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What’s the actual fuel efficiency of a long-distance train? Most of the arguments in favor of fuel efficiency for passenger rail (that...

The airlines AND Amtrak got "bailouts" to help survive Covid. Amtrak gets annual direct funding on top of that. (Yes I know parts of...

It’s too bad Amtrak didn’t recently acquire 25 sleepers and 10 dorm cars without a commensurate increase in the length of eastern train...

I'm not the one to defend airline bailouts, but I will point out that the government DOES write a big check to Amtrak, every year. And...

I think you're half-right. They (601 and 602) were indeed purchased from TWA, however it was several years before the buyout/merger...

Delta flew DC10s in the early 1970s while waiting for the L1011’s problems to be ironed out.

We're America -- we are "exceptional" -- and we don't like to learn from the experience of other countries. We insist on learning...

Amtrak was so close to having a consistent paint scheme (excluding trainsets and specific state corridor trains), then they decided to...

Boeing was more inclined to take risks back then, and yes, they were very responsive to Pan Am's desires, for better or worse. The...

I get what you are saying about asking people who actually operate the equipment for their feedback. But this is not a new novel idea...

As a passenger, I want coupled trainsets, due to the many benefits for riders.

I think the OP was actually asking about station agents:

On the northeast corridor, where the bulk of this fleet would operate, the answer is yes.

I got the chance to sit in the nose section a couple of times as well. The first time was about 5 years ago on a UA flight from NRT to...

The 747 was not born from the freighter contract (I assume you’re referring to the C-5 which went to Lockheed). It was designed from...