Aerojet
Active Member
Passenger business went south in the late 60's and early 70's with Amtrak taking over the biz. So how is a road likely to make it pay?
By getting the equipment to fit the amount of passengers it will carry.....
Here is how we haul 40 passengers per trip from Chicago to St. Paul twice a day each way. Make that 4 trains a day. Two day trains and two night trains.
Starting with motive power which matches the load it will haul. One does not need super big locos to haul three or four cars. Express still work for us and we move a lot of LCL / small packages via our Railway Express and deliver it ourselves. Yup it still works in the Kickapoo Drift-less Region.
A 35 passenger coach with Slumber Coach seats works for this haul - and the shortened observation car with three compartments and an all day lunch / bar works for the food service. there is also a lounge at the back of this unit.
Makes money for us!
Aerojet
Superintendent
Royal Point Division
Chicago and Northwestern
By getting the equipment to fit the amount of passengers it will carry.....
Here is how we haul 40 passengers per trip from Chicago to St. Paul twice a day each way. Make that 4 trains a day. Two day trains and two night trains.
Starting with motive power which matches the load it will haul. One does not need super big locos to haul three or four cars. Express still work for us and we move a lot of LCL / small packages via our Railway Express and deliver it ourselves. Yup it still works in the Kickapoo Drift-less Region.
A 35 passenger coach with Slumber Coach seats works for this haul - and the shortened observation car with three compartments and an all day lunch / bar works for the food service. there is also a lounge at the back of this unit.
Makes money for us!
Aerojet
Superintendent
Royal Point Division
Chicago and Northwestern