New York-Savannah What is Amtrak thinking????

[Anonymous]

So they cancel a New York to Chicago train serving Americas largest and third largest cities with Philadelphia the 4th largest city in the US with nothing. And cut down on a miami-nyc with SAVANNAH,GA. WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Im not making fun of the city of Savannah but why would they have the train terminate there?? Amtrak is dissapointing me alot today.

[Anonymous]

Why stop in Savannah at least go to Jacksonvillie, fla

[Anonymous]

Perhaps it just ends there to be aquainted with the goast of Nancy Hanks in the garden of good and evil. Good a reason as any

[Overmod]

Oh, I know... it's so that Amtrak can try to sneak some of that expanding container-terminal business coming in through the port of Savann...

Oh, wait, they're quitting the M&E business...

Back to the old drawing board, as Clyde used to say...

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by CHPENNSYLVANIA

So they cancel a New York to Chicago train serving Americas largest and third largest cities with Philadelphia the 4th largest city in the US with nothing. And cut down on a miami-nyc with SAVANNAH,GA. WHAT!!!!!!!!!! Im not making fun of the city of Savannah but why would they have the train terminate there?? Amtrak is dissapointing me alot today.

This might just be until the Hurricane passes. Don't forget they use someone else tracks!

[Junctionfan]

Maybe they should run extras to evacuate people.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan

Maybe they should run extras to evacuate people.

Now you're thinking, GREAT PR for Amtrack, I just wonder if CSX could possibly have as good of an idea of being a good corporate citizen as well? A good electrician can rig emergency power from a locomotive and last I looked a tank car could hold a lot of water for folks out of a house. Might even help them with their image[;)]

[garr]

Time makes my memory a little rusty, but I believe the Palmetto was originally established as an all coach, all-stops daytime local on the upper half of the "Silver" trains' route. This provided in a heavily populated corridor a needed service at convenient times, and eliminated a time consuming service from the "Silver" trains.

All these benefits were disregarded in 1994 when mail and express became the focus instead of people. The current changes return the Palmetto back to its original purpose and its 1994 end points.

I don't know why Savannah is the Southern terminus. Logic would lead one to believe the extension to Jacksonville would increase traffic, but maybe the extra mileage would require more trainsets.

Jay