The Japanese have just introduced a new generation of high speed trains. It’s been put into service on the Tokyo-Osaka run and has a top speed of 360 km/hour. That translates to 223 miles/hour. However, the new trains won’t run at top speed. They’ll throttle back to a mere 177 mph. Still, the faster they…
I’m often asked what makes a really good sleeping car attendant on one of Amtrak’s long-distance trains. I really don’t know what Amtrak’s employee manual says, but here’s what I want and almost always get from one of Amtrak’s sleeping car attendants. * * * * Greets me with a warm welcome on the platform…
It’s hard to believe, but the first shinkansen, Japan’s famous bullet train, went into service between Tokyo and Osaka more than 50 years ago. Before then, conventional trains made the run in six hours and forty minutes; less than a year after beginning the high-speed service, the run time was cut to just over three…
So far, California’s high-speed rail project has been the one generating most of the press, not to mention controversy. Notwithstanding all that, the official groundbreaking for the project took place just a few days ago in Fresno. But don’t look now, there’s also a high-speed rail project in Texas and it could very well…