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Comment on Amtrak 449 Derailment - March 8, 2009 by John

John — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:57:04 +0000

Excellent pictures and info/ thanks.

Comment on Amtrak 449 Derailment - March 8, 2009 by Ron Hayden

Ron Hayden — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:12:13 +0000

All things considered, it sounds like it could have been quite a bit worse. True, Amtrak’s on board personnel could only communicate what they knew. But it sounds like they held up their end of the deal by ensuring your safety and comfort. They got the initial call of 3 or 4 hours right (it took 3:45), got you and your possessions to Albany where 49 was held, and handed out refreshments. I assume there were no misconnects in Chicago. But yeah, a rescue stub train from Albany, as the poster above suggests, would have been a nice luxury.

Comment on Amtrak 449 Derailment - March 8, 2009 by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:30:40 +0000

Good post, Jay, and glad noone was hurt.

Comment on Amtrak 449 Derailment - March 8, 2009 by David Perlman

David Perlman — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 04:41:41 +0000

My wife and I were on train 49 waiting for you in Albany. We also got stories that varied from hour to hour. The number of busses grew from one to two to three and their estimated time of arrival kept getting later and later.
Here’s some thoughts:
1. Amtrak should improve emergency training for all on board personnel including the importance of providing timely and accurate information to passengers.
2. Amtrak should send generous travel vouchers to all the passengers affected.
3. If the derailment was due to faulty track (most likely, I believe), CSX should reimburse Amtrak for all accident related expenses and possibly be fined for inadequate track maintenance. It is interesting to look at the CSX web page where you will find that their vision is “To be the safest, most progressive North American railroad, relentless in the pursuit of customer and employee excellence.” Hmmmm.
4. Congress should find enough extra money for poor Amtrak so that there is enough rolling stock on hand so that they could have sent out an extra short train to take you all to Albany. It would have been a lot faster!

At least they let you off the train and allowed you to take pictures (which are excellent, by the way).

The fact that no one was hurt is a great blessing.

Comment on Death of the Iron Horse by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:00:04 +0000

Very nice shots, Jay. This is a rarely-captured part of the life of a locomotive.

Comment on Death of the Iron Horse by Jason

Jason — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:56:23 +0000

Hey Jay,

Awesome scrapping shots man!

Noe

Comment on Slag Train at Night by Ray Hoadley

Ray Hoadley — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:19:30 +0000

Those Inco shots are great I made one of them into my wall paper.
How did you get those shots and do you have any other industrial shots.
Ray.

Comment on Weekend Sun by Jason

Jason — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:03:59 +0000

Nice shots of 1359 Jay!

Comment on Weekend Sun by Steve Boyko

Steve Boyko — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:58:31 +0000

Excellent shots, Jay!

Comment on Weekend Sun by headtailgrep

headtailgrep — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:26:20 +0000

http://jay.thegrebs.com/wp-content/mar08/1/CN-2593-02.jpg

Excellent shot, Jay!