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I've posted these maps before, this is what I would advocate for network expansion. As for which ones would be more "important", I...

It's similar with flights...they "close" the flight several minutes before the "departure time", and if you are running late and still...

That and the Ocean. I can’t wait to ride that one – I just hope it comes back.

I do as well. Should have done it 2-3 years ago; kept delaying in making a booking. Now, I have to wonder. Is it too late? Not as...

And masks. They also relied on masks, and they worked. New York State put out a great PSA showing people wearing masks in the 1918...

Once I finally get vaccinated, and the immunity kicks in, my first Amtrak trip will be up to New York to check out the Moynihan Train...

Why not? If every paid customer is on-board and the dispatcher clears them.

Biggest bang for the buck, along with the ever-important "whose districts does it go through", who supports us most, and "where can we...

More recent history tends to overwrite what happened before. While the Mulroney cuts were bad, the ones 10 years prior under the current...

I am not sure if this has changed since Amtrak began, but all "member railroads" (the ones that "paid in to join the Amtrak system", in...

Interesting timing for an article with so many asterisked exceptions currently. The historical Zephyr dome and the dome on the...

Here is a "soft" news story from yesterday... America's most beautiful train journeys (msn.com) Many of the journeys included in this...

Good one. I was thinking the same while contributing to the decline of the topic.

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Mirrors my experience on the two airlines I flew most with pre-pandemic. Heck, Delta even had pre-departure Margaritas out of Las Vegas...