{"id":91934,"date":"2025-01-31T02:00:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=91934"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:26:54","slug":"i-spent-over-12-hours-on-an-amtrak-train-on-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/01\/31\/i-spent-over-12-hours-on-an-amtrak-train-on-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"I Spent Over 12 Hours on an Amtrak Train (on purpose)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPcuL2S2dgk?si=EDMhr5M2k-x0S0yd\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Not Just Bikes<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 6 Oct 2024<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>\n0:00 Intro<br \/>\n1:24 Leaving New York<br \/>\n3:04 On the train<br \/>\n4:03 The views<br \/>\n4:38 Freight trains &#038; delays<br \/>\n5:37 The train is so much more comfortable<br \/>\n7:09 The border crossing<br \/>\n8:17 The Canadian side<br \/>\n9:24 Should you take this train?<br \/>\n10:20 Comparisons to Europe &#038; Japan<br \/>\n11:20 We need more high-speed rail<br \/>\n12:02 VIA Rail is bad &#8230; and getting worse<br \/>\n12:58 VIA Rail is expensive!<br \/>\n14:11 The new VIA Rail baggage policy \ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<br \/>\n15:49 Better train service is important!<br \/>\n17:14 Concluding thoughts<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Want to support this channel? 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