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Waiting On A Train: The Embattled Future Of Passenger Rail Service--A Year Spent Riding Across America (2009)

by James McCommons(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1603580646 (ISBN13: 9781603580649)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing

review 1: A fantastic book which shows how and why Amtrak is largely a joke outside of the Northeast Corridor and why this country has such lackluster passenger rail service. A must read for anyone who has a scrap of interest in trains.Go figure though, after reading this book, which focuses on the author's travels across the country on various Amtrak routes throughout 2008, chock full of tales of trains who are continually late, I am itching to take my next trip to South Carolina on the Crescent...even though arrival and departure times from my destination are insanely inconvenient.
review 2: Part travel writing, part overview of the relevant transportation policy and history... Neither part is extraordinary on its own merits, nor are they likely to satisfy the foamers... more of either genre, but together they were a compelling introduction for someone (me) who doesn't frequently (er...ever) find himself with his nose in a book about passenger rail travel in America. In the end, I'm further convinced: we need more passenger rail in our country--economically, environmentally, and aesthetically speaking. less

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