(US) National Train Day, Saturday May 7, 2011

Website: National Train Day

Amtrak is sponsoring events in Washington, DC; New York; Chicago; Philadelphia; and Los Angeles, and in many other cities across the nation.

-- California High-Speed Rail Authority
-- High Speed Rail Corridors, Federal Railroad Administration
-- Railroad Station webpage
-- different railroad station webpage
-- Railroad history
-- Maryland Railroad Commuter line, Growth and Investment Plan
-- Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation
-- Bill Wright's book/dissertation on Washington's Union Station, incredibly well-written


Go by Train sign, Union Station, Portland, Oregon by sfgamchick, on Flickr