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Amtrak's long-distance routes form the backbone of the US national rail network, providing an alternative to intercity drives or flights. They are also noted for their scenery, and are popular as vacations and experiential travel. [4] A few routes provide direct service to National Parks, [note 1] with Amtrak Thruway buses reaching many more. [5]
This listing includes current and discontinued routes operated by Amtrak since May 1, 1971. Some intercity trains were also operated after 1971 by the Alaska Railroad, Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Georgia Railroad, Reading Company, and Southern Railway.
An EMD F3 leads an excursion over Route 28 north of Springfield, West Virginia. The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad (reporting mark PESX ) is a heritage railroad based in Romney , West Virginia . The railroad operates excursion trains over a former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line that runs between Green Spring and Petersburg .
While some locomotives offer a way to get from point A to B, others create a magical, once-in-a-lifetime experience that travelers will never forget.
If you stay on board the entire 5 1/2-hour route, you'll travel through the wine country of the Hudson Valley and straddle the Hudson River, into the capital city of Albany, to the horse racing ...
A pool of three Turboliner trainsets served the route, and the three round-trip pairs were numbered 350—355, which are still in use today. Amtrak dropped the individual train names and rebranded all three Turboliner, in common with similar services to St. Louis, Missouri and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The new equipment led to massive gains in ...
The South Branch Valley Railroad (reporting mark SBVR) is a 52.4-mile-long (84.3 km) railroad in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.The branch line, which parallels the South Branch Potomac River, runs north from Petersburg to Green Spring, where it connects to the national rail network at a junction with the CSX Cumberland Subdivision.
A narrow-gauge railway running through the center of Burke, Idaho.. This is a list of railway towns in the United States listed by state. The United States has a high concentration of railway towns, communities that developed and/or were built around a railway system.