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As part of my work, I get monthly copies of Progressive Railroading and Railway Age. If anyone has an interest in the printed copies when I am done with them, let me know. All I'd ask is the cost of shipping - if I sent about six months worth of both, I imagine it wouldn't be more than $8 or...

Interesting article in today's New York Times looking at the state of Pakistan by examining it's railways. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/pakistans-railroads-sum-up-nations-woes.html?hp

I'm hoping that the experts out there can help with a ticketing dilemma. I am traveling from STM-ESX after Thanksgiving on the Vermonter. A friend of mine is traveling WAS-ESX on the same day on the Vermonter. I have a business class ticket, but business class tickets are currently sold out...

NY Times is running a piece highlighting passenger difficulties with WiFi. Amtrak says improvements should be in place by the end of the year. http://travel.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/travel/wi-fi-and-amtrak-missed-connections.html?src=dayp

It looks like things are inching forward on eliminating the border stop for the Adirondack and moving screening to Montreal, much like is done with the Cascades in Vancouver. http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120511/amtrak-stop-us-canada-120511/20120511/?hub=MontrealHome

I'm hoping everyone here can lend their expertise on this matter. My girlfriend is looking to travel between Rutland, VT and Lynchburg, VA. According to the AGR site, they are both in the Northeast zone. However, when I called AGR to book the ticket, I was told it would be 5,500 points (a one...

Amtrak just announced that the City of New Orleans will be next in line to get eTicketing: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=AM_Route_C&pagename=am%2FLayout&cid=1241245653236 Nice to see the rollout is still making progress...

According to Local Motion (a cycling advocacy organization based out of Burlington), bicycles will be permitted onboard the Vermonter starting sometime this summer: http://www.localmotion.org/blog/2012/03/victory-bikes-will-be-on-amtraks-vermonter-again/ As far as I'm concerned, this is...

Just came across this online: http://www.ktvu.com/news/29469799/detail.html Apparently one train collided rolled into the rear of another near the Oakland station. Allegedly they are both Amtrak trains. Anyone have any additional details?

Amtrak announced today that June marked 20th straight months of ridership growth and that it would exceed 30m passengers for the 2011 fiscal year. The announcement is available here and includes a ridership breakdown for June. There's a number of trains with double digit increases and losses...

Looks like MA, the FRA and Pan Am Railways finally settled everything yesterday, as the second half of the Vemonter project was awarded. "Amtrak's Vermonter Line to Receive $72.8m upgrade" This will improve the Pan Am line that stretches from the VT border to right before the Springfield, MA...

Due to track upgrades associated with the HSR money VT received, the Vermonter will not travel north of Springfield, MA from June 18th until early September. Alternate bus transportation will be provided. Service and schedules south of Springfield are unaffected. Amtrak finally loaded the...

In what's quickly becoming a monthly phenomenon, Amtrak posted it's 18th straight month of ridership gains today. This April represented a 9.9% increase in ridership over the previous year. Full details are available here...

See here: http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/BlobServer?blobcol=urldata&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobkey=id&blobwhere=1249224661906&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobheadername1=Content-disposition&blobheadervalue1=attachment;filename=Amtrak_ATK-11-046_17_Months_Ridership_Growth.pdf

There's a document from September of 2009 on Amtrak's website that outlines some of their IT initiatives, among them eTicketing. One of the charts indicates that eTicketing was planned for roll out later this year, once conductor handheld devices were deployed. Obviously some progress has been...

I was wondering if anyone might happen to know if there's parking available at the Rouses Point, NY station on the Adirondack line. Every time I've taken the Adirondack, I've just taken the ferry across the lake from Burlington and hopped on at Port Kent. However, its the middle of the winter...

The FRA just announced that $1.195 billion in federal HSR funding dedicated to Ohio and Wisconsin will be redirected to other states. See the press release here: http://www.fra.dot.gov/Pages/press-releases/231.shtml

Here are my thoughts and commentary on the funding that was awarded to the Vermonter line... There are two basic pieces to the funding: Upgrading the NECR to 79 MPH from St Albans to Brattleboro (Approx 45 min savings) Bypassing Palmer MA and rerouting the Vermonter through MA (Approx 45 min...

I'm making a trip between Montpelier, VT and Essex Jct, VT on Monday. I only learned about this on Monday, so I was outside the window of getting a ticket mailed to me. And I avoid getting a handwritten ticket whenever possible, because it makes it a huge hassle to get my AGR points and I...

Just spotted an interesting article on Amtrak in the New York Times. They say Amtrak is expecting to implement WiFi (for free) on the Acela and Regional next year - something I think is long overdue. It's mostly run of the mill stuff, but there's some interesting tidbits - Amtrak is working on...