What I learned from taking a train across the US
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If you’ve taken the Amtrak recently, you might have no idea that the United States used to have the largest and wealthiest rail system in the world. How did the US go from having luxurious, widely used passenger trains to the Amtrak system we have today?
Video producer Dean Peterson makes a 72-hour journey on Amtrak from LA to NYC to show its current state of operation. From getting kicked in the head by his sleeping seat mate to taking in sweeping views of the desert at sunset, Dean shows the highs and lows of being stuck on Amtrak for days on end.
Along the way, he explains the history of passenger rail in the US — starting in the problematic robber baron era to the US government’s takeover of passenger rail. Will the United States ever catch up to the rest of the world when it comes to train travel, or are Americans stuck with an underfunded, inefficient rail network forever? Join Dean on his journey as he sets out to find out the answer to these questions and more.
Sources:
The Great Railroad Revolution by Christian Wolmar
https://www.amazon.com/Great-Railroad-Revolution-History-America/dp/1610393473
Amtrak, America's Railroad: Transportation's Orphan and Its Struggle for Survival (Railroads Past and Present) by Geoffrey H. Doughty, Jeffrey T. Darbee, Eugene E. Harmon
https://www.amazon.com/Amtrak-Americas-Railroad-Transportations-Railroads/dp/B0B5B5N3FL
Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels by Jill Jonnes
https://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Gotham-Building-Station-Tunnels/dp/0143113240
The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 1: Building an Empire, 1846-1917 By Albert J. Churella
https://www.amazon.com/Pennsylvania-Railroad-Building-1846-1917-American/dp/081224348X
Zephyrs, chiefs & other orphans ; the first five years of Amtrak by Fred W Frailey
https://www.amazon.com/Zephyrs-Chiefs-Other-Orphans-Amtrak/dp/B0006WTC1K
The Golden Age of American Railroading by Judith Macy, Mary McInroy, and Robert McCown
https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/exhibits/previous/railroad/
Association of American Railroads
https://www.aar.org/chronology-of-americas-freight-railroads/#:~:text=The%20Great%20Depression%20devastated,abandonments%20and%20deferred%20maintenance
More information about roadway deaths vs. train deaths from the US Department of Transportation: https://www.transportation.gov/NRSS/SafetyProblem
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