@howardkevinm I agree it sucks Amtrak can't handle the schedules steam ran 70 years ago, but the PRR didn't operate 100+mph locomotives for hours, either. In 1954, the dieselized Broadway ran the 907 miles between Chicago and NYC in 15 1/2 hrs (about 58.5 mph). BTW, Ft Wayne, where Victor McLag...
@howardkevinm I agree it sucks Amtrak can't handle the schedules steam ran 70 years ago, but the PRR didn't operate 100+mph locomotives for hours, either. In 1954, the dieselized Broadway ran the 907 miles between Chicago and NYC in 15 1/2 hrs (about 58.5 mph). BTW, Ft Wayne, where Victor McLag...