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Amtrak has announced cancellations for Sunday February 7th due to the massive snow that fell between Washington and New Jersey. I can only imagine what a zoo Penn Station must be with all of the canceled trains! Here’s a partial list of the canceled trains – view all of the changes on the Amtrak website.

• Carolinian trains 79 and 80 will operate only between Raleigh and Charlotte with no alternate transportation between New York and Raleigh. 
• Palmetto trains 89 and 90 are canceled in their entirety between New York and Savannah.

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Yesterday we looked at a pretty neat postcard-to-model subway train. Now we have a paper model you can print and create at home.  The available models include:

• TGV PSE (Paris Sud-Est) original orange version
• TGV PSE (Paris Sud-Est) blue Ligne de Coeur version
• TGV La Poste
• TGV Atlantique
• TGV Thalys
• TGV Duplex
• AVE / Euromed (Spanish TGV)
• KTX (Korean TGV)
• Speedrail (Australian TGV)
• Acela Express (USA)
• Undecorated TGV

It looks like you need just some basic supplies (and some thick paper) to create the various trains. Pretty neat craft project!

Please contain your excitement – step in and stand clear of the closing doors. Today is National Train Day! Amtrak created this special holiday last year to celebrate trains.  The main participating cities include Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles.

Check out all of the local events across the U.S. at the National Train Day website.

I don’t know about you but I’d love to see National Train Day include subway systems and international trains as well in the future – right now it seems like an Amtrak promotion.

Here’s yet another reason why you should not leave your car on railroad tracks. Found via subchat, this video comes to us from a police officer dash camera in Greer, South Carolina.