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Amtrak boosts WiFi on select trains, more upgrades coming this summer

# 2013-05-18 00:11:00, Engadget
There are plenty of wonderful things about train travel: the leg room, the scenery, the lack of security pat-downs. The WiFi, on the other hand, has long been the slowest thing about Amtrak. The company announced today that it's finally doing something about its frustratingly sluggish service, u...

Amtrak to roll out high-efficiency trains with regenerative braking (video)

# 2013-05-14 15:28:00, Engadget
Some of us look at electric trains as efficient transportation almost by definition, but that's not entirely true when they consume a lot of power and give little back. Amtrak is about to strike a better balance now that it's close to receiving the first of 70 high-efficiency Siemens ACS-64 trai...