future 611 trips ??

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 "Amtrak primarily will run routes during the week, freeing up possible time and equipment, and cars to rent for weekend excursions."

Does anyone know where this little gem came from?  I don't know about some of the regional service, but the national routes don't take the weekends off.  

I don't really read anything into this regarding NS, at least from the article alone, but there have been complaints on this list, and I imagine else where, too, about 611 running the same Roanoke based trips over and over.  I can easily see ridership dropping, as the mileage collectors and railfans willing to travel to ride 611 have been there, done that.  It doesn't matter if they go with NS, Amtrak, or NRHS chapters, but they need to get 611 on the road to reach more fans.  They need a mindset like 765 or 4449, not 1225.

Marty Flick


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> Changes ahead for 611 excursions
>  By Rachel Lucas The Virginia Museum of Transportation is now looking to expand the excursions to new areas to increase interest ...  |   |
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> Kind of sounds like either a) not as many people are riding or b) NS is looking to punt the trips over to Amtrak.
> Brian Dembinski
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>     On Monday, May 29, 2017 6:36 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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>  Has anyone heard of the future of any more trips either at the NC Transportation Museum or on the NS mainline for next year?
> I just got a message from "a good source" that said this year's trips, i.e., Monday, May 29th is IT and no more afterwards. 
> Anyone else heard anything?
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