trains

Trans-Canada Train vs Plane

Submitted by RA on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 13:57

Given the fact that flying is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions you'd think that there'd be more of an incentive for the average Joe to go by what is generally accepted as the more eco-friendly mode of transport, the train.

Warren Buffett Takes Ownership of Mainline Vancouver Railway

Submitted by RA on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 01:40

Warren Buffett likes trains. No, he really likes trains. The World's Greatest Living Investor just bought out Burlington Northern Santa Fe with stock from his company Berkshire Hathaway in the biggest deal of his life. The deal cost $44 billion. Burlington Northern Santa Fe owns the 50km track, used mainly by freight but also the Amtrak passenger rail service, between Vancouver and the States.

Slow Train Coming: Vancouver's Passenger Rail Service

Submitted by RA on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 14:52

After a long delay, a second daily Amtrak Cascades train, running between Portland and Vancouver, is coming into operation in August. This article appeared in the Vancouver Courier in October 2008

Amtrak's Coast Starlight Express is a full day from Vancouver when I turn in for the night. I watch the angular shadows of cranes and yard lights of Martinez, in the north of California's Bay Area, slip into the darkness behind us. Then I roll onto my bunk and fall sleep to the rhythmic rocking of the train.

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