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https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/startup-company-proposes-novel-way-to-speed-passenger-service/ Interesting concept - if it works and could pass the "regulations and restrictions"

I have been planning a rail pass trip for several years, but the pandemic and finances have gotten in the way. IF I ever get the chance, my "long" version of the trip would take me from Fl to NY, Chicago, with a dogleg to Lansing, to California and up to Washington and home through S. Paul...

They did update the Routes page: However, the "Silver Service" page still says:

Yes, the new Floridian shows up in the booking ... but all has no been updated. On the Routes and Destinations page They are listed alphabetically, and the Floridian has not been inserted ... yet Also, under the Silver Service The Star is still listed as one of the trains. Hopefully, they...

Just for fun I checked a trip from Jax to Mia for 3 adults using Amtrak website ... The Silver Meteor was offered with departure at 9:49 AM and arriving in Miami at 7 PM for $1845 Of course, I did not actually book it

And ... many of them need expanding rather early on because they can't handle the amount of use something that no one would ever use has gotten.

I do not have a walking stick but do sometimes use a cane. I have not had any issues taking a cane on Amtrak. I have one standard cane and one collapsible one. I can carry the folding one in my front pants pocket. Since I don't fly, I have no idea how that would go.

Yes, looking at the parking lot seems to support this view. While Deland is nearly twice as large as Debary, the Debary Sunrail parking lot is about 4 times as large as the one they just built in Deland. This is interesting since Amtrak does not use the Debary lot since it does not stop there...

Some friends of ours used to use Megabus to visit family in Tallahassee, leaving from the Gainesville area. They used to like the service and remarked on how nice it was with clean comfortable busses and very affordable prices. They mentioned how the service was declining, to their dismay. Now...

There has been talk for years about extending SunRail to Daytona but no real interest by those who control the budget.

Lamar, Colorado, mentioned above, was the birthplace of Ken Curtis (born Curtis Wain Gates) who played Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke. Lamar station is served by the Southwest Chief. It was originally built in 1907 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

Okeechobee, Fl Pop 5,254 - The Silver Star stops there but doesn't dwell there long

Yes, my wife and I went there on Amtrak from Palatka for lunch a few months ago. Their food is quite good, and the service was excellent.

Tallahassee would make a good terminus that would have the secondary benefit of possibly connecting JAX and Tallahassee

While I would like to see JAX to NOL across the top of Florida, I think it would be better served to link JAX to ATL.

Adapting the existing Auto Train or even considering expansion, it would seem like a good idea to begin adding EV chargers on the car carriers to attract EV owners who worry about finding charges that are available and work while traveling long distances. And make sure they advertise that cars...

Debby has now passed us here in Florida, but the Carolinas are getting quite the rain. We just got our power back on after 18 hours of it being off. The damage this storm is causing cannot be understated. It is understandable that the Silvers would terminate before Georgia. At the rate Debby is...

While the proposed train would go from CHI-MIA, it should also be noted that, by using the Star, it also connects TPA-CHI as a one-seat ride, a connection that presently requires 3 segments, including a bus connection from TPA. Likewise, it connects Virginia and the Education Triangle (Home to...

Who knows, with the way Amtrak sometimes does things, they may decide, since the height restrictions are north of WDC, they could make the Star/Cap/Floridian out of superliners - thus taking even more needed equipment away from the western routes so they can park the viewliners in preparation...

Perhaps, ownership of the rails, not the railroad companies would go a long way. After all, the government owns the roads, not the trucking companies and seems to work quite well. By transferring the rails to public ownership, just like the highway system, would allow the private sector as well...