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Riding My Train: Adios "Sunset East"
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News, analysis and commentary on passenger trains and train travel in the United States. Wednesday, March 14, 2012. TRAINS Newswire reports that effective May 7, a new schedule for both Eastward and Westward Amtrak Trains 1 and 2, Sunset Limited, will be adapted. Additionally Westward #1 will adopt new days of operation, which will enable one set of equipment presently assigned to be released. Here is a link. But failing some remote possibility that Amtrak will be required to restore the service, Amtrak ...
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Riding My Train: The Gospel According to Saint Donald
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News, analysis and commentary on passenger trains and train travel in the United States. Thursday, April 25, 2013. The Gospel According to Saint Donald. The problem I have is that the column quotes Mr. Andrew Selden, at attorney from Minneapolis, but unsaid is that he has done work for NARP - and to me NARP is more concerned about the preservation, and for that matter expansion, of the LD System. June TRAINS is presently being circulated; also of interest is an article on Iowa Pacific passenger operations.
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Riding My Train: Amtrak Joins "The Revolution"
http://ridingmytrain.blogspot.com/2011/10/amtrak-joins-revolution.html
News, analysis and commentary on passenger trains and train travel in the United States. Monday, October 31, 2011. Amtrak Joins "The Revolution". Amtrak proclams at their Facebook page, that they soon will be offering Wi-Fi. Service on more of their trains than not:. Even if I am somewhat astounded, I can't help but note how important 24/7 access to the internet appears to be to some, as with so many infrequent and first time Amtrak travelers the inquiry "is wi-fi available? I of course note that Amtrak ...
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Noble Wolf: February 2014
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Tena koutou, Tena koutou, Tena koutou. Monday, February 24, 2014. More on NZ Defence Forces - It Gets Better. Links to this post. Sunday, February 23, 2014. Congratulations to new Bishop of Waikato and Taranaki. Http:/ tvnz.co.nz/national-news/new-bishop-makes-history-5846746. I am not sure if the vieo can be viewed outside of NZ. The first English woman to become a bishop was ordained in Hamilton today. But Dr Hartley says she didn't move to New Zealand to break any glass ceiling in the church. Dr Hartl...
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Noble Wolf: France from bottom to top
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Tena koutou, Tena koutou, Tena koutou. Wednesday, May 20, 2015. France from bottom to top. I last wrote after catching the train south about 350km from Paris to Poitiers. I stayed next to the station but climbed the hill to the interesting town mainly for dinner. On Sunday morning I travelled still further south (about 450 km) changing trains at Bordeaux and Toulouse and finally meeting Malcolm at the nearest station to his home in Cordes sur Ciel. And next is the town gate from their front door. Then th...
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New Century Rail: $5 Billion More Headed to High-Speed Rail
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Thursday, February 26, 2009. 5 Billion More Headed to High-Speed Rail. Counting the $8 billion in the stimulus bill, plus this $5 billion included in the Fed. budget, it brings the total to a whopping $13 billion. Allocated towards finally bringing the USA passenger rail system into the 21st century. Like his hero Abraham Lincoln, it appears President Barack Obama wants to make rail a centerpiece of his administration. US Plan Includes $5 Billion Over 5 Years For High-Speed Rail. The administration said ...
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New Century Rail: The Railroad President
http://newcenturyrail.blogspot.com/2009/02/railroad-president.html
Tuesday, February 17, 2009. It increasingly appears that President Barack Obama wants to make the modernization of railroads, particularly passenger rail, a "signature issue" for his administration. Now and for years to come. Obama plots huge railroad expansion. Railroads made Chicago, and now a Chicago-rich White House wants to return the favor: remaking rail with a huge new federal investment in high-speed passenger trains. As a candidate for president, Obama spoke of high-speed rail as part of his vis...
