Let’s Make Our Trains Great Again.
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Let’s Make Our Trains Great Again.

Americans don’t understand high-speed trains—where they work and where they don’t. And why. And no wonder! A very small percentage of Americans haveever seen a high-speed train, much less traveled on one.   Amtrak’s Acela trains operating in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor average 80-plus miles-per-hour and top out at about 150 along a rather short…

On an Amtrak Long-Distance Train, There’s Scenery … and There’s Scenery.
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On an Amtrak Long-Distance Train, There’s Scenery … and There’s Scenery.

I don’t know if there’s ever been an actual scientific survey, but I’m quite sure that most people riding across the country on an Amtrak train will say what they enjoy most is looking at the scenery. It’s certainly out there in abundance and that’s certainly how I feel. I’ll never get tired of the…