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Penn Station is still confusing and needs improvement

amNY has an article about how Penn Station New York is still a terrible transportation hub for riders/pedestrians to navigate. While there’s no new information in the article, it is good that this topic is still being brought up by … Continue reading

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Awesome 1977 Amtrak and Conrail photos around Harrisburg, PA

All photos taken by Ed K. Enjoy!!

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Amtrak’s National Train Day at New York Penn Station

Amtrak will be kicking off their 2010 National Train Day celebration with special events at New York Penn Station today beginning at 12:30 PM. Hopefully the celebration won’t be ruined by things that make the Big Board look like this:

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Penn Station receives escalator delivery

Walking past the construction site Monday, I saw that a door was open, allowing me to see and photograph (with cell phone camera) the empty space where a staircase once was, and where an additional escalator will hopefully soon be. … Continue reading

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New York By Rail – Amtrak Travel Trade Show at Penn Station TODAY

Today at New York Penn Station there is a travel trade show that focuses on New York State destinations reachable by Amtrak. I picked up a lot of good travel destination information. These are the people who put out the … Continue reading

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Disney’s Christmas Carol Train Tour coming to Grand Central Terminal

Disney is sending a charter train around the country over the next few months to promote its upcoming movie “A Christmas Carol”. From the photos included in the USA Today and Reuters Blog articles, it looks like the train is … Continue reading

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New escalators at Penn Station street entrance

At the Eighth Avenue / 31st Street entrance to Amtrak’s concourse at Penn Station, there exists two staircases and a single escalator. The escalator usually runs up in the AM rush (until 10 AM) and runs down at all other … Continue reading

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Amtrak Quik-Trak Machines Down

Amtrak’s Quik-Trak Self-Service Ticketing Kiosks at New York Penn Station are all out of service. Customers are being told that their email confirmation printouts will be accepted onboard the trains as tickets for today only. Also, tickets will be sold … Continue reading

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British Transport Police Patrol New York’s Penn Station

Walking through the Amtrak concourse at the rathole Penn Station this morning, I came upon the gaggle of British Transport Police (BTP), still decked out in the traditional Bobby’s helmets and all, who were last seen in Philly on Tuesday. … Continue reading

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Amtrak guerrilla marketing campaign?

I saw this ad and many others plastered over the normal ads on my New York City Subway train this evening. I doubt it is a real marketing campaign by Amtrak. So who did it?

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