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Support All Aboard NW by donating at Help AANW Achieve Our 2023 Goals We advocate passenger and freight rail, its connections to transit and other non-car options, and the economic, environmental and equity benefits of seamless mobility. We host the Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit, Train...

Registration for the Winter Passenger Rail Gathering in Centralia, WA, on December 9 is now open. “Why High-Tech Driving Doesn't Solve Traffic, and Why a Robust Rail Network is a Better Alternative” with keynote speakers Peter Norton Ph. D, associate professor, University of Virginia and...

Registration is now open to attend the inaugural Greater Northwest Passenger Rail Summit in Billings, MT, on Aug. 22-23, 2022. The Summit will bring passenger railroad organizations, advocates and enthusiasts together with local, state and federal elected officials and policymakers, host...

I'll be traveling across the Northwest beginning August 12. Join me! ***** Following up from our 2020 Train Trek series of virtual events, this year All Aboard Washington will travel across the state (in-person and electronically) to participate in informal discussions of how new and improved...

"Gus Melonas, a spokesman for BNSF, said all train traffic south of Tacoma, Washington, had been suspended Friday morning because debris from a landslide covered one set of tracks. Melonas, who said crews hoped to restore non-passenger train service by Friday afternoon, said debris from the...

Shame on the Amtrak management for going public with their short (and short-sighted) corridor plans just a couple of days after Joe Boardman's demise. See 1@Thirdrail7[/USER]'s link here: It's ironic that Gardner talks about Millennials when these plans are a slap in the face to those who...

An interesting item from 1966 in Jon Gertner's book The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation.

All Aboard Washington joins coalition to oppose I-976 http://allaboardwashington.org/all-aboard-washington-joins-coalition-to-oppose-i-976/ Amtrak Cascades Service could end on a single popular vote How a bankrupt fraud could disembowel transit service in Washington State...

It’s Time We Stood Up to Amtrak. http://www.trainsandtravel.com/2019/01/07/its-time-we-stood-up-to-amtrak/

Jaded commuters will relate to this 'rail delay scarf' https://mashable.com/article/woman-knits-train-delay-scarf/?utm_source=feedly&utm_medium=webfeeds#A.ijDN4AJOqM This explains the prevalence of "Dr. Who scarves" on Amtrak.

MODERATOR NOTE:  this discussion was split off from the Solari Board discussion in the Amtrak Discussion forum. Someone in Amtrak's marketing department came up with a GIF representation of a Solari board for their latest email. How's that for irony?

https://pedestrianobservations.com/2018/11/20/fra-reform-is-here/

Landslide derails commuter train near Barcelona, killing 1 https://www.apnews.com/b24304a4f9eb4a84bbfae2c1778441b5

Puget Sound rail lines fight landslides with science New forecasting tools can prevent stalled trains and potential tragedy on the Seattle-Everett railway. https://www.heraldnet.com/news/puget-sound-rail-lines-fight-landslides-with-science/

[Cartoon: Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons]

Eurostar resets customer passwords after hack attack https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-46048597

Amtrak’s data could help riders and employees — too bad it’s so hard to find https://ggwash.org/view/69189/data-analysts-show-the-potential-value-of-amtraks-data-if-they-could-find-it

I'm surprised that Amtrak hasn't resurrected this idea. "In West Germany, the prevailing dance of 1964 was still the twist. Here the government was so concerned about vandalism on the country’s railway service that it experimented with running ‘twist trains’ for young people, with a section of...

http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-070518a-lufthansa-space-food-astronaut.html Will Amtrak add astronaut ice cream, space food sticks, and Tang?

FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the design had a key mistake, experts say http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article212571434.html