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After Mr Norman's post this morning, I went out and searched both the STB and the Amtrak sites.
There is no evidence of a: - Regulatory - Business Case - PR release
which formally places 1/2 (east of New Orleans) into discontinuance proceedings. This includes anything resembling simply "dropping the train."
That said, we're talking about Amtrak, and that means everything is "firmly cast in a sea of Jel-lo."
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quote:Originally posted by Gilbert B Norman: At a subscription railforum, there is a report that the Amtrak Board has now formally sought discontinuance of the "Sunset East".
If the reference is to the post on trainorders.com, the poster actually said that the "Board is likely to take up this week the matter of officially discontinuing the Sunset Limited east of New Orleans". Your characterization of the matter is unfortunately at odds with what was posted.
I have no idea who the trainorders.com poster is, nor if he has any "inside sources" (himself included) to support his claim. There is a distinct possibility that it's just more rumor and speculation, standard operating procedure in the internet world.
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Mr. 1702, I too have re-read that posting and I agree that there is the possibility my report was premature.
However, my thoughts regarding the efficacy of Sunset East stand, and, if the report proves unfounded, there appears there will be no change in Amtrak's "Korean War" strategy.
I would think that advocacy groups would welcome a formal "180 Day Notice' under ARAA '97. As I noted at the posting, the mechanics for persons desiring to object to the change in service would enjoy the formal means to be heard instead of simply , in internetese, ranting.
And finally, here is a "trove" of previous discussion we have had here regarding Sunset East.
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My experience with the Trainorders rumor mill is that it is largely fueled by the Amtrak employee rumor mill, which isn't particularly reliable.
It has often been suggested that the Sunset should long ago have been split into two routes at New Orleans. There has been some talk of doing just that, with some sort of corridor development replacing the eastern portion. But that's just another rumor. No more or less credible than any other at this point.
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