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A visit to the US Army Transportation Museum recently. It is inside Joint Base Langley-Eustis so there is a security line to go through. If you are a US citizen in good standing with ID I think they let you in. A DOD id is likely good too. That Navy Inspection Car 118 seemed to not be around...

I suddenly became curious how the Call Attendant button works as far as alerting the SCA? Is there some light panel with numbers in the roomette the the SCA usually sleeps in (meaning the SCA must always normally be assigned that room number, and it likely would never be assigned to a...

I ran across this Amtrak security story today. I tried to search for a thread to apply it to but drew a blank. https://fedscoop.com/amtrak-ot-may-not-be-on-track/

There was a different thread which was talking about firearms and needing to go to a "ticketing station". It seems locked now and so I am starting a new thread which I don't like to do because I waste moderators time to have to move it. Is a Ticketing Station (a walk up desk with a person? a...

London to Calcutta by Bus: https://www.amusingplanet.com/2022/08/london-to-calcutta-by-bus.html

"Union Pacific will be delivering a small portion of its heritage fleet that was donated to non-profit Railroading Heritage of Midwest America (RRHMA) in November. The donated equipment, which includes Challenger No. 3985, TTT-6 No. 5511, Centennial No. 6936 and several passenger rail cars, will...

Flux capacitors: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/11/transpod-wants-to-build-fluxjet-train-plane-hybrid-that-goes-620-mph.html

This unfortunate event was a few days ago. Initially blamed on doors trapping a foot, now known to be a foot between the platform and car. https://nypost.com/2022/06/16/man-dies-after-clothing-gets-stuck-in-subway-doors/ It appears to be an elevated station, M Ave station for Q. I wonder how...

I just received an email about my tickets, says Modified. The $, times, days, seem the same. The only change I really see is the station names are changed. Example “CHICAGO (UNION STATION), IL - NY MOYNIHAN TRAIN HALL AT PENN STATION, NY “ is now “Chicago, IL - Union Station to New York, NY -...

I suppose this will be something to keep Amtrak IT busier: https://www.cyberscoop.com/rail-transportation-directives-dhs/

So I know Amtrack you can book 11 months out. I am curious, what time of day and what time zone does the next day appear to be able to schedule it? 00:01 Zulu? 00:01 EDT? 08:01 EDT or what? I ran a search but didn't see the answer in the first page of results, I will end up experimenting if...