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There was a person at the station Thursday that clearly had mental issues and likely homeless. Packing heat from security is not going to help this person, but having her walking around the Amtrak waiting room is also not what she needs either. Public places are hard with with how we handle...

This is for 9th graders in high school for what it is worth, though I do a lot with spreadsheets so they can learn some life skills while we learn other facts about the world (and maybe about trains as well.) so I can't make this too complicated. I likely should have mentioned that on the...

I do need to account for passenger load and I had not thought that far ahead. Glad you mentioned that. I was going to add bike/ebike/scooter at first and decided to cut that from the list as I wanted to use modes that would get you out of the weather or be usable by someone that was...

I posted on a Facebook page and someone sent me this.

It is paywalled but I have a family member studying library science and she might be able to get me access.

I want to have a lesson for my Earth/Environmental classes that looks at transit and the carbon footprint of the choices we make. I was thinking of having the students plan a trip within the US and see what can be done without a personal automobile. As much as I would like to stay in the...

Trains (Called Trains and Travel at this point in time.) March 1954. page 14. A short blurb T.W.A. 's Ralph Damon says, "Before long we shall . . . consign to history the railroad sleeping car." ---------------- Folks from 23 years ago are still asking how is it going TWA?

That was my exact thought and why I posted this. I did not even notice the article Beebe was writing about but need to go back and find it.

Trains May 1952. Article about 7 trips to take for a rail vacation. I am not sure if any of those can be done due to lack of passenger routes. In the case of the Roanoke-Knoxville-Spartanburg-Roanoke the tracks are there but no trains for a couple decades and likely soon to be a rails to...

I can't speak for the link you provided but the link here works fine and is free. The video windows do mention Virtual Railfan but the railcam can be viewed in real time and in full screen if you want to focus on one view or the other. Maybe the Thomasville CVB has a deal with Virtual...

Virtual Railfan is members only or the Thomasville railcam?

I was thinking the Thomasville railcam may also be on the Virtual Railfan site but I have not looked. I though it mentioned something like this somewhere when I was watching the Piedmont I was on going through Thomasville.

Someone on this board has a spreadsheet of railcams. His list only includes certain criteria. I think one thing he looks for is the ability to rewind the railcam for 12 hours at minimum. I know of two railcams that are on the Crescent route that are not on that person's list due to not meeting...

Are there options to eat vegan and not have the above included ? Can one be vegan and be allergic to gluten. I eat meat and do not have problems with gluten. I respect those that forgo meat at the various levels of vegetarianism (I wish I could do it for environmental reasons) but what options...

I assume you mean a sleeper without meals and reduce the price a bit. Can you elaborate about the vegan protein and allergies? This is something I need educating about to be honest.

I am pretty sure I have done that on the Carolinian and won.

Last Memorial Day my wife and I had a trip to DC as she wanted to visit the Zoo. We won a bid up for the roomette. I did not keep it a secret from her. I was so excited. I noticed in the phone app before any other notice was sent and it took a minute to realize what was happening. It took about...

I have one of these for NC and used it in my earth sci class as I had a large lesson where student had to map out a rail line from North Wilkesboro to Boone, NC. I think it got messed up and is not longer in my possession but those were good books.

We basically need a map on Google Earth of current routes and that is easy to download and then get a PDF of this old Guides. I assume most of what is left for Amtrak were the named and famous routes. Might be able to piece things together. The Crescent was the Southern Crescent mostly. I...

I can get those the next county over (and maybe closer.) :rolleyes: