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Title: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: Worcester_Passenger on September 06, 2015, 09:56:46 And for a different take on rail time-keeping, try http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34139314 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34139314), also available as a podcast.
Title: Re: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: Brucey on September 06, 2015, 13:26:25 Quote Travelling by train may not be the quickest way to cross the US, but delays and a relaxed pace bring their own rewards, as Christine Finn recently found in Texas. http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34139314 Not a hugely informative article, but one that makes me happy that passenger trains on our "railroads" are given priority, compared to the freight intensive system in the US. Title: Re: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: broadgage on September 06, 2015, 14:23:09 Also interesting to note the street running and lack of fencing of railway rights of way, even in litigation mad America this seems to be acceptable.
Contrast to the panics here over trespass and the risks thereof. Title: Re: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: Adelante_CCT on September 06, 2015, 18:56:41 Notice to mods, this topic has now appeared twice
http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=16186.0 Title: Re: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: Chris from Nailsea on September 06, 2015, 22:27:43 Thanks for pointing that out: both topics now merged here. ;)
Title: Re: "The delays that make train travel fun" - BBC Magazine article about Amtrak Post by: Brucey on September 07, 2015, 12:01:12 Notice to mods, this topic has now appeared twice Thanks. I was on a very bad hotel internet connection - slower than dial-up, so only had a cursory search of the forum!http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=16186.0 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |