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Who cares? :facepalm2:
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Thread quickly became a train wreck.
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Hard to believe we still have a train culture here when it seems that there's so much resistance to railway travel, particularly high speed rail.
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Free what?
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From Website: "Event Description: Texas Rail Advocates are again hosting National Train Day activities at the Fort Worth Intermodal Transportation Center, downtown! There will be exhibits inside the...
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^i thought it was free ride too until I read "Dora the Explorer will wow the crowd"...
LA Union Station:
"When: 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12
Admission: Free
Now in its 5th year,...
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National Train Day is sponsored by Amtrak (I believe) to foster public interest in trains. Events vary throughout the nation. While the event itself is free, nothing other than entrance to the rail...
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Thanks OP
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+1, although in fairness, so is the state of Texas and most of the south. :cool:
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The funny part about the NYC event is that it's being held at Grand Central Station,
but Amtrak doesn't use Grand Central, all their trains go into Penn Station...
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Obviously you, because you took the effort to reply.
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the activities and admission are free. they vary from city to city whats offered, that's why I told people they need to click on the links. I'm not listing specifics for each city, there's many.
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now I see why train travel died 50 years ago
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Trains are kept going with Huge subsidies from the rest of the country. If they paid the full operational costs it would not be cost effective. That is why there is no privately run trains. I read...
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I am in the same boat as corpusguy, instead of getting defense maybe you could change your post and not take it personally. I do not understand what is free either here in Chicago... It sounds like...
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http://www.nationaltrainday.com/events/
click on other cities to see happenings in "smaller" market cities. Many cities with Amtrak stations or Railroad Museums are having events.
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try clicking on the link and reading Professor.
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Most of the NAEast requires train travel. No resistance up here