RWP
This comprehensive program, mandated by the FRA, outlines the safety procedures and protocols that must be followed by railroad workers to prevent accidents and injuries.
What is the Roadway Worker Protection (RWP) program?
This type of cost estimate is an approximation made early in the project when detailed information is limited.
What is a rough order of magnitude (ROM) estimate?
Amtrak's "Acela Express" is known for its high-speed service in the Northeast Corridor. These are the two major cities this premium service connects.
What is Boston & Washington D.C.?
This is the year Amtrak was established as the national passenger rail service in the United States
What is 1971?
This is the name of Amtrak's loyalty program, allowing passengers to earn points for travel and redeem them for free or discounted tickets
What is Amtrak Guest Rewards?
This is the maximum distance tracks can be in order to be considered "adjacent"
What is 25'?
This factor is applied to the estimated costs to account for uncertainties and risks.
What is "contingency'?
This Amtrak train route, inaugurated in 2000, provides service between Seattle and Los Angeles, offering stunning views of the Pacific coastline
What is Amtrak Coast Starlight?
In 1993, Amtrak introduced a high-speed rail service between these cities, significantly reducing travel time on the Northeast Corridor
What is Boston & New York City
This slogan is the motto of Amtrak
What is "The Future Rides with Us"?
This is the term used for track upon which the railroads operating rules require that all movements of trains to be authorized by a control operator
What is a Controlled Track?
This feature in Hard Dollar allows users to capture a momentary view of project data, enabling historical reference and analysis.
What is the "Snapshot" feature?
The "Maple Leaf" is an Amtrak route that connects the United States and Canada. terminates in this major Canadian City
What is Toronto?
Amtrak achieved this milestone in 2018, setting a new annual ridership record for the company
What is carrying more than 31.7 million passengers?
This is the name of Amtrak's Virtual Assistant
What is "Julie"?
This is the method of establishing working limits on a controlled track in which a roadway worker is notified by the control operator that no trains will operate within a specific segment of controlled track until the roadway worker reports clear of the track.
What is "Foul Time"?
In cost estimating, this term refers to the practice of adjusting historical costs to account for changes in economic conditions, market trends, or inflation
What is cost escalation?
Amtrak's Auto Train, which allows passengers to bring their vehicles on board, operates between which two states?
What is Lorton, VA and Sanford, FL?
In 1976, Amtrak purchased this major asset, which included trackage, bridges, stations, communication and signal systems, etc.
What is the Northeast Corridor?
Amtrak operates on an extensive network of tracks, with its trains covering approximately this many miles of track across the United States
What is over 21,000 miles of track?
This Railroad employee is in charge of a remotely control switch or derail, an interlocking, a controlled point, or a segment of controlled track. This includes job titles such as Train Dispatcher, Train Director, Block Operator, etc.
What is a Control Operator?
This method of cost estimating involves developing estimates for various components of a project and then summing them to arrive at the total project cost.
What is bottom-up estimating?
This is the number of long distance trains Amtrak has
What is 15?
This major event in Amtrak's history occurred in 1981, signifying a significant step towards financial self-sufficiency for the company
What is the creation of the Amtrak Reform and Accountability Act?
Amtrak's Acela Express is known for being the fastest train in the United States at this speed
What is 150 mph