Just in the news today:
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#ClimateChange #Resilience #Amtrak #BipartisanInfrastructureBill
Amtrak said trains traveling between Boston and Washington, D.C., could face delays because of the heat this summer.
www.cbsnews.comwhile making a delivery to the @Amtrak #Amtrak Brighton Park Maintenance Facility this week May 2023 a #Trackmobile on the west lead into the building
#Amtrak #travel #Chicago
What I learned from taking a train across the US
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Here’s how US train travel went from excellent to mediocre. Subscribe and turn on notifications 🔔 so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO If you’ve taken the Amtrak recently, you might have no idea that the United States used to have the largest and wealthiest rail system in the world. How did the US go from having luxurious, widely used passenger trains to the Amtrak system we have today? Video producer Dean Peterson makes a 72-hour journey on Amtrak from LA to NYC to show its current state of operation. From getting kicked in the head by his sleeping seat mate to taking in sweeping views of the desert at sunset, Dean shows the highs and lows of being stuck on Amtrak for days on end. Along the way, he explains the history of passenger rail in the US — starting in the problematic robber baron era to the US government’s takeover of passenger rail. Will the United States ever catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to train travel, or are Americans stuck with an underfunded, inefficient rail network forever? Join Dean on his journey as he sets out to find out the answer to these questions and more. Sources: The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar https://www.amazon.com/Great-Railroad-Revolution-History-America/dp/1610393473 Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival (Railroads Past and Present) by Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, Eugene E. Harmon https://www.amazon.com/Amtrak-Americas-Railroad-Transportations-Railroads/dp/B0B5B5N3FL Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill Jonnes https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Gotham-Building-Station-Tunnels/dp/0143113240 The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917 By Albert J. Churella https://www.amazon.com/Pennsylvania-Railroad-Building-1846-1917-American/dp/081224348X Zephyrs, chiefs & other orphans ; the first five years of Amtrak by Fred W Frailey https://www.amazon.com/Zephyrs-Chiefs-Other-Orphans-Amtrak/dp/B0006WTC1K The Golden Age of American Railroading by Judith Macy, Mary McInroy, and Robert McCown https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/previous/railroad/ Association of American Railroads https://www.aar.org/chronology-of-americas-freight-railroads/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Depression%20devastated,abandonments%20and%20deferred%20maintenance More information about roadway deaths vs. train deaths from the US Department of Transportation: https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS/SafetyProblem Travel is back in a big way this summer. Vox’s first-ever travel guide is answering some of your most pressing questions about travel. Keep up on the site where new articles and videos are being published each week in July: https://www.vox.com/e/23499975 Vox is an explanatory newsroom on a mission to help everyone understand our weird, wonderful, complicated world, so that we can all help shape it. Part of that mission is keeping our work free. You can help us do that by making a gift: http://www.vox.com/givenow Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom Check out our articles: https://www.vox.com/ Listen to our podcasts: https://www.vox.com/podcasts
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At San Clemente, CA 🇺🇸, about half way between Los Angeles and San Diego, the #Amtrak #PacificSurfliner passes (and stops) right by the beach of the Pacific Ocean.
There are many nice train stations on this route, the “Mission Style” San Juan Capistrano depot being one of them.
One of the (many) highlights of the trip on the “Coast Starlight” down to Los Angeles 🇺🇸: before reaching Santa Barbara we travel right next to the #Pacific Ocean, and under the evening sun. All of this, while enjoying dinner, served by a lovely crew in the #Amtrak @diningcar.at
The southbound #Amtrak 🇺🇸 #CoastStarlight leaves inland #California and descends to the Coast over the “Cuesta Grade” incline by means of several hairpin bends, and reaches San Luis Obispo.
What happened to U.S. passenger rail?
How did the United States devolve from an expanded passenger rail network to the system we have today?
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Almost a century ago, the railroads were the economic engine of the country, spurring the transportation of both goods and people over long distances. Now, the American railroad system is merely a spe...
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#Amtrak starts new train in #Milwaukee, #WI stoking interest in additional service for the state
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The Borealis train has arrived, and rail enthusiasts hope trains to Madison and Green Bay are moving closer.
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#Amtrak debuts daily train connecting #TwinCities #MN and #Chicago #IL
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The Borealis made its first official departure from the St. Paul Union Depot late Tuesday morning.
www.cbsnews.comNot sure where this was taken 2014 somewhere in the St. Louis Mo. area. An @Amtrak #Amtrak train made up of #Superliners
#Amtrak FYI: If you have an eVoucher that just expired, call, ask for a customer relations rep, and ask nicely if you can have that extended. I did that today (after having Android's Hold for Me listen to a hold soundtrack for ~25 minutes) and got three months added to one that expired last Monday.
#Breakfast 🍳 in the nicely decorated #EmpireBuilder 🇺🇸 @diningcar.at as we pass (and pass, and pass) through the Great Plains of North Dakota. Communal seating in the Diner means you quickly make new friends, like the guy taking the train twice a month or the “first-timer” on #Amtrak. Great company!
#Waldolf edited in, standing in front of a retired #Amtrak #AEM7 electric engine #945 at the Illinois Railway Museum #IRM in #Union IL. #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #Costume
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT back to July 2017 and we have an @Amtrak #Amtrak F59 #462 in the #3 spot on a westbound Southwest Chief passing thru #Berwyn IL on its way back to the west coast
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT Back to National Train day 2015 #NTD @AmtrakNTD at Chicago Union Station #CUS Here we have @Amtrak #Amtrak #66 waiting to pull the yard tour train from the South Concourse.
The Corridor Clipper on the back of 55 at Wood.
#rail #railfan #railfanning #trains #connecticut #Amtrak #Vermonter
The Corridor Clipper on the back of 55 today at Wood.
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#Waldolf waiting for the #Amtrak train at the station in #Hammond IN.#train #interurban #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
#Eisenbahntag in den USA! 🚆🇺🇸 Seit 2008 lädt uns die Amtrak ein, die Faszination der Eisenbahn zu feiern. Mit über 300 Zügen und 500 Bahnhöfen ist sie ein wichtiger Teil der amerikanischen Kultur und Geschichte. 🛤️✨ #Amtrak #Eisenbahn #Spezialtage
#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #Waldolf standing next to the old Mile marker at the #Hammond / #Whitting Indiana #Amtrak @Amtrak station indicating its 507 miles to Buffalo NY. #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #Costume
#Waldolf at the #Riverside IL #Metra Station with the #Amtrak @Amtrak #CaliforniaZephyr making its way west #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
Via @erikgunn.bsky.social: #Amtrak to start new Chicago-Twin Cities service through Wisconsin later this month wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/05/07/a...
The new Borealis service to Minnesota's Twin Cities is an extension of the popular Hiawatha service that connects Chicago and Milwaukee.
wisconsinexaminer.com#Waldolf standing in front of the information display at the @Amtrak #Amtrak station in #Dyer Indiana #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
An @Amtrak #Amtrak Charger engine open to public display at the 2018 Franklin Park Railroad Days event
#fursuitFriday #Waldolf wearing his #train #overalls holding his #Amtrak @Amtrak #charger #pillow #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiting #bear #costume
145 leading 55 yesterday
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