re: Did you know you can own your own private rail car & attach it to an Amtrak train?

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they are extremely expensive (~$300k+)

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That's cheap for a decent one.

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Amtrak charges ~$5/mile.

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Not insane really.

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$2000 for an extra locomotive if needed

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Super cheap

Three POV's on the rear of a regular Amtrak train;

Amtrak price list PDF

Some things to note; While the extra locomotive is a $2100+ dollar charge, that does not include the extra $6.31/mile for that locomotive.

Also there is a $2974, PER DAY, charge for head end power.

Costs add up pretty quick.

Amtrak doesn't handle switching POV's in Milwaukee. That is handled by Canadian Pacific. Over ten years ago CP charged something like $1500 to take a car off the Amtrak train and spot it 3 tracks over for storage. About a 30 minute move.

Several POV's are stored in Milwaukee as the depot has a trainshed, so they are stored under cover and have power hookups.

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Bucky, ya'll voting for that contract or hard pass ?

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I got out ten years ago.

Saying that, there is no way I would vote for the offered contract.

I was against going hourly, but plenty of idiots ignored what happened on CN and went for it. Road guys didn't see much of a raise yet lost all their work rules.

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owner of Patron

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He needs to get back to sponsoring IMSA cars.

I bought one with the money I saved from cutting cable.

So if you had two private cars attached, ppl would have to walk through your pad to get to theirs? F’ that

No. Each car has a vestibule/entrance/exit.

If you are on a private car no one else is coming through it. They are almost always at the rear of the train.

We’re talking about having a private train car, but is it legal to have your own private train+cars? Hitler did.

Thanks...after tonight I will consider buying one.