If the government funded these Amtrak routes, 39 million more people would have rail access
A new study looks at adding 15 additional long-distance routes to Amtrak, which would expand access to 39 million Americans.
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Map of railroads spreading across the US
Trains revolutionized transportation in the US. People were no longer dependent on horse-drawn carriages and natural waterways to move across the country. The rapid spread of railroads made the ...
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Illustrator Bob Wegner was the go-to guy for railroad maps
It was my bittersweet duty last week to write an obituary for illustrator Bob Wegner, one of the all-time greats from the heyday of Kalmbach Publishing Co. He was a versatile illustrator and (best of ...
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A New Era For US Passenger Rail?
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has just released a story map of how the US could close the gap (a little). The Corridor Identification and Development (CID) Program is a way for FRA to ...
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Watch an animated map of a high-speed rail network in the US
The US's railroad network is made up of around 140,000 miles of track, but many of our trains are slow and outdated. Over the last couple of decades, countries like China, Japan, the UK ...