Recent content by steamtrain6868

Attempt to pay cash or sometimes the conducter will let you slide for a short trip......I say lets make April 17 a free day.

Where would I change trains and how long of a layover would it be? I also dont think Greyhound goes out to PH anymore.

THE FACT IS THIS----- The collective memory of this Simpson's Monorail Cartoon is all that we have or will know about high speed rail...Because of this stupid cartoon that many remember that was played on FOX....This is why many are skeptical of high speed rail

You got a A for entertainment value--- I would love to see that paper today...matter of fact many people believe that the "Underground Railroad" was actualy underground and had "stations' in people basements who were abolitinests

The best bus ride I had was on a local Peter Pan that ran on local roads from Springfeild Mass to Albany in the Fall. There was like 5 people on the bus and the driver told me storys about where the old motels where the Boston Mob would hang out. The Berksires were buitifull and we stopped for...

How much out of the Billion or so Amtrak gets every year go to Penions for RR employees?

The issue today is diffrent but the case law remains the same.Freight railroads are "common carreirs" of both freight and passengers. This does not mean that they have to do it for nothing or at a loss. The problem is when a state or communter agency offers to pay the railroad for trackage...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11099/1138215-455.stm?cmpid=news.xml I was planning a Amtrak-Queen trip but then they stopped running in 2005...They did have the ridership though

Has to be the South Shore South Bend to Chicago--- It was like 3 hours on the local at 80 miles.

http://ftp.resource.org/courts.gov/c/US/470/470.US.451.83-1633.83-1492.html and this Supreme Court case said-- (b) The Basic Agreements do not grant the railroads a contractual right against the United States to be free from all obligation to provide passenger service. Those Agreements are...

It is done in Boston with a elevator and long underground walkway between (red line heavy rail) and green line(light rail)

I Cant find there website and yes I have googled everywhere.

Got a Hotel Voucher for a late Lake Shore 10 years ago in Chicago...Dont think they do those anymore

I Thought that this was a go? http://floridatransportationtoday.typepad.com/florida-transportation-ne/2011/04/first-coast-commuter-rail-plods-along-rfp-expected-this-summer.html

And the Cato Institution agrees with me http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/hsr-joe-biden-channels-the-simpsons/