Amtrak

This edition of Photo of the Week is brought to you by Julianna or should we say a Sweet Carolina Girl!

Here, the Piedmont train pulls into High Point, NC, smack dab in the middle of Tobacco Road for all you sports fans out there. That’s right, this route, which runs between Raleigh and Charlotte might as well be the ACC train. It serves NC State University (wolfpack!!), University of North Carolina (GTHD!), and Duke University (blue devils!).

We suggest riding during basketball season …

North Carolina is also served by long-distance trains. In fact, the Silver Service, which runs daily among 11 states, connects the state to both New York City and Miami.

For shorter trips, there’s also the Carolinian, which gets passengers in its namesake state to the Big Apple.

If you’d like to submit your best Amtrak pics for our Photo of the Week contest, please use our Facebook welcome tab to enter. Capture what you see as you ride America’s Railroad, submit your favorite photos by noon EST each Friday and we’ll pick the best one each week to feature here on our blog.

It’s the City of Angels, Kardashians and Lakers. And, lucky you, we can take you there on five different routes!

If you’re planning to visit Los Angeles this summer, there’s tons of attractions you’re going to want to see, including our very own iconic train station (check out the photo above!). It’s been in movies like The Dark Knight, The Italian Job and Blade Runner. If you’re looking for more than movie magic, we’ve saved you some Google-ing.

Here are 5 essential tourists lists to get you started!

1. Time Magazine’s 10 Things to Do in LA Spending the day, “gawking at the expensive stores on the twisty part of Rodeo Drive” is for suckers, according to this LA list. It gives you the nitty-gritty of what you really will want to see when you go to the city of stars! Just a few quick examples? Killer sushi, the Getty Museum and even the library! Who knew? Read More →

It’s the season of field trips and vacations! That means first-time train travelers will be visiting our stations all across the country.

Before you pack the sunscreen and fanny pack, take a sec to watch this informational video. It offers some kid-friendly tips on how to stay safe in our stations and how to interact with Amtrak police and K-9s.

Hey, the tips are good for grown-ups, too!

Earlier this week, we unveiled the Amtrak Cities Sprinter (go here or here if you missed it), our new electric Siemens locomotives that will operate in our Northeast corridor. Now that you’ve seen the photos, you need to know the facts. Here are the seven things you should know about the new fleet.

1. Made in America
The assembly of the Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64) will provide work for 69 local manufacturers in 23 states across 60 cities in the United States. Read More →

Did you know we’re constantly making environmental upgrades?

In fact, we’re replacing older diesel locomotives with these new, cleaner “GenSet” locomotives as you read this. They’re expected to result in fuel savings of about 50 percent and a reduction in emissions of about 60 percent for each one replaced. Read More →