By Larry Lagarde
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
For the last 2 months, I've been shepherding a campaign to outfit more Amtrak trains with bikes hooks; however, the concept is not new. In countries such as the UK, bike train cars (outfitted from end to end with bike hooks) have existed for over 60 years. Here's proof:
Over the years, Amtrak has operated bike trains in some markets and offered limited numbers of bike hooks on some trains. Hopefully, with more Americans rediscovering the value of rail travel, Amtrak will reach out to accommodate more cyclists too.
By the way, my thanks to fellow cyclist J. Monti for sharing this nostalgic video.
Larry
Labels: bike-train
Originally published in the RideTHISbike archive.