Enhancing ride experience doesn't have to be expensive. Anyone have some ideas? Here's a few of my own:
- Camera on front of train with wi-fi (no internet - local only) to passenger devices and/or TV in Lounge
- GPS with TV screen in lounge
- TV showing Amtrak "Track A Train" using cell phone (wi-fi on equiped trains) to get data in Lounge
- Sharing signals from one or more of the above on the Lounge TV either alternating every x seconds or using split screen.
Camera on front of train on a WiFi feed is a neat idea until the first time the train hits a car or runs over someone. If someone is recording the feed, the video of the train hitting a teenager who sees the train just before the moment of impact with an awful look on their face becomes an instant viral video. No, not a good idea.
GPS map on TV screen in lounge. Sure, but anyone with a modern smartphone or GPS equipped tablet computer can do the same thing on their phone. Add WiFi to the LD trains and let people do the rest on their own electronic gadgets. Well, when the WiFi works while the LD train is in range of a cell phone tower.
