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HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Commuters looking for a way to save gas, time and frustration can find what they're looking for with a new Web site for the Harrisburg-to-Philadelphia Keystone Line, and they'll have monsters to ...

PennDOT Launches Keystone Line Web Site - Forbes

Numerous public opinion surveys find that people are irritated by being around the cell phone calls of others. Recognizing this fact, Amtrak has created a "quiet car" on their Acela Express.

Riding in Peace - PLANetizen

About 300 railroad buffs will roll into town Saturday riding aboard the first Amtrak train ever to travel Oneonta's tracks. The train will be filled with members of the Mohawk and Hudson Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society, who will be ...

Step Back in Time - Daily Star

TEMPLE — The train station in this Central Texas community is not just another stop between Austin and Dallas. The renovated Mission-style depot built in 1911 is a museum, social gathering place for local residents and ticket sales office for ...

Next stop: Turning Austin train depot into showcase destination - Austin American-Statesman

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- You'd think that in the 21st Century, we could do things better than we did in the 1930's. But when it comes to train travel, that's not the case. Here's an example. To take a weekday trip from Brattleboro, Vt., to New York City in ...

On Native Ground - American Reporter

Seeing the story "Price of gas is getting travelers riding the rails," Aug. 11, about Amtrak's increased ridership prompted me to share an abbreviated version of a letter I recently sent to Amtrak: On July 26, I took Amtrak train No. 194 from Newport ...

Shape up, Amtrak! - Daily Press

Rail travel might not be the most popular mode of transportation nowadays, but that doesn’t mean railroads are stuck in the past. That continuing evolution of train travel will be the overriding theme of the second Lackawanna Railfest, a weekend ...

Discover the evolution of train travel at Steamtown’s Lackawanna ... - Scranton Times

I started writing this while riding on an Amtrak train heading north along the Hudson River to see my parents. I just spent four wonderfully intense days in New York City, one of my favorite places on the planet. Home for me these days is Los Angeles ...

Universal Healthcare and the 2008 Election - Huffingtonpost.com

When the Kirkebys bought their Oakley home six years ago, they were aware of the rail line behind their house. They also knew the line hadn't been used by trains in decades. So it came as a shock when they heard that Union Pacific Railroad intends to ...

East County train lines back on track - Inside Bay Area

Need big ideas for your gap-year adventure? So this is it. The big trip. You've got several months, lots of guidebooks and money saved. But if you're still not sure how you'll travel, where you'll stay or which countries are on your must-do list, our ...

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