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I went on my first Amtrak trip yesterday (Hiawatha Service), and the train I rode in both ways had the new Venture cars. The seats, while narrow, were not all that uncomfortable. They even had a place to rest your head so you could take a nap. The recline, however, was so small that I thought...

Last month, I went to the Illinois Railway Museum with some close friends from college. We had fun riding the rails all day. But there was one thing that concerned me. While riding the Nebraska Zephyr, there were several children onboard the train that would not stay seated and were running...

According to Trains Magazine, the Kansas City Southern Railroad has accepted Canadian National's offer for merger. The Surface Transportation Board still has to approve the merger, and Canadian Pacific has 5 days to counter-offer the proposal, or KCS will terminate their merger agreement with...

Let's say Indiana someday gets serious about passenger rail and makes the revival of the Hoosier State a priority. If such should ever come true, the train should not return in its most recent form (a corridor train to fill in the gaps in a LD train's schedule, as the service had a poor...

I have a few questions concerning the consist of the Heartland Flyer. I know that the train regularly carried 3 passenger cars (two coaches and a cafe/coach) prior to the pandemic. I also know that the Flyer's consist is considerably longer during the annual Big Game Train to Dallas. My...

Does anyone know the number of train sets that are used on each of the long distance trains? I would like to know if Amtrak could be using their equipment more wisely to have a better LD network.

A few weeks ago, I came across an article (posted below) that talks about funding a study on adding a Colorado Springs branch to the Southwest Chief. (I would call this section the Denver Chief or the Rocky Mountain Chief). While this sounds like a good idea, running it a little further north...

In this video, uploaded on May 2, 2019, you can clearly see that Amtrak ran a charter train to Louisville, KY for the Kentucky Derby this year. I didn't think Amtrak ran charter trains on tracks that don't see regular Amtrak service anymore. Did they change this rule, or is this an old video?

You may have heard about a proposed Oklahoma City - South Texas Corridor being in the works. The corridor is currently in the Draft EIS phase, which should be complete fairly soon, according to an July 2016 news article. An Aug 2016 news article mentions the following: "Two potential South...

Does anyone know why the old Caprock Chief proposal (DFW to DEN train via Amarillo) from the early 2000's never gained traction? What were some problems holding it back from advancing beyond the drawing board? What would need to be done to overcome some of these problems to make it more likely...

When I asked a question concerning whether states or the federal government would fund any possible new long distance route (Yes, I know it's a longshot for such a new route to happen), I was told that the PRIIA 2008 provision that established the 750 mile cutoff between long distance and...