Amtrak's 50 Year History 1971 - 2021: Train Talk Ep. 32 - CoasterFan2105
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Date: 2022-05-12
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Harry
Even electric cars destroy the environment through resource mining, manufacturing processes and ultimately going to the landfill in mass droves. The pollution they cause is simply unnecessary as is the amount of urban space squandered on parking and other paved over autocentric wastes They also perpetuate urban sprawl, the food deserts that come from that invariably, along with cities that are not navigable as a pedestrian or bicyclist and are, in fact, inhospitable to humanity. They add to traffic congestion. Putting the financial burden of transportation inefficiently and directly on the individual citizen is simply not wise or fair and hasn-t been the norm for even 80 years. We need to invest in commuter rail that-s properly implemented as it typically is overseas. The American people are apathetic through decades of disenfranchisement and a lot of that marginalization (eg Robert Moses-s racist urban renewal) is through divestment of public infrastructure, utilities and programs to help the American people. Public works improving life for the taxpaying citizenry materially will bolster civic pride. We need to know we have a future and an equitable shot at thriving. Transcontinental High Speed Rail should integrate seamlessly with commuter rail networks so it can evenly function as one cohesive system and this will convert flyover country back into a thriving heartland by functioning as an artery of commute and commerce which will reduce clustering on the coasts. Similarly, wholly integrated circuits of commuter rail blended with interurban routes, light rail lines, street car networks, subways, and even trolleys would prevent people from having to live on top of each other in city centers in order to have quick access to urban cores and downtown areas so this would stimulate our local economies and prevent gentrification from demolishing cherished heirlooms of our historicity, destroying our classic neighborhoods, shredding the fabric of our communities and toppling our civic landmarks and architectural heirlooms along with other social capital such as venerable culture generating venues. Studies show that this homogenously bleak and bland duplitecture that profiteering developers build for the profits of themselves and corporate slumlords not only causes homelessness from being financially inaccessible to most Americans, but also causes depression from creating such a devastatingly depressing, unloving urban habitat that-s too congested and overcrowded to work properly as a correctly engineered built environment. Our roadways are overcrowded and no amount of widening them and adding lanes will do anything to help it because it just leads to induced demand that inevitably grinds to a halt at snags and bottlenecks down the road. Shouldn-t American cities be thriving centers of culture and character rather than austere and chintzy morasses of mediocrity? I believe that we can build back better and that we also must for America to have any sort of a bright future ahead of it. Right now we are mired in the destruction of our cities from the inward attacking neocolonial oppressors who weaponize their clout of wealth against the nation for their own off-shore un-American gains of privileged, parasitic, private profits. This greed fueled anti-social exploitation is present day feudalism driving us into another gilded age. Tons of new petrochemical building -luxury living- housing units remain empty serving only as financial assets in investment portfolios of hedge fund and permanent capital firm cretins instead of as direly needed shelter for humans. We the people deserve a landscape we can be proud of and country should come first before corporate looting and exploitation. Legacies are important and live on forever. With space opened up in our cities we could rebuild beloved structures gone from economic and environmental disaster utilizing new technologies such as hempcrete and 3-D printing. We could create vertical farms etc. on spots currently now just serving as paved over squares and nothing more. We can extend democracy into offering the taxpayer residents democratic say in what their city consists of, how it looks and how it operates promoting civic engagement and participation. We need a new day rising!
