Railway Age

AmeriStarRail’s Amtrak L-D ‘Grand Conveyance’ Trains

AmeriStarRail (ASR), through Chief Operating Officer Scott R. Spencer, has proposed a new fleet for Amtrak’s long-distance trains, the latest of several proposals that ASR has made recently. Spencer ...
Railway Age

Passenger Rail News: Amtrak, SEPTA

Amtrak revises its long-distance fleet replacement strategy. Also, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) ...
Yahoo

I traveled long-distance on Amtrak for the first time. These 10 things surprised me.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I traveled from Miami to Tampa and back aboard the Amtrak.Michael715/Shutterstock Traveling from ...
The Inlander

Long-distance railroad routes across the U.S. would double under Amtrak's recent expansion proposal — including two revived Pacific Northwest routes

Railroad transportation may seem like a thing of the past — and that's because it is. Trains and their railway systems played a pivotal part in our nation's industrialization in the 1800s. But in the ...

First look at CrossCountry’s refurbished long-distance trains

First look at CrossCountry’s refurbished long-distance trains - Features include improved legroom, under-seat storage and integrated power sockets ...