BusTalk A Community Discussing Buses and Bus Operations Worldwide!    BusTalk Main FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups BusTalk Galleries   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Search found 2751 matches BusTalk Forum Index Author Message   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 9:31 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Extension of PRR electrification south of DC........... On a now-defunct rail discussion forun (where I was a co-moderator) I had started a discussion on what "might have been", had the P ...   Topic: .....and leave the driving to us...... traildriver Replies: 1449 Views: 2105314 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Sat May 16, 2026 9:27 pm   Subject: .....and leave the driving to us...... "What's in a name?" (just a bit of levity)........... Alternate names for a GREYHOUND/TRAILWAYS merger: "HOUNDWAYS" "'TRAILHOUND" (the former sounds like a re ...   Topic: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 traildriver Replies: 64 Views: 120786 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 4:19 pm   Subject: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 The B&O's "Royal Blue Route" from Washington to New York, left B&O Rails in Philadelphia, then used Reading Company tracks from there to Bound Brook, NJ, thence CNJ on into the Jers ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:34 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Today's NJT "NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE" was once the CNJ/PRR NY&LB.............. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Jersey_Coast_Line The first section to be electrified was between ...   Topic: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 traildriver Replies: 64 Views: 120786 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2026 4:22 pm   Subject: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 More B&O scenes traildriver: The B&O train-connection buses were owned by the B&O, bit were consigned to Fifth Avenue Coach Company. Hope this info helps.......... 'NYO& ...   Topic: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 traildriver Replies: 64 Views: 120786 Forum: New York City Buses   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 3:03 pm   Subject: B&O buses at Jersey City, circa 1930 [quote="MaBSTOA 15"]More B&O scenes[/quote Great shots, thanks for posting! I believe we may have discussed this previously, but someone refresh my memory... Who actually operat ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 1:18 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ [quote="NEW YORK OMNIBUS 2629"]A stately, grand, and monolithic monument to the Golden Age of American Railroading.......... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City_Union_Station The ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 1:12 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ NOT a new concept, by ANY means...... AMTRAK's train-connection "THRUWAY" bus services has roots that indeed go deep; beginning in the 1920s, many railroads (and also number of interurban ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 12:58 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ And we have a nice train station in downtown Phoenix but Amtrak doesn't come here anymore. Instead, they go to the town of Maricopa, about 25 miles away. This was because the Southern Pacific ran ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 12:55 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ (SEE PREVIOUS POSTS/LINKS) Atlantic City-bound............ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Comet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_City_Express_Service Two entirely different train ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2026 12:44 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ Originally built in 1918 as a suburban stop, the historic and stately "Peachtree Station" is today the sole AMTRAK passenger station in Atlanta; back in the halcyon days of passenger rail tr ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:55 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ redacted duplicate post. My old computer needs to be replaced....   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:55 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ One of the most unusual "tasks" ever assigned to a "GG-1" was back in 1965, when one hauled several new PATH (H&M tubes) "PA" cars for high-speed testing, on LIRR tra ...   Topic: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ traildriver Replies: 638 Views: 680492 Forum: General Transportation - All Other Modes   Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2026 7:43 pm   Subject: "A" is for "Amtrak"........ (SEE PREVIOUS POST) CNJ's most unusual RDC train....... This was, of course, the "Sputnik Train", so dubbed by CNJ crews. The CNJ experimented with having an arch-roof heavyweight c ...   Topic: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... traildriver Replies: 1391 Views: 1420777 Forum: Over The Road Carriers   Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 5:16 pm   Subject: Recalling the long-defunct intercity operators..... Not sure if everyone's aware, but Greyhound Lines seems to be making an effort to restore some of their formerly abandoned routes in the midwest and northwest. 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