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F or over 50 years, Amtrak has provided essential rail services to customers nationwide. With a record-breaking 32.8 million customers in 2024, ridership continues to grow, driven ...
Tickets are now available for new twice-daily Amtrak passenger rail service on the Gulf Coast. It resumes Monday, August 18th. On Tuesday, Amtrak released the r ...
Here's what Reader's Digest said are the best, most iconic beverages in other states: Alabama: Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale. Alaska: Duck Shot, an alcoholic mixed drink. Arkansas: Grapette, a grape soda.
Amtrak’s Borealis, the passenger rail line running between St. Paul’s Union Depot and Chicago’s Union Station, recently marked its first anniversary. But there is a bigger reason to celebrate.
WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno, a Westlake Republican, suggested the U.S. government should stop funding Amtrak, the nationwide intercity passenger railroad company controlled by the ...
Amtrak subsidies keep many of Amtrak‘s routes alive despite the fact that ridership is down on many of them. These subsidies guarantee that Amtrak will be a second-rate, undercapitalized passenger ...
Later that day—Friday, June 13—Datrice and her son, Lenny Armstrong, were tragically killed in a head-on car crash, devastating their Middletown family and sending shockwaves through the wider ...
Rapido HO Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit Scale: HO (1:87.1) Price: Direct-current model with 21-pin plug, $239.95; with dual-mode sound decoder, $289.95 Era: Mid-1990s to present (varies based on ...
The northern lights, or aurora borealis, are visible over Lake Washington, in Renton, Wash., on Friday evening, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) ...
Amtrak's cross-country Empire Builder train has long connected Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, but now the year-old Borealis route makes the trip even easier and more affordable.