Re: Mailbox overflow

["Roderick Smith" <rodsmith@werple.net.au>]

I didn't try the high-speed Acela (not running on New Year's Day), but I
tried the middle-ranking Acela: Amfleet carriages repainted and refitted,
no real improvement.  The snackbar is worse: useless tables, to force
people to carry takeaways to their seats instead of lingering.

I used the trolleybus (named Trole) extensively.  There was no smell of
ash, no sign of ash.  Often the buses would run on diesel under the wires,
I suspect a power shortage.  The system is patronised very heavily.  AFAIK
all running is segrated from cars, and the new southern extension features
contra-flow so that the stops may have island platforms.

-- 
Regards
Roderick Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

David McLoughlin <davemcl@NO***damned***SPAMiprolink.co.nz> wrote in
article <3a7516a5@news.iprolink.co.nz>...
> Did you try out the new ACELA service in the Boston-NYC-Philly-DC
> corridor? That is meant to be at European standards, or close.
> Did you see the new trolleybus system in the capital, Quito? How was it
> being affected by the volcanic eruption or has that died down now? Last
> I heard from Quito the volcanic ash was clogging the air vents on the
> trolleybuses (and clogging the noses of Quito residents).