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  • trains Amtrak to launch nonstop Washington D.C. — New York Acela train service, weekdays only, on September 23 Xeni Jardin
  • class war Rail barons and the new gilded age: one-percenters travel in style by hitching private "super-luxe" railcars to Amtrak trains Cory Doctorow
  • accidents Amtrak train carrying passengers jumps tracks and dangles over a highway near Seattle Carla Sinclair
  • picks I rode Amtrak's Coast Starlight the wrong direction. I still loved it. Jason Weisberger
  • mistakes Amtrak vs snow, in slow-mo Rob Beschizza
  • trains Turn air miles into train miles Maggie Koerth
  • politics Andrew Cuomo's naked hostility drives out MTA president Andy Byford, the "Train Daddy" who has transformed the world's rail systems Cory Doctorow
  • Business Amazon wants to draft model facial recognition legislation Cory Doctorow
  • if it wasn't for those meddling kids Millennials kill Amtrak's dining car Jason Weisberger
  • crumbling infrastructure Video of depressing first class train service between Boston and Washington DC. Mark Frauenfelder
  • bomb threats "Silicon Valley" actor TJ Miller arrested for fake bomb threat Carla Sinclair
  • homelessness Homeless man's camp hidden in decorative tube atop train station Mark Frauenfelder
  • News Train carrying GOP lawmakers crashes with trash truck, killing one and injuring others Xeni Jardin
  • trains Terror on Amtrak: a slow, not-friendly, screaming, laughing, smiling, lady with no name tag Mark Frauenfelder
  • trains Why are train tickets so expensive? Mark Frauenfelder
  • trains Why do trains suck in the U.S.? Mark Frauenfelder
  • corruption DEA bribes rail/airline employees for tipoffs that lead to warrantless cash seizures Cory Doctorow
  • Republicans Chris Christie ejected from Amtrak quiet car Rob Beschizza
  • DEA paid Amtrak worker $854K for customer data it could have obtained for free Xeni Jardin
  • travel What it's like to take a 36-hour sleeper train from LA to Seattle Nicole Dieker

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