Travel by Rail Standard 3 Objective 2 Check the video links to make sure everything is working properly before you use. May also want to add more questions that coincide with the videos to the study guide.

Train HISTORY Harvey Houses Fred Harvey set up at each stop Provided fresh food and clean linens to passengers Railway standard time Put into effect by William F. Allen Influenced our modern ideas of time Frederick Henry Harvey was an entrepreneur who developed theHarvey House lunch rooms, restaurants, souvenir shops, and hotels, which served rail passengers on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, the Gulf Coast and Santa Fe Railway, the Kansas Pacific Railway, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway, and the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.  Standardization of time: http://railroad.lindahall.org/essays/time-standardization.html

Pullman Car

Pullman Car – A detour back through time

Pullman Car Individual sleeping compartments partitioned by heavy green curtains 2 seats facing each other for sitting Seats fold down into a bed President Abraham Lincoln made his final ride in a Pullman Car

Train Info Gasoline Engine invention contributed to demise of train travel Amtrak formed by federal government in 1970 to take over passenger services from the railroads Amtrak’s Official Name – The National Railroad Passenger Corporation. The two types of passenger service are: Commuter Trains Intercity Trains

Benefits of Riding a Train Scenery Alternative for those afraid to fly Convenient center-city stations Space for self & possessions Freedom of movement Fewer weather delays Lower costs for unreserved day coach verses air travel Click to watch America by Rail 12 min.

Train Traffic IN THE U.S. Less than 1% of long distance passenger traffic ride the rails Northeast Corridor - Boston, New York City, and Washington D.C. (750,000 people per day)

Train Traffic IN THE US Acela Express – Boston to Washington D.C. – 6 ½ hours Metroliner – Washington D.C. to New York City – 3 hours 8.5 Hours to drive from Boston to D.C. AmTrack Acela 2013 Commercial- Click to play on YouTube

International Trains Canada’s Passenger Train – VIA Rail Canada Europe’s Rails Click to watch: Riding the Rails, Travel by Train InterCity (ICE) EuroCity  cross-border train category within the European inter-city railnetwork German Bahn Train: German Bahn Train EuroCity: train category, inter-city rail

International Trains TGV – 186 mph French: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train" Eurailpass good for 27 countries What is a EurailPass? Eurail: Visit All Europe Japan is known for its bullet trains Maglev trains operate by magnetic levitation Click to watch Maglev Train video

Nostalgic Trains Nostalgic Trains – Trains that operate on scenic routes using restored equipment with deluxe amenities and offering top-flight service Heber Valley Railroad