I did think 3 minutes 18 seconds was quick going, even for the Monon in its heyday.
W3C convention for time is to use colons, as in specifying conventional times.
4:15 is either quarter past four, in telling time, or 4 hours 15 minutes. To add seconds, you use another colon, as in
4:15:30
and then append decimal fractions of seconds if needed.
As noted, the prime and double-prime (not apostrophes and quote marks although we use them for that purpose often in typography) mean specifically 'minutes' and 'seconds' respectively, regardless of context. (They are more familiar in surveying practice as degrees-minutes-seconds of angle or arc.)
"Correct" English notation for 3 hours 18 minutes would have been 3h 15' (with or without a space after the h)
Deggesty John, what has confused me is the mention of block swapping at Anderson-which is well removed from what I understand is the route of the passenger trains. I have no problem with the change from using the former PRR track to/from the station to using the former Bog Four track east of the crrossover. Are the Amtrak cars for/from the Shop left/picked up at the Union Station? In 2009, we took the Cardinal from Washington to Chicago, and I woke up when cars were being added in Indianapolis--it took several moves to get all the joints made. Currently all dead-head equipment moves from Chicago are made on the Hoosier State, because the Hoosier State overnites at Beech Grove, where the crews start, cars cleaned and engine fueled. It's not far from Beech Grove to Union Station, just a slow ride. Easy with this arrangement to ferry equipment and parts back and forth.
John, what has confused me is the mention of block swapping at Anderson-which is well removed from what I understand is the route of the passenger trains. I have no problem with the change from using the former PRR track to/from the station to using the former Bog Four track east of the crrossover.
Are the Amtrak cars for/from the Shop left/picked up at the Union Station? In 2009, we took the Cardinal from Washington to Chicago, and I woke up when cars were being added in Indianapolis--it took several moves to get all the joints made.
CMStPnP http://www.govwiki.info/pdfs/Special%20District/IN%20Northern%20Indiana%20Commuter%20Transportation%20District%202017.pdf According to the chart on page v, ridership has increased by over 2 million people in the last 40 years. charlie hebdo And that was 42 years ago. I fail to see what saving an essential, heavily used, mostly commuter system has to do with not saving an intercity service so slow and inconvenient that almost nobody used it. Ridership has been stuck at 4 million since the 1950's.
charlie hebdo And that was 42 years ago. I fail to see what saving an essential, heavily used, mostly commuter system has to do with not saving an intercity service so slow and inconvenient that almost nobody used it.
Ridership has been stuck at 4 million since the 1950's.
An "expensive model collector"
Meanwhile, the "new" 2019 Indiana road maps and attraction guides tout the Hoosier State and Antrak service. This decision may have been made quicker than we think.
OvermodMeanwhile, the "new" 2019 Indiana road maps and attraction guides tout the Hoosier State and Antrak service. This decision may have been made quicker than we think.
You expect the right hand and the left hand of government to know what each is doing?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
n012944 [CMStPnP] Ridership has been stuck at 4 million since the 1950's. http://www.govwiki.info/pdfs/Special%20District/IN%20Northern%20Indiana%20Commuter%20Transportation%20District%202017.pdf According to the chart on page v, ridership has increased by over 2 million in the last 40 years.
[CMStPnP] Ridership has been stuck at 4 million since the 1950's.
http://www.govwiki.info/pdfs/Special%20District/IN%20Northern%20Indiana%20Commuter%20Transportation%20District%202017.pdf According to the chart on page v, ridership has increased by over 2 million in the last 40 years.
Thank you for some facts.
It looks like the Hoosier State is finished. Republican governor Eric Holcomb of Indiana signed the two year state budget of $34 billion without adding $3 million annually for the Hoosier State. To recap, the governor and INDOT didn't like the performance of the Hoosier State, and omitted funding for the train in the budget. An amendment for the money was defeated in the House of Representatives by 59 to 35. State Senator Ron Alting for the Lafayette district, home of Purdue University, wasn't allowed to add an amendment for funding in the Senate, where the budget was approved 40 to 8. It should be noted that $205 million extra was given to the South Shore Railroad.
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/04/17-indiana-senate-shuns-amendment-to-fund-hoosier-state
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-amtrak-hoosier-train-cut-20190430-story.html
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