Yep, which is why I included that qualifier, along with saying the explanation is “maybe a little too convenient”

I’m in no way saying it’s true, just that I like the theory, from an existential perspective. It’s fun to philosophize about this stuff, not trying to convince anyone this theory is true. Just fun to think about

It's the landlord's responsibility to maintain and repair the property. As for the appliances, if it's in your lease that they're included, they have to fix/replace them. I wouldn't do any repairs. I own a few properties and have 2 tenants. I have all this included in our signed and notarized lease documents.

A few things:

• Those tracks (Pennsylvania RR) were built before dynamite had been invented, so blasting through inconveniently-located mountains (as they did for the Turnpike and I-80) wasn’t feasible. Since trains can’t operate on steep grades, this has resulted in rather indirect paths. The mountains decided where the tracks went as much as the planners did.
• State College didn’t formally exist at the time said tracks were built. State College didn’t have any appreciable population until the 1960s, by which point cars and buses were both widely available and promoted by the government.
• The tracks that pass through the State College area continue to Williamsport before you can continue south again. The only through route that would make sense there would be Pittsburgh-Scranton, which wouldn’t have much travel demand (though it could continue to NYC). Any route to Philly would most likely have to double-back, adding travel time and operational cost.
• Cars. We massively subsidize driving throughout the US, so often rail is not competitive on price. As far as I’m aware none of the roads around there have tolls.
• Buses. It’s much cheaper and less complex to run buses.

I would love to see it happen, but especially connecting to Philly would be challenging unless they laid new track (very difficult given property rights, lack of public support, cost, engineering, etc)

Some dumbass is gonna shoot him.

We are just getting old!! and the older generations are passing on…

This reminds me of the Futurama episode when Fry (?) played the song ‘Baby Got Back’ and Bender says “why are you listening to CLASSICAL music” (or something along those lines)

I was using a hypothetical. If enough people want to believe in leprechauns then they will think they see them. What’s a leprechaun but a tiny human? Imagine the opposite of a Bigfoot. Instead of large tracks there could be tiny foot tracks. Seems just as possible. We have just as many leprechaun bones as we do Bigfoot ones.

It is the issue. The only tracks that reach state college is a spur line that comes from the north through Bellefonte. There’s no tracks connecting State College to Lewistown where the existing Amtrak line is. They would need to reroute through Williamsport to connect State College and Harrisburg without laying new track.

You are correct. The trains from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh follow the Keystone Corridor. Trackage was originally laid down by a number of railroads including the Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, the Harrisburg, Portsmouth, Mount Joy and Lancaster Railroad, and others. Then through acquisition it became the Pennsylvania Railroad main line. Then Penn Central, then Conrail, then CSX and Norfolk Southern through various sales, mergers, and breakups. There is freight track running north from Tyrone through Port Matilda which is on the other side of a mountain from State College. Amtrak I guess figured it was not profitable to run a train there so Tyrone to State College is served by and Amtrak Bus line instead.

Agreed, we need to see the cats. Pspspsps

"Not much" lol.

Just because it sounds like a nice theory doesn't mean it is all true.

You can do it, Allegheny!!

I am a person and I agree with your comments.

There is track there so I don't think that was the issue.

It was definitely on the news. I heard it on WESA.

How much of it is genius and how much of it dumbing down of the high school curriculum?

Look at Reddit. Even college graduates don't know the difference between revenue and profit.

Probably not a big freight destination - Amtrak (no c) mostly runs on freight lines.

This is a slightly different answer than the other one posted - note that there probably exists a rail connection to State College (as most towns of a moderate size in PA had a rail station), but the tracks are not being maintained any longer.

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PSU had (limited) rail service until 1964. (regular service until 1945, special service after)

Library of Congress map of PA railroads.

Place to complain about what was stolen from us.

From Tyrone it's the Bald Eagle railroad up to Julian, which continues up in a northeasterly direction. There isn't a good spot to cross the mountain with a rail line till Bellefonte.

Also as the previous poster said , Norfolk Southern owns the line, Amtrak just gets a chance to use it. That's why freight gets priority over people and there is only 1 passenger train a day. Compare that with easy of Harrisburg where Amtrak owns the line and there is a commuter train into Harrisburg and out of Harrisburg every day.

It would be a great idea. Tyrone is a good example of the multiple stops on that rail line that are small towns with no need for Amtrak. It costs almost $30 to ride one-way from Tyrone to Harrisburg, this makes it much more expensive than the cost of gas to drive the distance. I live in Huntingdon county and have to go to Harrisburg twice a week for work, I thought about using Amtrak instead of driving but the ticket prices are three times what I would use in gas .

But there isn't much reason to need to take Amtrak to Tyrone, Altoona, or Huntingdon. State college would be a great idea. It could really help with PSU sports traffic. Sometimes I need to go to State college for the stores, but I would definitely think twice about going over there on a big sports weekend due to the traffic. I think a lot of this rail line was designed back when they were still thinking about thriving industries in these towns. Everywhere else in the region is a dying town that is losing population. State college and centre county are the main places in the region that are seeing growth.

Amtrak did not lay down its own line. Amtrak operates on existing trackage, primarily Norfolk Southern and CSX. There may not be existing lines to that location.

Big shoes?

Good on him

Contact the office again. Make sure they have your correct information. If it has been ongoing since October, and there is an error in ACH payments, they may say it’s your fault. The Taxes Withheld statement may also just mean that the 10% is withheld.

Honestly, I think some wires are getting crossed between you and the Dept. Remember to be clear and concise. If something doesn’t sound right, ask them to repeat and explain.

I can't believe that someone from Australia is fascinated by a pointless tradition where they grab a groundhog from a cage and hold it up in the air under a ton of lights to see if he sees his shadow. All this to "predict" if we will have 6 more weeks of winter or not even though we will still have 6 weeks of winter because spring is 6 weeks away. It is just a big party.

Also it is Gobblers Knob.

I would trust a local lawyer over anyone on here 100%.

If it helps at all WRDV is a small radio station that plays OLD Oldies. Like we are talking 30’s and 40’s during the weekday and some more recent stuff for the kids in the evening and weekends (50’s and 60’s). It’s an awesome station. I listen to it all day long. Real DJ’s and not a lot of commercials.