amtrak
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Private Planes Are Old News, Rich People Should Buy Private Trains Instead
The definitive ranking of cool shit to buy when you’re minted goes: private plane, then yacht and helicopter is at the top. But now, a concept from luxury ship designer Thierry Gaugain has gone straight in as the coolest thing you can buy as a billionaire. Welcome to the private train.
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America’s Railroads Are Too Busted For High Speed Trains
Amtrak trains travelling the Northeast Corridor, servicing major cities like New York, Boston, and Washington DC, are getting a $3 billion federal upgrade. But it won’t get US citizens anywhere any faster.
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Hero Cops Escort Mobile Phone Loudmouth Off Train
People who carry on high-volume conversations on their mobile phones in public places are the worst. THE. WORST. Which makes Lakeysha Beard the worst of the worst of the worst. For sixteen solid hours after she boarded an Amtrak train in Oakland, KATU.com reports, she yapped loudly into her goddamned phone. SIXTEEN HOURS. And she…