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No, I disagree. Connections do not kill travel. I worked in reservations, and made reservations at the ticket counter for years with the airlines. I would say only about 20-25% of people mainly those being business (obviously) would choose the nonstop. the checkbook (or in todays age the debit...

"Inhumane" is a little strong, no? So then, what did they do before cell phones?

I remember hearing about this, does that mean that they will have to do away with the double decker cars or will they jsut have a higher clearance or can they clear a standard set height whatever that may be...? What changes would that forecast for the Coast Daylight if that ever gets off the...

In another thread found HERE and HEREwe were discussing the effectiveness of operating a “Limited” service train and diners on a train. This got me thinking about the ineffectiveness of having the discharge/receive on long distance trains North of Washington DC. Note: For those that do not know...

I called a friend in NYC (who was surprised to hear from me as I hadn’t spoken to her in a while, oops) who travels by rail to DC as often as once a month, and asked her if she ever took this. She said that she never even knew about it. Was this heavily advertised? Her first question was the...

awesome! I look forward to reading it! thanks for the heads up!

awesome thanks!

Umm, the scenery along that route isn't exactly a de-stresser as it's mostly concrete. I was looking for more green. Ahh, I do see your point no this one. I guess I was more thinking for the busy business man that this would be an opertune time to eat if one was busy rather than having to again...

I was thinking about the old “Limited” service trains the other day and it got me to thinking. Would an actual Limited train work in today’s American rail environment outside the North East Corridor? Correct me if I’m off here, but for those who don’t know, from what I’ve read (I’m still a noob...

See this is the stuff that I wanted to know, and find fascinating. I never would have thought about issues with adhesion or taxation of the property itself. So then, if highspeed rail was to come about sooner than later one might guess that entirely new track routes would be built and only...

Obviously over the past few months there has been a lot of talk about more mass transportation – especially rail – high speed rail – etc – with the release of information about the Presidents’ transportation stimulus bill. I’ve been reading a little about the mention of electrifying current...

Just curious how the bookings were for the new extension of the NER train to Lynchburg? hopefully strong? I’m planning on taking it around the beginning of the month from Philadelphia down to Charlottesville, VA. I’m really hopeful that this leads to a few more daily trains, maybe even getting...

So, I did a search for this but I didn’t find much, if this has been posted and discussed before, my apologies and mods please delete. Maybe ya’ll can help me out and update n school me. I haven’t ridden on the Northeast Regional (NER) in a number of years. I have a friend coming to visit from...

I know you're all not forgetting about the Arizona CARDINALs or the St. Louis CARDINALs, correct? Ahem. yes the train operates on the other side of the country but still, I thought ya'll would have gotten that one from the start. i googled for a score of 50-51 but no luck.

GML I could not have said it better myself. I moved from Sacramento to Philly a few months ago. While SEPTA lacks in a number of areas, I am happy that is there and still exists. I had sold both of my cars before moving from Florida to California and upon moving to Philly was debating the need...

Wow, wouldn't this be nice? Would be a great way to get people used to riding the rails again in Florida to the larger cities and take some traffic off I-4 and I-95, and would sure help ridership for the FHSR once that gets going. Awesome Article, thanks for Posting TampAGS

So, it's a great little blurb promoting Obama's commitment to High Speed Rail in the US however there is no real "news" if you've been keeping up with plans around the country for HSR. The main focus of course is on California's HSR even showing the opposition by a few Cali residents. It did...

Just happened to see that CBS will be showing a headline story on Sunday morning about High Speed Trains in the US if anyone happens to catch this before it comes on and wants to watch. I'll post more once it comes on.

I think this is a fantastic idea. Where do I sign up to promote it? :D

Last year or the year before I took a trip from Orlando down to Tampa/St. Pete for Pride, the train on the way back got caught in a thunderstorm that followed us all the way to Orlando. It was great. It sounds odd, but it felt cozy to be on a train in the pouring down rain and a great sigh of...