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Even electric cars destroy the environment through resource mining, manufacturing processes and ultimately going to the landfill in mass droves. The pollution they cause is simply unnecessary as is the amount of urban space squandered on parking and other paved over autocentric wastes They also perpetuate urban sprawl, the food deserts that come from that invariably, along with cities that are not navigable as a pedestrian or bicyclist and are, in fact, inhospitable to humanity. They add to traffic congestion. Putting the financial burden of transportation inefficiently and directly on the individual citizen is simply not wise or fair and hasn-t been the norm for even 80 years. We need to invest in commuter rail that-s properly implemented as it typically is overseas. The American people are apathetic through decades of disenfranchisement and a lot of that marginalization (eg Robert Moses-s racist urban renewal) is through divestment of public infrastructure, utilities and programs to help the American people. Public works improving life for the taxpaying citizenry materially will bolster civic pride. We need to know we have a future and an equitable shot at thriving. Transcontinental High Speed Rail should integrate seamlessly with commuter rail networks so it can evenly function as one cohesive system and this will convert flyover country back into a thriving heartland by functioning as an artery of commute and commerce which will reduce clustering on the coasts. Similarly, wholly integrated circuits of commuter rail blended with interurban routes, light rail lines, street car networks, subways, and even trolleys would prevent people from having to live on top of each other in city centers in order to have quick access to urban cores and downtown areas so this would stimulate our local economies and prevent gentrification from demolishing cherished heirlooms of our historicity, destroying our classic neighborhoods, shredding the fabric of our communities and toppling our civic landmarks and architectural heirlooms along with other social capital such as venerable culture generating venues. Studies show that this homogenously bleak and bland duplitecture that profiteering developers build for the profits of themselves and corporate slumlords not only causes homelessness from being financially inaccessible to most Americans, but also causes depression from creating such a devastatingly depressing, unloving urban habitat that-s too congested and overcrowded to work properly as a correctly engineered built environment. Our roadways are overcrowded and no amount of widening them and adding lanes will do anything to help it because it just leads to induced demand that inevitably grinds to a halt at snags and bottlenecks down the road. Shouldn-t American cities be thriving centers of culture and character rather than austere and chintzy morasses of mediocrity? I believe that we can build back better and that we also must for America to have any sort of a bright future ahead of it. Right now we are mired in the destruction of our cities from the inward attacking neocolonial oppressors who weaponize their clout of wealth against the nation for their own off-shore un-American gains of privileged, parasitic, private profits. This greed fueled anti-social exploitation is present day feudalism driving us into another gilded age. Tons of new petrochemical building -luxury living- housing units remain empty serving only as financial assets in investment portfolios of hedge fund and permanent capital firm cretins instead of as direly needed shelter for humans. We the people deserve a landscape we can be proud of and country should come first before corporate looting and exploitation. Legacies are important and live on forever. With space opened up in our cities we could rebuild beloved structures gone from economic and environmental disaster utilizing new technologies such as hempcrete and 3-D printing. We could create vertical farms etc. on spots currently now just serving as paved over squares and nothing more. We can extend democracy into offering the taxpayer residents democratic say in what their city consists of, how it looks and how it operates promoting civic engagement and participation. We need a new day rising!
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Tom
List of Amtrak Locomotives Used in Revenue Service So Far:
EMD E8: 1971 - 1980s
EMD F7: 1971 - 1980s
EMD SDP40F: 1973 - 1988
EMD F40PH: 1976 - 2002 (Still in service as NPCU)
GE E60: 1973 - 2003
EMD AEM-7: 1979 - 2017
GE P30CH: 1974 - 1993
GE Genesis: 1993 - Present
Siemens ACS-64: 2013 - Present
GE P32-8BWH: 1991 - Present
Bombardier / Alstom HHP-8: 1999 - 2014
Siemens ALC-42: Undergoing delivery
GMD GP40TC: 1989 - 2004 (rebuilt into GP38H-3s)
EMD F69PHAC: 1990 - 1999
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List of Amtrak Locomotives Used in Revenue Service So Far:
EMD E8: 1971 - 1980s
EMD F7: 1971 - 1980s
EMD SDP40F: 1973 - 1988
EMD F40PH: 1976 - 2002 (Still in service as NPCU)
GE E60: 1973 - 2003
EMD AEM-7: 1979 - 2017
GE P30CH: 1974 - 1993
GE Genesis: 1993 - Present
Siemens ACS-64: 2013 - Present
GE P32-8BWH: 1991 - Present
Bombardier / Alstom HHP-8: 1999 - 2014
Siemens ALC-42: Undergoing delivery
GMD GP40TC: 1989 - 2004 (rebuilt into GP38H-3s)
EMD F69PHAC: 1990 - 1999
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Michael
Really a pleasure to watch and informative. As a Transport Fever 2 game player, I enjoy reproducing Amtrak routes on coast to coast and regional maps in the game. There are models of all these locomotives and cars as well as all the pre Amtrak equipment available for use in the game. (It's referred to as a game but can be played as a massive virtual train set) This video really helps me to place the proper equipment with the historical context and the timeline as game play advances. Thanks for the work you put in to research and produce this video.
