I love calling the Julie System Train Status line. I do this a couple of times a day. I love being able to get the Train Status. I love how Julie says"The latest report for train 11 was at 10:20 AM when it was between San Jose Train Station and Salinas the estimated time of arrival into LA is at 9:20 PM.
I also love how Julie says"I have a service announcement Due to Traffic and Frieght Congestion over the route Train 14 travels over may cause delys between 6 and 8 hours through December 2006. Please Call Amtrak on the Day of Travel for a report. Then she says Ok Where were we.
Another funny quirk sometime ago was instead of JUlie saying Saturday she would say Sensday.
I also like it when Julie says The lates report for Train 3 was out of Albuquerque New Mexico where it arrived at 12:00 PM etc.
Anyone else here love the system.
I wonder how can you setup the same text to speech software for your home. Does Julie record each and every command which I highly doubt since there is so much she can say. Is this sy stem like Simpletext on Mac OS where I can type something and it says it?
Posted by 20thCenturyLimited (Member # 1108) on :
I can't answer your question as to the inner workings of the JULIE reservation system, but giving that you are saying your'e still using Simpletext, it sounds to me like you are still using the Classic Mac OS, which is a dead OS. You may want to think about upgrading to OS X.
Posted by notelvis (Member # 3071) on :
Sometimes when I call for train status I swear Julie says,
"Hold on. I'll try to find your train."
Like it's lost or temporarily misplaced......like between Rocky Mount and Petersburg on CSX or something.
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
I frequently check the on-line "Julie" to note how late the CS trains #11 and $14 are, into San Jose, just for fun. I know this subject has been posted, before, but I am bothered when they say, for example, "Train #14 has just arrived in Salinas, 1.5 hours late, but it is expected to make up time, and arrive on time into San Jose" . I always figure if it is 1.5 hrs late into Salinas, it will be about 1.5 hrs into San Jose (or more). The times I have actually taken #14 headed north, I have never missed my train by this method.
A while back, a friend e-mailed me a web site for tracking commercial airlines. For any flight number, you could track the flight across a state or across the country. The site would have a graphic depiction of the airliner moving slowly, across the screen, with towns, cities, landmarks below so you could tell exactly where the aircraft was at any time. I think it would be interesting if Amtrak could do the same, on their web site. It would be fun to track #14, especially in the summertime, with all the UP delays.
Richard
Posted by Trainut (Member # 4052) on :
Hello Yukon11, Would you still have that web site for the tracking of commercial airlines. If so would you post it. It would be fun to "play" around with it. Also tracking Amtrak trains that way would be very cool. But I wonder who would would pay for it? Thanks in advance. Trainut
Posted by yukon11 (Member # 2997) on :
Trainut: I'm afraid that I no longer have the web site for the tracking of commercial airlines. However, I will e-mail my friend who originally sent it to me (it's been at least a year since I got the info, so hope he still knows the address of the site). If he can recall, I will post the info. on the site as soon as I get it.