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Vacation/photo wrap-ups, part 2

Ned Raggett wrote 1 day ago: Alright, this covers the stretch in Charleston and DC. Photos up and reasonably organized here and … more »

Tags: Culture, Food, Life, Photography, Travel, Charleston, palmetto line, South Carolina, train travel

Harry Osterman takes Amtrak to Springfield, Blagojevich a jet.

suehawks wrote 2 days ago: Blagojevich is threatening to kill Amtrak in Illinois. This from: whig.com By DAVID ADAM Herald-Wh … more »

Tags: all out jerk, blagojevich, crook, hypocrite, squanderer, taxes, Thief, wasteful

Amtrak really should clean the train windows... or maybe not

inancy wrote 3 days ago: Traveling, originally uploaded by Introducing Nancy. Thanks to a very foggy Amtrak train window, I … more »

Tags: Photography, Photography, Los Angeles, Pacific Surfliner, train

Airlines continue downhill spiral: The time is now for high-speed rail.

logannash wrote 5 days ago: It should be clear to anyone who has been paying attention to the news or has had to book a flight r … more »

Tags: Domestic HSR, Transportatio Policy, air crisis, Air Travel, airlines, High Speed Rail, HSR

Travel tilt

ramstone wrote 1 week ago: That’s it. I’m getting the car Sunday. … more »

Tags: Poker, Foxwoods, TILT, Crumbing transportation grid, chinatown bus

THE FIGHT TO SAVE OKC UNION STATION MOVES AHEAD1 comment

patlynch wrote 1 week ago: Here is an item that showed up as a “comment” to an earlier post and needs to be moved f … more »

Tags: Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy

A Vacation on a Train: Amtrak USA Rail Pass

Jason wrote 1 week ago: Create your own map at epgSoft. I have a tendency to not vacation well. I usually travel too far in … more »

Tags: on the road, Travel, train, @ vacation

I hear that train a-comin'.4 comments

livingsmall wrote 1 week ago: Bon voyage to Mr. Living Small, who departs for Los Angeles via Amtrak this morning. It’s a 3 … more »

Tags: Ecologic, Spacetime, Seattle, Environment, train, Travel, Impact, sightline institute

Liveblogging the Palmetto Line on Amtrak2 comments

Ned Raggett wrote 1 week ago: So in an hour and a half I’m off north from Charleston to DC via the Palmetto Line — and … more »

Tags: Photography, Travel, Undefined, Trains, Charleston, South Carolina, palmetto line, washington dc, North Carolina

Memphis infrastructure colapsing

patlynch wrote 1 week ago: This is just plain ridiculous. At a time when we are struggling with transportation and infrastructu … more »

Tags: Political, Regional USA Transportation, Transportatio Policy

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

dutchimport wrote 1 week ago: Yeah, it’s already Wednesday! Spoiler alert: if you’re taping Wimbledon matches, there i … more »

Tags: Real News Daily, News, Politics, Sport, Commentary & Analysis, Wimbledon, US Soldiers, iraq, Oil

Illinois to Slash Away Amtrak Funding?4 comments

thescoundrel wrote 1 week ago: Will the Quad City again feel the sting of Governor Blagodabitch’s budget slashing knife? With … more »

Tags: Where's the Beef?, Life, Current Events, Politics, Fleecing the Sheep, scalawags, scoundrels, News, Illinois

Trains, trains and trains1 comment

Dan Pohlig wrote 1 week ago: Sometimes a certain topic works its way through my small section of the blogosphere so much that I … more »

Tags: Urban and Metro, McCain, obama, Trains, Philadelphia, sustainability, passenger rail, Cities, transportation policy

From the train you find the town3 comments

eleventh stack wrote 1 week ago: Last Saturday my husband and I rode the train from Washington DC to Pittsburgh. We dropped off a rel … more »

Tags: Empire builder, Julie, Poetry, Richard Hugo, Trains

Amtrak in talks with Florida about expansion. What does this mean for commuter rail?4 comments

logannash wrote 1 week ago: Despite the state’s past troubles with planning a modern rail system, Florida legislators are … more »

Tags: Regional USA Transportation, Amtrak, central florida commuter rail, Commuter Rail, florida rail, Orlando, paula dockery

On Americans Becoming French

justabovesunset wrote 2 weeks ago: Here’s the button, and sometimes you see the bumper sticker out here in left-wing Hollywood … more »

Tags: Economic Issues, European Values, Home Ownership, obama, owning versus renting, Paris, Passenger Rail Service, Sub Prime Crisis, The French

Told ya' so. Amtrak faces critical equipment shortage.7 comments

patlynch wrote 2 weeks ago: This comes to the core of criticisms frequently leveled against Amtrak. Although I am not always a f … more »

Tags: Political, Transportatio Policy

Obama speaks up again on high-speed rail1 comment

logannash wrote 2 weeks ago: For those who are wondering how each of the major presidential candidates will be addressing our nat … more »

Tags: Political, 2008 Election, High Speed Rail, HSR, mcain, obama

Amtrak Adventures - Seattle

bolsoversion wrote 2 weeks ago: This is the travel journal of two British girls travelling across the great expanse of North America … more »

Tags: Music, Travel, Bumbershoot, Music, Seattle, Travel


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