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re the auto train: I see what you mean on the Amtrak website; and while the auto train has on occasion (due to track work or flooding) detoured through Columbia, I stand by my statement... that is not its regular route. I live about a quarter mile away from the tracks in Raleigh, and the only Amtrak...

I like the Carolina & Florida service part too; However, there is one error I would like to point out. The auto train does not travel west from Selma on the NCRR through Raleigh and Columbia; since there are, of course, no stops between Lorton and Sanford, it stays on the ACL the whole way since...

This is getting a bit off subject, but... I was in Japan for a year a little while ago, and I spent a couple nights at internet cafes - $10 a night for a private booth with all the movies you can watch, all the comics you can read, and all the PS2 games you can play. You can also drink all the soda/...

As far as AVERAGE speed from one stop to another in revenue service, the fastest I've heard of is the westbound Nozomi 501 from Hiroshima to Kokura. It leaves Hiroshima at 8:20am, accellerates, travels 213.5km along the Sanyo Shinkansen, decelerates, and arrives at Kokura at 9:04am, an average speed...

Forgive me for asking what may be an ignorant question... but it's something I've wondered for a while. Why arent't there more high platforms in the U.S.? I understand that freight trains are generally wider than passenger trains, which means that they can't go by a high platform unless there is a g...

What's the maximum unbalanced super elevation allowed on the Northeast Corridor? I've read that up to 5 inches is allowed for metroliners and other non-tilt equipment, and 6 or 7 inches for the tilting Acela depending on the section. I've also read that most other railroads thoughout the country lim...

The longest, highest capacity, double-deck Shinkansen trains in Japan seat over 1600, although there's only a few of these that run each day. However, the 16 car Nozomi trains that make up the bulk of the traffic on the Tokaido and Sanyo lines (which are the busiest) "only" seat 1323. Sorr...

While we'd all like to see Amtrak get the money that it's requesting to replace outdated equipment and improve the level of service, the likelyhood that congress will write them a check to do so in the near future is basically nil. So without a properly funded Amtrak, passenger rail in the US will l...

In my opinion, the first thing that needs to be done in the US to improve passenger rail service is not to purchase new equipment and start up new routes. Rather, there needs to be some serious capital investment towards improving the main corridors that the trains run on. Many lines still follow ex...