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I recently noticed that Amtrak will sell you a through ticket to certain NJT stops on an NJT Train (a "Thruway Train"). This is an excellent idea and I hope they manage to come to similar agreements with other commuter railways. Does anyone know how long this agreement with NJT has been around...

http://www.nationalcorridors.org/df/df1218...html#Locomotive Is the number anywhere near that in the US? I've never even heard of this being a major issue since Anna Karenina.

Here's a question that maybe someone knows the answer to: what is the first Hudson river rail crossing north of the tunnels into Manhattan, who owns it, how many tracks are there and when was it built? I've poked around on the internet a bit but couldn't find too much. Thanks.

Why is that the Acela only hits 150mph between Boston and New York, while the difference in travel time between an Acela an a Regional is far greater NYP-WAS than it is NYP-BOS.? As I understand it, the Regionals can make it up to 125mph - what's the Acela top speed NYP-WAS? Do the Acelas...

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/06/nyregion...artner=homepage Hope the link works. And now the Times has written about it, I'm sure claims will treble.