Amazing video! I have a tourist railroad right im my town! (Even though theres not much to see) But sometimes they have a Berkshire locomotive out. Anyways, I hope you keep this up! Your content is great!
You forgot "Regional Trains." Here in North Carolina we have the Amtrak #80-79 Carolinian. It travels over 600 miles, but only has a Baggage Car, a Business Car, a Cafe Car and four Coach Cars. It has one train going north and one train going south every day.
I mean there are Subways too but does that really count? Well I'm from Europe and of course we have a few twists on these formulas. For instance in Copenhagen where I live we have a service called the S train which is kind of a mix between a Subway and a Commuter rail. Personally I use it every weekday to get to where I study. And then of course we have the High speed corridors. In the US. of course there's atm really only the Acela Express and to some extent the Brightline but these are of course faster than the Intercity trains and make fewer stops like with the French TGV, the German ICE, The Eurostar or the Danish Thundertrain. And then there's the night trains as the alternative which can generally be split up into the Scandinavian system and the Mid European system with Denmark seperating the 2. Currently the biggest Night train service is the ÖBB Nightjet which runs as far north as Hamburg and as far south as Rome. And of course we have the shortlines. a mode almost extinct in the US. but thriving in Europe. We have a ton of smaller lines in "Rural" areas connecting smaller towns with a timetable more sparse than the mainlines like a train once per hour or every 2 hours. These are normally serviced by either the State railroads or by the regions transportation department and usually use 2 car railbusses like the Siemens Desiro or Coradia Lint41 or in rare cases some Stadler units like those we see on some "Light rails" in the US. (they wouldn't really count as lightrails in Europe but I'll give them a pass)
Tourist train or heritage railroads are my favorite type of passenger trains in the modern era. When you ride a heritage railroad, you’ll go back in time when railroads was the only way to travel in America before airplanes become an easy way to travel begin in the late 1950s.
The Amtrak surfliner should count as a commuter train because it runs forwards and backwards just like commuter trains do. It also takes metrolink and coaster passengers too, during the non busy travel times of the year.
These are some others that you didn't mention: Streetcars: While technically not a train, they run on railroad tracks and do take people to places. They can fall under the commuter or tourist categories Airport peoplemovers: These passenger trains take people from one terminal or concourse to another. They can fall under the commuter category Theme park trains: They take people on tours and make few station stops along the way. They are usually in a theme park or railroad park. They can fall under the tourist category. Rollercoasters: They also arent really a train, but they are similar. They would fall under the tourist category. Also, there is the monorail at disney world. That would be a commuter/tourist train. They take people from one park to another, and do serve some hotels.
+CoasterFan2105, What Can I Tell You, Passenger Steam Trains are my Favorites that I Love so Much. So Thank You For Your Hard Work Anyway, Dude. You're really Nice. U_U
Why is there no scenic train from Bend to The Dalles? That would be AMAZING! Amtrak has run a heretage train to Bend from Portland before but it's every few years and the one this year was cancelled.
LOL the manner in witch you adress emu's truly demonstrates how stone age the US rail system is compared to the superior modern efficient networks of Japan and europe
Hey CF2105 you forgot medium distance trains like the such as the Carolinian, The Palmetto, and the Pennsylvanian and they are not intercity trains because they operate once a day
Yes, I corrected that in a later episode of Train Talk. A while back, I found it listed somewhere as less than 500, but then I saw that Amtrak defines it as 750 or less. Keep in mind, intercity is just a general term to describe trains that serve several relatively close together city pairs and don't travel great distances. The 750 mile thing is just something that Amtrak uses to distinguish between their Intercity and Long Distance trains.
phil700 ag Did you not watch the video or read the description? He clearly stated that he wouldn't talk about special excursion trains on this video, and would cover light rail/subway travel in another video.
look Think don't think About Amtrack Northeast cordor because Amtrack has problems at Newark Penn station . a lot of people who take Amtrack on the Northeast cordor it's just crazy there too many complainments . just stick with NJ Transit there path trains are fast during Commute hours and afternoon hours sometimes you'll see one Local running different times in the afternoon by Norfolk southern usually by The Pascack valley line or Bergen county line or Main line . just don't take Amtrack because at the Northeast cordor take the other Amtrack that's an Intercity train .