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Really a pleasure to watch and informative. As a Transport Fever 2 game player, I enjoy reproducing Amtrak routes on coast to coast and regional maps in the game. There are models of all these locomotives and cars as well as all the pre Amtrak equipment available for use in the game. (It's referred to as a game but can be played as a massive virtual train set) This video really helps me to place the proper equipment with the historical context and the timeline as game play advances. Thanks for the work you put in to research and produce this video.
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train
I was 16 when Amtrak was created. I remember how everyone expected Amtrak to fail. Amtrak started with a lot of worn out equipment. There were breakdowns every day, but somehow, they kept going. Every time I ride the train I reach my destination relaxed versus flying where I am wound up and stressed at the end of every flight. I take the train whenever I can.
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I was 16 when Amtrak was created. I remember how everyone expected Amtrak to fail. Amtrak started with a lot of worn out equipment. There were breakdowns every day, but somehow, they kept going. Every time I ride the train I reach my destination relaxed versus flying where I am wound up and stressed at the end of every flight. I take the train whenever I can.
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Lucius
What I really miss from the 1980s was that you could just go down to South Station (Boston) and get a ticket and just go, and not get ripped off either. Now Amtrak acts like an airline, charging high fares that get steeper as you get closer to the time of travel, requiring reservations for everything, and playing games for the fares. I hate that.
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What I really miss from the 1980s was that you could just go down to South Station (Boston) and get a ticket and just go, and not get ripped off either. Now Amtrak acts like an airline, charging high fares that get steeper as you get closer to the time of travel, requiring reservations for everything, and playing games for the fares. I hate that.
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Sam
Hey Mike! ive been watching your amazing videos since i was 5, i am now 11 and i am still watching your videos. the reason is because the videos are just amazing and amazingly edited. i love you vids and i wont stop watching.
From, Sam Lagusis.
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Hey Mike! ive been watching your amazing videos since i was 5, i am now 11 and i am still watching your videos. the reason is because the videos are just amazing and amazingly edited. i love you vids and i wont stop watching.
From, Sam Lagusis.
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JFP3
Can you do an episode of Train Talk on the New CT rail service that started on June 16th 2018 in the State of Connecticut. Also in 2019 Connecticut partnered with Amtrak for the now named Amtrak Hartford Line originally named Amtrak Shuttle
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Can you do an episode of Train Talk on the New CT rail service that started on June 16th 2018 in the State of Connecticut. Also in 2019 Connecticut partnered with Amtrak for the now named Amtrak Hartford Line originally named Amtrak Shuttle
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Richard
I'll date myself, but the last time I rode an Amtrak long distance they were using the F40PH locomotive on the Southwest Chief. I mostly ride the Pacific Surfliner now, I notice the Siemens SC-44 Charger is In full use on that route.
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I'll date myself, but the last time I rode an Amtrak long distance they were using the F40PH locomotive on the Southwest Chief. I mostly ride the Pacific Surfliner now, I notice the Siemens SC-44 Charger is In full use on that route.
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Nicholas
So Amtrak has been operating since 71 ok then just hope the ALC-42-s r really good cause the sunset limited has p42s in service cause u can-t really tell the difference between a p40 and a p42 cause they all look the same
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So Amtrak has been operating since 71 ok then just hope the ALC-42-s r really good cause the sunset limited has p42s in service cause u can-t really tell the difference between a p40 and a p42 cause they all look the same
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Rob
In the 90s I took Amtrak from Chicago to Worchester, MA on the Lake Shore Limited. It was cool to be on a train, but I wish I would have had the money for a sleeper car. Those seats don't recline very much. ..
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In the 90s I took Amtrak from Chicago to Worchester, MA on the Lake Shore Limited. It was cool to be on a train, but I wish I would have had the money for a sleeper car. Those seats don't recline very much. ..
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