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U.S.: On the last holiday weekend of the summer of ’22, Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak is in free fall and passengers are paying the price

September 2, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on February 25, 2021. It has been updated, additional information has…

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Posted in: Amtrak, Brightline, Commuter Rail, Government and Regulations, High Speed Rail, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Locomotives, Passenger Rail Car Manufacturing, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Private Passenger Train Developers, Railroad Unions, Texas Central Partners, VIA Rail Canada Filed under: Acela, Amtrak, Articulated Trainsets, Brightline, Budd Company, Burlington Railroad, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Pacific, Cascades Service, Coast Starlight, Common Consists, Dallas, Department of Transportation, DMUs, Edward G Budd, Florida, High Speed Rail, Houston, Intercity, James Coston, Michigan, NEC, New Railcars, Northeast Corridor, Ontario, Passenger Rail Car Manufacturing, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pete Buttigieg, Pioneer Zephyr, Railroad Unions, RDCs, Reservations system, Silver Meteor, Stephen Gardner, Sudbury, Talgo Trainsets, Texas, Texas Central Partners, Transportation, Travel, Turboliners, VIA Rail Canada, While River, White River

U.S., Amtrak: Silver Meteor history that doomed much of the Heritage Fleet; ‘Kindly flush toilet after each use except when train is standing in station’

June 20, 2022 Administrator

Editor’s Note: This article was written in early 2019 and first displayed on this platform on January 13, 2021. It…

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Posted in: Amtrak, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Night Trains/Sleeper Trains, Passenger Amenities and Food Service, Passenger Rail Car Manufacturing, Passenger Train Operators, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains Filed under: Amfleet, Amtrak, Budd Company, DeLand, Direct Dump Toilets, Fishermen, Florida, Heritage Cars, Honeywagons, Intercity, Kindly do not flush toilets when train is standing in station, Miami, Palatka, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pullman Company, Rail Passenger, Retention Toilets, Silver Meteor, St. Petersburg, Superliner Cars, Transportation, Travel, Under Trestle, Viewliner Sleeping Car

Amtrak’s Last Glass-Ceiling Great Dome Car May Be Headed for its Final Journey in New York

August 23, 2018 Administrator

By Nicole Saraniero, Untapped Cities; August 21, 2018 This fall may be the last chance rail riders have to experience…

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Posted in: Amtrak Filed under: Amtrak, Budd Company, Cites Costs Too High To Maintain, Great Dome, Great Northern, May Be Retired by Amtrak, Passenger Trains, Rail Passenger, Transportation

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