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Burlington, Vermont: arrive on the northbound Vermonter from New York or Washington, DC, after enjoying the beauties of small New England towns and woods. The downside is that the Essex Junction station is not in the Burlington city center, but it is only a 20 minute taxi ride into town. Leave...

Here are three four bridges I enjoy, all of them rail: 1) Richmond, Virginia, where the Silvers and friends cross the James River south of town. I've never actually SEEN this bridge, only the view from a train of the rapids below. Very cool view! Does anyone have photos of the bridge itself...

That first sentence turned me off - "Down here in the South here's how WE do rail....". I didn't wade through the rest of the post. Maybe I will later... My experience in the South is that when it comes to passenger rail, we mostly DON'T do it.

[Warning - anecdote ahead] In the fall of 2009 I got stranded in Jesup. No car, phone running out of juice, just me and my backpack, almost sunset and getting cold. I found a cheap hotel on the edge of town for the night and recharged the phone so I could go online and find a way home over 200...

@Paw, I found some photos that I believe include the Old Fort loops you mentioned. Is this the same area?

Can someone post a photo or screen shot? I'm blocked from viewing video during the day...also blocked from flickr, so an embedded pic would be nice!

My first do-it-yourself Amtrak trip in 2000 (as opposed to an earlier trip where someone else made all the arrangements) my companion and I got snapped at by train staff because of this. Our assigned seats were taken up by sleeping people and we simply sat elsewhere, not knowing the protocol. I...

I think that the Potomac wetlands south of Washington DC are spectacular as well. No mountains, but watery vistas stretching into the distance with occasional shorebirds, boats, and fishing camps. I hope you enjoy your trip!

I ranked the Star lower than the Meteor, mainly 'cause I've ridden the Star much more often. The Star's my hometown's only train, so I've got no other choice when leaving from here. But the staff have often seemed brusque and not very communicative, the bathrooms are in bad shape by the time...

The July issue is on this page.

The June issue is available on this page.

The May issue of Amtrak's employee publication has been posted here.

This piece is written by Steven Harrod, who teaches operations management at the University of Dayton: http://www.cnn.com/2011/OPINION/04/21/harrod.high.speed.rail.trains/?hpt=T2

I was taken aback at that, also. But I liked two things about the article: 1) it documents a more reasoned conversation about rail; and 2) two Republican legislators contributed who aren't virulently anti-rail.

I'll have to read this in detail later...too busy at work right now. http://www.cnn.com/2011/POLITICS/04/13/high.speed.rail.fact.check/

The April 2011 issue has been published here. It should download or open as a PDF file. Enjoy!

Of course, I think that one should take the Silver Star because it goes through MY home town, the capital of South Carolina! :lol: (That's Columbia, by the way.) Despite our colorful political and social history, or maybe because of it, we're worth a quick visit in the wee hours of the...

I've a few witch friends. Let's see what they can whip up!

In the northern part of North Carolina the route crosses a lot of water. It gives riders a platform for viewing wetlands that is hard to get anywhere else. I vote for the east side (left of the car) immediately south of DC because the Potomac scenery is wonderful, though the morning sun can...

After reading recent discussions on this board about train cleaning (where, how long, how well, who does it, why not done better, comparisons with airlines), I was interested to see an article in Amtrak Ink's March 2011 issue about the opportunity to "deep-clean" the cars during this winter's...