Do they still carry mail on Amtrak? Because all of the baggage cars clearly read in big letters "US Postal Service". I know that the palmetto's route through dade city and around there was canceled because that was only really to carry the mail and hence their contract ran out the train was truncated to savannah.
No they dont anymore. They just never removed that lettering on the older phase IV baggage cars. If you look at the newly painted phase IVb it doesnt say it.
I wonder whatever happened to those crew dorms. I think they killed them sometime 05 or 06, but I can't imagine they could've been scrapped. I've seen the inside of them before and to be honest with you, they could seriously go as baggage cars. It's just a big hollow space.
That's because that "big hollow space" was originally designed to be a smoking lounge. A couple of the cars had "Dorm/Lounge" written on their sides. A few of them are at Beech Grove awaiting nothing. Instead of purchasing new baggage/crew dorm Viewliners, which Amtrak has hinted at doing, I'd suggest taking that "big hollow space" and adding a baggage door, hence creating new baggage/dorms.
Yeah that's a remainder from the mail days. They're just baggage now. Most of the crew stays in the cafe all night with the exception of the viewliner crew. Unless sold out, they occupy one of the roomettes.
Do they still carry mail on Amtrak? Because all of the baggage cars clearly read in big letters "US Postal Service". I know that the palmetto's route through dade city and around there was canceled because that was only really to carry the mail and hence their contract ran out the train was truncated to savannah.
AmtrakFlorida 2 years ago
No they dont anymore. They just never removed that lettering on the older phase IV baggage cars. If you look at the newly painted phase IVb it doesnt say it.
CSXKid5016 2 years ago
I wonder whatever happened to those crew dorms. I think they killed them sometime 05 or 06, but I can't imagine they could've been scrapped. I've seen the inside of them before and to be honest with you, they could seriously go as baggage cars. It's just a big hollow space.
murjax 2 years ago
That's because that "big hollow space" was originally designed to be a smoking lounge. A couple of the cars had "Dorm/Lounge" written on their sides. A few of them are at Beech Grove awaiting nothing. Instead of purchasing new baggage/crew dorm Viewliners, which Amtrak has hinted at doing, I'd suggest taking that "big hollow space" and adding a baggage door, hence creating new baggage/dorms.
1985MANAmericana 2 years ago
Although, that would not, of course, be acceptable as the Heritage cars are direct-dump.
1985MANAmericana 2 years ago
Amtrak equipped the dorm lounges with retention tanks.
rttx 2 years ago
Really? I was not aware of that.
1985MANAmericana 2 years ago
Do they still carry mail?
AmtrakFlorida 2 years ago
Amtrak hasn't carried mail since at least 2004.
murjax 2 years ago
But the baggage cars all say "US Postal Service". And what does the crew do without the crew dorm?
AmtrakFlorida 2 years ago
Yeah that's a remainder from the mail days. They're just baggage now. Most of the crew stays in the cafe all night with the exception of the viewliner crew. Unless sold out, they occupy one of the roomettes.
murjax 2 years ago