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November 4, 2013
Written By Colin Leach EDIT: I apologize for having incorrectly stated that Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited stopped at 30th Street Station during its run; I've corrected the text accordingly. Thanks to Bill Magee for pointing out the error. -Colin Leach As many of our readers will remember, we reported to you back in September about Amtrak’s first special excursion in over 20 years,...
November 1, 2013
Written By Ross Capon Taking a page from London, the Midwest High Speed Rail Association has applied the moniker “CrossRail Chicago” to their “game-changing plan for transforming transit in our area.” The plan is strategically incremental, designed to become exponentially more effective with each step completed. The heart of the plan is a trunk line carrying electrified express trains b...
October 31, 2013
Written By Logan McLeod “Darkness falls across the land, the midnight hour is close at hand” NARP wishes its members and passenger train advocates everywhere a Happy Halloween! Here’s an interesting fact for you: did you know that Vincent Price was one of NARP’s original members? He was as passionate about trains as he was about scaring people. He sat on NARP’s first Council Advisory...
October 30, 2013
Written By Abe Zumwalt QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA-- A new tilt train in Australia is making headlines for its speed, but also for its ‘unique’ accommodations: “The Spirit of Queensland departed Roma Street Monday afternoon and will reach Cairns six hours sooner than its counterpart has done since 1953.The new tilt train will cover the 1861km in 25 hours, at speeds of up to 160km/hr. Passenge...
October 30, 2013
Written By Sean Jeans Gail With ticket sales on Megabus and its intercity passenger bus lines booming, the company is setting its sights on expansion. But if you live outside a major city or college campus, don’t expect to see any benefits Yesterday’s Financial Times describes how the company is looking to take advantage of trends drawing young people away from cars—the same trends that h...