The US's busiest rail corridor just got a $16.4B boost – why that's huge
https://electrek.co/2023/11/06/us-northeast-corridor-biden-16-billion-upgrade/
The Biden administration just announced $16.4 billion to upgrade the Northeast Corridor's rail infrastructure.
Second train between Twin Cities and Chicago slated to begin in 2024 - midwest.social
https://midwest.social/post/5052878
Variable pricing begins on Amtrak Hiawathas - midwest.social
https://midwest.social/post/4996633
Metra’s ‘Rails, Trails and Ales’ program returns on Heritage Corridor - Trains
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/metras-rails-trails-and-ales-program-returns-on-heritage-corridor/
CHICAGO — Metra’s “Rails, Trails and Ales” excursions on the Heritage Corridor line will return on six fall Saturdays beginning Sept. 9, marking the third straight year for the program offering Saturday rail outings on the normally weekday-only commuter line to Joliet. Three round trips will operate on each Saturday through Oct. 14, departing from Chicago Union Station at 10:30 a.m.,
The dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick death
https://qz.com/the-dream-of-the-first-hydrogen-rail-network-has-died-a-1850712386
Germany's Lower Saxony government started running 14 hydrogen trains in August 2022
You can only lose with seat reservations in the German train
I booked a train to Germany. 2 hours before my train even started at it’s origin station, it was already announced that it will be delayed in the station where I need to change (6 hours from now).
I have no way to get the money for my seat reservation back, despite that the journey has not even started yet and despite me and the train company assuming right now, that I’ll miss the train.
It’s an infuriating system and I hate the German train company.
I probably wouldn’t be able to wait and reserve a seat for the train that I can actually catch, because the trains are hopelessly overbooked. I can only hope, that someone misses the next train, that I have to take instead, just like I missed mine and find a free reserved seat there.
TP&W 1 – East Peoria Historical Society
https://eastpeoriahistoricalsociety.com/tpw-railroad/tpw-1/
