Tag Archives: Amtrak

(Via Towleroad)

Saturday is the annual Mooning of the Amtrak. Train passengers can expect an eyeful Saturday as bare bottoms converge along the tracks at Camino Capistrano for the annual Mooning of the Amtrak. In recent years, the rowdy atmosphere surrounding the event has quieted down with an increased police presence, parking restrictions and ordinances against urination, defecation and drinking alcohol in …

Milling about, milling about, milling about. Track number announcement. Mad dash for the gate where 500 people try to fit through a four-foot doorway at the same time. Always a shining moment for modern mass transit, truly.

After Florida Gov. Rick Scott rejected billions in federal funding for high speed rail development, the feds invited other states to apply for the money. And as it turns out, the primary beneficiaries of Scott’s short-sightedness will be commuters on Amtrak’s northeast rail corridor. The largest share of the money—nearly $800 million—will be used to upgrade train speeds from 135 …

Last night the Rachel Maddow Show had a lot of fun with the Family Research Council’s hissy fit about Amtrak’s plan to advertise to teh gays. (Via – Towleroad)

“If there was ever proof that the Obama Administration has gone off the rails, it’s Amtrak. For the first time in the train service’s history, Amtrak has decided to spend a quarter-million dollars recruiting homosexual passengers. As you may know, Amtrak isn’t a private business. This is a government-run business, meaning that this $250,000 is taken directly from taxpayers’ pockets. …

If you’re traveling via Amtrak today, be advised that Amtrak and NJ Transit have temporarily suspended service to Penn Station due to an electrical problem. Check Twitter for updates. At the moment it looks like some trains are returning to New Jersey because they can’t enter Penn. What a mess. Expect delays to ripple up and down the east coast …

The on again-off again plan to turn NYC’s historic Farley Post Office into a massive and grand replacement for Penn Station is on again. After months of negotiations — and years after it first pulled out of the project — Amtrak reached a preliminary agreement to move to an annex of Pennsylvania Station planned for the James A. Farley Post …