The official tumblr of amtrak — are u gonna go to dashcon 2 ? would love a train...

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Anonymous asked:

are u gonna go to dashcon 2 ? would love a train themed panel

amtrak-official answered:

I am considering it, the issue is I live pretty far from Toronto

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If I am unable to go, I will host a virtual train panel over tumblr

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AKA go on a long ass tangent over the course of 6 posts on the history of American Rail, both public and private, why the US could build out our rail network and what the barriers preventing it are

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Anonymous asked:

if i were to hypothetically go to dachcon 2, i would of course take the amtrak there. could you suggest an optimal route from richmond, virginia to toronto? bonus points if buffalo is along the route so i can go to the fossil dig on my way

Via Buffalo New York is the literal only way, but Northeast Regional to New York then Maple Leaf to Toronto.

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If you host a panel at dashcon 2 you MUST make it an open discussion, and I will tell you why. So sometimes online it’s like

You: train good. Put more train.

Random person: wow. Way to just fucking hate my grandma that lives in the rural woods, who lost both her legs to a rogue badger attack in 1965, who runs a gas station. Not to mention her parents were murdered by a train. How dare you say you wish she was dead

Now imagine that IN PERSON. It would be magnificent

I would hope the people of Toronto would be more reasonable than the tumblrinas, but I am not sure

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