Posts Tagged ‘Amtrak’
USA National Train Day: Amtrak Turns 40
Amtrak started National Train Day in 2008 to commemorate the anniversary on May 10, 1869 of the transcontinental railroad. Activities are planned at over 100 Amtrak stations and railroad venues across the country, check our Railway Weekender or Amtrak’s National Train [Read More]
#013: Halloween Wrap-Up, Veterans Day, Remembrance Day, Holiday Trains, Extra News Bytes
Shownotes: Halloween on the Railroad Wrap-up Bear Park Train: http://www.bctrains.com/Spooky-Details.htm Churnet Valley Railway: http://www.churnet-valley-railway.co.uk/main/events.php Scottish Railway Preservation Society: http://www.srps.org.uk/Veteran’s Day / [Read More]
#009: The Canadian Museum of Rail Travel, Fall Foliage Trains, Blues Train on Alaska Railroad, ICE Train To Test Chunnel, Bombardier 30 Billion Dollar Order Backlog, Amtrak and Via Savings Deals
Shownotes: Fall Foliage Trains Begin http://www.foliagetrains.com http://www.traintalk.tv/?page_id=32 Blues Train on the Alaska Railroad http://www.alaskarailroad.com/bluestrain Great Video ad on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=45836609145 German [Read More]
#006: Train Conductor 2 iPhone App Review, CP’s Last Spike Community Tour, $200,000 Lost and Found, Iowa Northern Goes Green With Slugs
Shownotes: Train Conductor 2 iPhone App Review http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/train-conductor-2-usa/id378772227?mt=8 Amtrak Acela All Wrapped up With TLC’s Cake Boss Buddy Valastro [Read More]
#005: A Spectacular Train Layout in Osoyoos, High Speed Rail in Canada?,North American Railway Profits Up, Railroad Events Listed on TrainTalkTV
Shownotes: Shampoo delays French Trains. www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3064422/Shampoo-on-the-line-delays-trains.html Amtrak links with Concur to compare and book Rail Travel or Air Travel from the same screen www.concur.com 5 North American Railways report better than [Read More]
#004: Via Rail 60% Off Deal, New UP Steam Website, Genset Engines, Amtrack Contest Contest, NMRA Show Updates
Shownotes: Via Rail offers 60 percent off all Canadian Economy and Business Travel. Must be booked by midnight July 19. www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/media-room/latest-news/1549/16-july-2010-the-60-promotion-is-back-at-via-rail Union Pacific Steam Operations gets a web [Read More]
#001: Assiniboine Valley Railway, 3 Amtrak Stories, Via Rail Toronto G20 Closure
Episode #001 Pulls out of the Station! Shownotes: Amtrak announced that their free Wireless service will be made permanent on the High Speed Acela service from Boston to Washington D.C.. They are planning to add the service to other lines and perhaps the entire passenger [Read More]
