TEETHING TROUBLES. More on the difficulties with the Virgin Voyager trains at Where Worlds Collide. I liked this: "The trains (basically sprinters with pointy noses) just aren't designed for the long-distance market; the lack of luggage space and inadequate catering are example of this. As for the serious overcrowding problems, this is a consequence of attempting an all-day regular-interval service with short trains when the demand varies considerably by time of day. While Virgin claim there are as many seats available over the course of the day, I'm sure there are far fewer at busy times." There's nothing wrong with putting a shovel nose on a railcar (note to my readers: 'doodlebug' has a very different meaning on US rails than it does in England, where it refers to a German cruise missile) but the Boston and Maine provided full-size trains at busy hours.

This train will show up the Acela Express.

Here's something ironic from the Flying Yankee history page: "The train was designed as a sprinter, covering intermediate distances quickly."