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Suggested Books
Amtrak
Official site includes schedules, fares, promotions, and reservations.
 
Train tours, railfan tours, patagonian express, rocky mountain ...
Fully escorted rail tours worldwide.
 
Policy Study No. 235
1997 paper calls Amtrak "a failed national experiment" and proposes alternatives.
 
North American Train Travel
Articles on train travel in the United States and Canada.
 
Amtrak California Homeland -- Rev 8.3 (CSS enhanced)
News on rail travel in California and links to information on fares, schedules,stations, destinations, and rail improvement plans.
 
Welcome to The Cyberspace World Railroad
Rail schedules, news, images, graphics, links and collections hosted by Daniel S.Dawdy.
 
Welcome to the Downeaster - The Way to Go
Amtrak's rail service from Boston to Portland, Maine. Schedules, fares, stations, news.
 
Trains.com: Amtrak's Beginnings
Article describes the creation of Amtrak in 1971 and its early days of operation.
 
Trains.com: All Aboard! The Coast Starlight
How this became Amtrak's premier long-distance train, and a return visit fiveyears later, in 2001.
 
::: The Capitol Corridor: home :::
Intercity/commuter rail corridor serving San Jose, Oakland and Sacramento -operated by Amtrak and managed by BART.
 
Amtrak's Texas Eagle train--welcome aboard!
Full-line train with coaches, sleepers, lounge car and dining car serving 5Arkansas cities twice daily.
 
Amtrak's Texas Eagle
Fort Worth, TX
 
Home Page - On Track On Line
News, photos, articles, and forums for all rail-related topics.
 
REASON Foundation
Replacing Amtrak -- Robert W. Poole, Jr.
 
CNN.com - Track problem may have caused derailment - April 19, 2002
[CNN]
 
CNN - Little damage from powerful California quake - October 17, 1999
[CNN]
 
Victorville, California, Amtrak Station
Map and possible connections for unstaffed station on the Southwest Chief route.From Cal Trans.
 
Livermore Station
Amtrak information for Livermore.
 
Amtrak's rocky road - Railway Age, April 2001
Article assesses Amtrak's financial prospects in 2001.
 
Amtrak Reform Council
Created by Congress in 1997 to monitor Amtrak's financial performance and viability.Includes ARC's 2002 Amtrak restructuring plan, other documents, ...
 
Help Passenger Rail by Privatizing Amtrak
2001 paper says that Amtrak's problems require its liquidation.
 
Amtrak At Twenty End Of The Line For Taxpayer Subsidies
1996 policy paper says subsidies are based on myths.
 
Fullerton Santa Fe Depot
Trainweb.com page describing the city from a rail perspective. Provides a virtualtour of the train station, links to schedules, photographs and webcams, ...
 
RAILROAD.NET :: View Forum - Amtrak
Discussion forum.
 
Erie, Pennsylvania's Amtrak Station
Resource for promoting expansion of Amtrak passenger train service to Erie.
 
Fullerton Railcam #1.
RAILcam1 at the Fullerton train station.
 
The Amtrak Reform Council’s Restructuring Plan
Congressional hearing held February 2002.
 
Passenger Rail in America: What Should It Look Like?
Congressional hearing held April 2002.
 
CRS Report: RL30659 - Amtrak: Overview and Options - NLE
2001 Congressional Research Service report.
 
Bermant - Richmond Virginia Travel, Airlines, Train, Limousine
Collection of Richmond, Virginia links including travel, media, lodging, restaurants,businesses and local attractions.
 
Baum Hedlund - A Law Corporation
Personal injury firm based in Los Angeles.
 
Northeastern United States
Directory of lodging with information on proximity to railroad lines.
 
SoYouWanna plan a trip to New York City?
Information including how to get there, where to stay, what to do, and how toget tickets to a Broadway show.
 
End of the Line For Amtrak's Current Management
2001 paper argues for new management.
 
New Amtrak Boondoggle May Outdo All Others
2000 policy paper opposes the High Speed Rail Investment Act.
 
trainjunkie.com Locomotive Pictures, Train Pictures, CSX, UNION ...
Locomotive pictures from the Northwest Florida/Southern Alabama area includingmany different road names.
 
Train Orders
Welcome to the most popular railroad site on the internet! At Trainorders you'llfind a host of features that includes photographs, discussion forums, ...
 
WEBFOOT3...Trains...Talk...and Fun...
Dedicated to railroading, with links to the railroad community, photos, comicsand comments on train travel.
 
Friends of Amtrak
Personal page includes news archive back to 1995, photos, links, and bibliography.
 
Large Scale Central (c) - Trains and More
For the large scale train enthusiast. Forums for discussion, a chat room, classifiedads, an auction, photos and a pike-of-the-month.
 
Caboose Cabins
Photographs of the facility with links to local features.
 
Trains
Information, photographs, and description for American hood diesel freight train,passenger freightliner, and an original creation of the 'General'.
 
Amtrak Guest Rewards
Information on Amtrak's frequent-traveler rewards program.
 

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