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Tram-Trains are a German concept that run as streetcars or light rail at times, and on standard railroad tracks at others, that is being considered in quite a few European cities. They are largely used to permit commuter rail to penetrate the centres of cities. An informative post about the...

I am about to finish a two-month trip in the US, and I want to stalk out some of MARC's ex-Metra gallery cars before I leave. So, does anyone know what morning train(s) on the MARC Brunswick line the gallery cars are used on?

...so feel free to point me to the right place rather than having a new discussion; I couldn't find it through a search. I am contemplating whether to take a long way round on the way from Indianapolis to Detroit, via Chicago rather than greyhounds via Dayton, OH, so as to have time in Chicago...

I just read of this in the NEC route page on Amtrak's website. It sounds an exciting project! So to what extent do we believe it will actually happening, who is paying for it, and does anyone know if it will affect the Carolinan, Palmetto and silver service trains?

...it is terrible. I've got that far. I recall the on-time performance sits at something like 25%. However, I'm interested in whether anyone here has used it enough - or perhaps lives near it and regularly observes it, or something such - to know the form such delays tend to take - be it...

I almost feel bad bringing the Sunset East topic up; there are enough people to do that for me. But nevertheless, as I'm considering various passenger rail options for the south-west corner if the United States, I wonder if anyone has schedule information for the old New Orleans to Orlando...

From the Amtrak Website, there are a few things I'm left wondering about the way in which their USA rail passes. - How does one go about making a reservation with the pass, charged at zero, or the appropriate price, once one has bought it? Is it possible on the internet, or only by phone? - Is...

I have found these rail passes are available for Amtrak travel in the States, and I'm wondering if it might be a sensible way of traveling in the States. The 30 day variety, probably what I will need, cost $579, and allow 12 legs, therefore requiring a $48 cost per leg to recover the cost. One...

I am looking into a trip from the East Coast to California, and my first destination in the state would be to visit my friend nearby Los Angeles. I am planning to travel from Los Angeles via Seattle in one direction, taking the Empire builder and probably breaking some time in Seattle, so my...

I didn't realise quite how vast and how interesting Adirondack Park was when I've been passing through it on the way to and from Montreal, and, in fact, until now, when I was talking to an American about interesting trips one can make in the States. So, I wonder if anyone knows of what...

I have used Washington Union station quite a few times, but only ever to alight trains from the north or west or board trains to the north or west. And so, although I know trains travel south from there, I have no idea how they do it, given the fact that the extent of what I've seen of Union...

This would be nothing less than my second post here. I'm from Northern England, and in all of my visits to the states I have tried to experience a bit more of the vast railway network. My first trip took me to Maryland, and it was the MARC trains that sparked my first interest in North American...