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Step inside the sprawling factory in California where the largest fleet replacement in Amtrak’s 55-year history is coming together piece by piece.

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Huh, surprised the Trump admin and Senate didn't cut funding for these. Hopefully it sparks new interest and we can get the next generation to vote out the NIMBYs and get us some real high speed rail. US air travel is a fucking joke, it's getting to where I'd rather take a train. I mean If I'm gonna be stuck in Denver because I missed a connection I'd rather be at the train station able to go to a hotel and see the town, instead of stuck in the airport, with a 2 hour gated wait because of TSA and the dangling rotten carrot airilines call standby.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

All someone has to do is tell Trump that Biden likes Amtrak and these will all disappear

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

US air travel is a fucking joke[;] it’s getting to where I’d rather take a train.

yeah. Can you imagine a rolling capsule hotel? Go to bed in Bakersfield and wake up outside of Newark as the train slows for your stop? "bing-bong... your stop, SEC-AU-CUS, is in 30 minutes. Please ..~bzzt~...check your bags and ensure you have everything with you when you leave. ~pchkt~!"

[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

Did a long trip on a train once and did just this. Started the trip late in the day, woke up almost at the destination. Was great!