Amtrak's Training Center in Wilmington, Delaware makes sure the crews aboard your train are experts at what they do.
В центре подготовки кадров Амтрака в Вилмингтоне (штат Delaware) заботятся о том, чтобы машинисты и проводники были мастерами своего дела.

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Amtrak has many number of simulators in its training facility in Wilmington, Delaware.
У Амтрака есть много разных тренажеров в их учебном центре в в Вилмингтоне (штат Delaware).

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Amtrak has a few traffic control centers in the Northeast Corridor. This one is located in Wilmington, Delaware, in the same building as their national operations center.
У Амтрака есть несколько диспетчерских вдоль Северовосточного коридора. Эта находится в Вилмингтоне (штат Delaware) в том же здании, что и их диспетчерская, отвественная за ( Read more... )

Amtrak is the only long-distance passenger railway in the United States. It operates cross-country trains that take a few days to cross the continent. On these trains Amtrak serves meals in the dining car. Here is where these meals are tested and tasted before being rolled out onto trains.
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Amtrak's 730 km long Northeast Corridor (or NEC), built by private railways in parts between 1834 and 1917, stretches from Washington to Boston passing through Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Long-distance Amtrak trains and regional passenger trains share the corridor. Acela train services can almost be considered high-speed, reaching 240 km ( Read more... )

I don't envy those that have to travel for work often. I sometimes have to do a round trip on a single day. Let me tell you that it's not all it's made out to be... a bunch of gray days with a few rays of sunshine.

Не завидую тем, кто часто летает по работе. Мне иногда приходиться летать туда-обратно в тот же день. Расскажу о том, что это совсем ( Read more... )

The word Iguaçu comes from the Guarani Language, meaning big water. One legend says that a god planned to marry a beautiful woman Naipi, but she ran away with her lover in a canoe. The god sliced the river in half and the lovers ended up in an eternal fall.
Слово Игуасу происходит от слов "большая вода" на языке гуарани. По одной легенде, один из ( Read more... )

Salvador has a suburban train line. "So What?" - you ask - "So do many other cities!" Ah, but this one follows a beautiful route along the eastern edge of Baía de Todos os Santos (Bay of All Saints).
В Салвадоре есть электричка. "Ну и что?" - спросите Вы - "В других городах тоже есть!" А эта объезжает залив всех святых (Baía de Todos os Santos) по ( Read more... )

Itaipú Hydroelectric Dam is the largest hydroelectric powerplant in the world. It is a binational undertaking between Paraguay and Brazil, across Paraná River. There are twenty 700 MW generators, 10 on the Brazillian side, 10 on the Paraguayan side.
Гидроэлектростанция Итайпу - самая большая гидроэлектростанция в мире. Это бинациональное ( Read more... )

Pelourinho is a neighborhood in the center of the city of Salvador in the Brazilian state of Bahia. It is considered the heart of Brazilian Africa. The mood and the people here are different than in the rest of the country, but it's hard to describe in words. Other than the beaches on the south side, this neighborhood is the most touristy part of ( Read more... )