![]() This draft Tier 1 EIS is the latest study in a series called NEC Future. “ great in the land of infinite money, and if you let me know how to get there, I’ll emigrate at the first opportunity” said Michael Noda, who writes the transit blog,, “but, in the meantime, we live here.” The Economist recently took a trip through the snowy forests of the Russian psyche via the Moscow-Archangel line, writing how trains “rumble through Russian literature and poetry with remarkable frequency.”Īt SEPTA’s headquarters on Monday night, officials from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) listened to public feedback on their draft Tier 1 Environmental Impact Study (EIS), a planning document providing three alternative visions for the future of Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC).įrom the crowd’s statements last night, it sounds like the FRA may have spent a little too much time on trains, dreaming big dreams for the Northeast Corridor’s future. ![]() Such flights of fancy-so rarely enjoyed on actual flights-are why Amtrak created its Residency program, which sends writers on long train trips, free of charge (that, and it’s effective marketing). ![]() Long train rides have an almost magical ability to free the rider’s thoughts from quotidian concerns, to let one’s mind wander unworried with the primary task at hand, arrival at some predetermined destination, and flirt with lofty ideals.
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