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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

U.S.: One Size of Passenger Trains Does Not Fit All

February 25, 2021 Administrator

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; February 25, 2021 Just about everyone (because there is always someone with…

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Posted in: Amtrak, Brightline, Commuter Rail, High Speed Rail, History, Intercity Passenger Train, Locomotives, Passenger Rail Car Manufacturing, Passenger Train Operators, Texas Central Partners, VIA Rail Canada Filed under: Acela, Amtrak, Articulated Trainsets, Brightline, Budd Company, Burlington Railroad, Cascades Service, Coast Starlight, Common Consists, Dallas, DMUs, Edward G Budd, Florida, High Speed Rail, Houston, Intercity, NEC, New Railcars, Northeast Corridor, Ontario, Passenger Rail Car Manufacturing, Passenger Train Stations, Passenger Trains, Pioneer Zephyr, RDCs, Reservations system, Silver Meteor, Sudbury, Talgo Trainsets, Texas, Texas Central Partners, Transportation, Travel, Turboliners, VIA Rail Canada, White River

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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