suspended trains. We can have our future debates
> on the network when this is over, but for right
> now keeping money going to the employees wallets
> and maintaining skeleton operations so that the
> company can get back going again when this is over
> is what matters and is thus a legitimate part of
> this stimulus.
>
> Posted from iPhone

Amen to that.   Personally,  we're paying our household helpers in full for however long we're all confined to our respective homes.   Luckily we can afford to and I wouldn't think of not doing so.

https://www.amtrak.com/alert/service-adjustments-due-to-coronavirus.html?fbclid=IwAR1muKxNLBpkzz3Tu6dD7guT9BIngrlt50MxpRaI9Eu45guLFwhZ9Uf4TuQ


no Reno-Denver confirmed now, all other western service looks intact

the employee tested positive west of denver, so his comrades are self isolating for 2 weeks west of denver is largely a tourist market, any one that wants to go to the bay area from den chi just has to go via the chief and their bus connections from san Joaquins or whatever they are called emy den via the chief is 6 hours more than the cz so not bad



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/30/20 04:19 by dan.