http://www.unitedrail.org Almost anything is possible in a train ... - Paul Theroux Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:14:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Volume 5 Number 25 Thanks for the overwhelming response to the last issue of TWA's presentation of the updated Concepts of the Successful Long Distance Passenger Train of the Future. In addition to the basic distribution through TWA, there have been over 600 additional downloads of the white paper from ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/09/04/this-week-at-amtrak-2008-09-03/ Amtrak is smiling approvingly at one its bankers, Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, who has filed a bill in the United States Senate to provide Amtrak with $2.8 billion to overhaul existing equipment and build new rolling stock.If this bill becomes law (and, it is only in very early stages), ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/08/24/special-distribution-thesuccessful-long-distance-passenger-train-of-the-future/ Volume 5 Number 23 You just never know when an issue of TWA goes racing out over the Internet what's going to come back in return. Last week, in the last issue, we talked of The Trip From Hell in the past couple of weeks on the Empire Builder, allegedly Amtrak's ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/08/04/this-week-at-amtrak-2008-08-04/ Volume 5 Number 22 Ah, summertime! Those lazy, hazy days when America hits the rails and roads. Here's an enroute firsthand report from a dedicated railfan who had just a bit too much of Amtrak's hospitality. [Onboard the Empire Builder, east of St. Paul, Minnesota] So, the plot so far ... ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/07/31/this-week-at-amtrak-2008-07-31/ Volume 5 Number 21 PLEASE NOTE: URPA is experiencing some cosmic hiccups in our computer system's subscription and distribution program. Therefore, if you have recently cancelled your subscription, or recently added a subscription, you're not being ignored by the humans on this end, but the computer program is being cranky. We're ... http://www.unitedrail.org/2008/07/20/this-week-at-amtrak-2008-07-21/