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#1 KevinKorell

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Posted 10 November 2012 - 12:13 AM

From Railway Age, 11/9/12:

Amtrak is bringing a baggage car loaded with relief supplies donated in Slidell, La., to New Jersey communities hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. The aptly named “Train of Hope” is on the northbound Crescent that left New Orleans today (Nov. 9) and is scheduled to arrive in Newark, N.J., on Saturday morning, Nov. 10.

No it's not aptly named. It's not really a train but one extra baggage car on the Crescent. Too bad they didn't save the Reefer Railers, because I needed frozen food to replace what I threw out.

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Posted 10 November 2012 - 07:54 AM

AFAIK, Amtrak still does have those reefer cars. Not sure if they're in a serviceable condition anymore however.
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Posted 11 November 2012 - 07:44 AM

Amtrak workers unload supplies from "The Crescent" which carried 5 to 7 tons of supplies from New Orleans to New Jersey for Hurricane Sandy victims.


Proof once again, that Amtrak doesn't cost; it pays. :D

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Posted 11 November 2012 - 05:33 PM

Jersey Journal, Jersey City, NJ, 11/10/12:

Hoboken councilman organizing volunteers to bring Train of Hope supplies to stricken city


From Newark, volunteers will head to a distribution center in Bayonne, said Occhipinti, who expects the supplies to be in Hoboken before 5 p.m.

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