RPLLC Newsletter Vol 2 Issue 11

Rail Passenger USA

November 30, 2008

Newsletter

Volume 2, Number 11 - Archive

In This Issue

  • Four New York State
    Trains Added
  • Rumbling into Canada
  • Sunset Limited Article

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Four New York State Trains Added!

Route Guides have been added to the Rail Passenger USA library for four of the Amtrak Trains that traverse New York state on their way to Niagara Falls, Toronto, Montréal, and Rutland, Vermont. Click on the photos below to open the Route Guides.


Montréal to New York
Adirondack
Amtrak Trains 68 and 69

New York to Niagara Falls
Empire Service
Amtrak Trains 283 and 284

New York to Rutland, VT
Ethan Allen Express
Amtrak Trains 290 and 291
new
New York to Toronto
Maple Leaf
Amtrak Trains 63 and 64

Rumbling into Canada


Our plans for preparing Canadian Train Route Guides took a baby step forward when we ventured into Quebec and Ontario on the Adirondack and Maple Leaf Routes this month. We plan to start preparing Route Guides for the VIA Rail Canada trains in 2009. Click here for a list.



Sunset Limited News Article from Florida

  Should Amtrak restart route through
  Jacksonville to New Orleans?


  By LARRY HANNAN, The Times-Union (November 17, 2008)

An Amtrak route that goes through Jacksonville on the way to New Orleans may return next year... Click here to Read this Florida Times-Union Article





Click on the photo for a description of the route including the 17 cities to which service was suspended after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.




Happy Rails to You!
Ray York
Rail Passenger USA