Michigan City is a train station in Michigan City, Indiana served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. Wolverine makes stops here three times—once on its way to Chicago and twice on the way to Pontiac. The current station is a platform shelter near the former station house, ...
As America’s Railroad, Amtrak is uniquely positioned to support the proposed expansion of intercity passenger rail across the many corridors identified by the FRA. This includes more than 52 years of experience connecting communities across America, as well as strong teams dedicated...
THE NORTH AMERICAN RAILROAD PASSENGER STATION The establishment of rail passenger service in North America sparked a boom of passenger station construction. While the early depots were little more than... DC Lester - 《Railway Track & Structures》 被引量: 0发表: 2023年 PROBLEM: AMERICA'S CRUMMIE...
railroad thing therein with 2 comments Friday –photo by Mitch Waxman On the 4th of July,I planned to get shots of the Macy’s Fireworks show on the East River, but didn’t want to go anywhere near the water. I had two spots in mind, and was debating which one to gravitate towards....
If you want to see better, more frequent train service by Amtrak, speak up now! The Federal Railway Administration is preparing a study and they want input by March 8. Here’s the bulletin from Railroad Workers United. This isn’t just about adding new..
An hour before the train arrived, we were at the station. The Zephyr was late. So in the pre-dawn hours of a humid morning, we sat in the taxi van, the Columbian (named Joseph as we found out) groggily recounting his early days of marriage and living next to the railroad tracks. ...
At the Havre service stop, the guide encouraged passengers to disembark and examine a well-preserved S-2 steam locomotive that once ran this same route for the Northern Railroad Company decades ago. There were once fourteen of these locomotives working both the Empire Builder and an earlier trai...
Travelogue and photos from the Amtrak railroad trip of Steve Grande round trip from Los Angeles, California to San Jose, California on the Amtrak Coaast Starlight on February 17 through February 20, 2006 to visit my in-laws.
and got out my always-present railroad maps, which I have been working on for about 2 years now, using state topographic map sets ("3-D Topo Quads," published by DeLorme Mapping (http://www.delorme.com). Previously I have gone to map libraries and pulled hard copies of topographic maps...
car attendant we had on our 1998 Southwest Chief trip have been the best to date. Besides, George has no problem with me plugging in the coffee pot at 4:45 am. If all Amtrak attendants could be as personable, entertaining, and informative as George, this would be a great railroad!