Great American Stations

[Anthony]

http://www.greatamericanstations.com/

(edit: this is an official Amtrak site)

 

[yarrow]

thanks, it's a pretty cool site and endorsed by the new amtrak ceo.

 

[DaveKCMO]

why so few states listed?

 

[gswager]

why so few states listed?

He hasn't travel that far yet!

 

[Anthony]

I think they are focusing on the EB route

 

[racer1735]

I think they are focusing on the EB route

Not in Texas, they aren't (unless the route takes a decidedly Southern trek!).

 

[Anthony]

oh, I didn't see that - there was some note about how they were focusing on EB stations first =)

 

[yarrow]

the eb is the only real train anyway. ha ha. the site has a link to order free marketing materials which has some good free stuff.

 

[Sam Damon]

thanks, it's a pretty cool site and endorsed by the new amtrak ceo.

I'd hope it was endorsed by the new Amtrak CEO. Take a look at the WHOIS information:

Registrant: NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

60 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.

Washington, DC 20002

US

Domain Name: GREATAMERICANSTATIONS.COM

Administrative Contact , Technical Contact :

NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

[redacted]

60 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E.

Washington, DC 20002

US

Phone: (202) [redacted]

Fax: (202) [redacted]

Record expires on 26-Jul-2011

Record created on 26-Jul-2006

Database last updated on 23-Oct-2006

the password is... "astroturf"

EDIT: I missed Anthony's subtitle. He did label it as an official site. Even so, the site doesn't terribly hint that it is an official Amtrak site. I certainly didn't know until I looked up the registration info.

Transparancy is a good thing.

 

[Anthony]

Oh, yeah ... it is an official Amtrak site, for sure.

Remember the Great American Stations whistle stop tour?

 

[AmtrakFan]

Interasting Amtrak sponsers it.... Didn't it use to be a private orgainisation.

 

[Anthony]

When I said they were focusing on EB, I was referencing this:

http://www.greatamericanstations.com/stationinfo

 

[Anthony]

Some discussion here:

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?4,1293966

 

[EmpireBuilderFan1976]

I hope they add Ohio and the Cincinnati train station!

 

[Guest]

This is a nice web page. It looks like the used the same web designer as amtrak.com, or at least tried to mimic its style. Looking forward to seeing more updates...

 

[dan72]

This is a nice web page. It looks like the used the same web designer as amtrak.com, or at least tried to mimic its style. Looking forward to seeing more updates...

Sorry, that was supposed to me my post...forgot the log in

 

[haolerider]

I hope they add Ohio and the Cincinnati train station!

As I understand it, they will be adding stations by route and will include information on all stations - owned, leased, borrowed, etc. Hopefully some of the municipalities along some of the routes may get some ideas when they see what other cities have done with a combination of Federal funds, state and local funds and fundraising.

 

[EmpireBuilderFan1976]

I hope they add Ohio and the Cincinnati train station!

As I understand it, they will be adding stations by route and will include information on all stations - owned, leased, borrowed, etc. Hopefully some of the municipalities along some of the routes may get some ideas when they see what other cities have done with a combination of Federal funds, state and local funds and fundraising.

I haven't been to that many different stations but of the ones I have used, the CIN station is by far the most beautiful I have seen. That whole building is a work of art, literally.

 

[yarrow]

the next group of stations they are supposed to add are those on the route of the california zephyr

 

[yarrow]

don't know if this has been noted somewhere else on the forum but the gas site has now added the stations on the cz route