Serious upgrades are in the works along the tracks from Haverhill, Massachusetts, all the way up to Brunswick, Maine. Amtrak is dropping over $50 million to install Positive Train Control (PTC), a high-tech system that'll automatically keep trains in check and make trips faster and safer.
I love when businesses do this. Celebrate their anniversaries and birthdays with cheap pricing that gives you and I a chance to experience something we may not normally do. In this case, the Amtrak Downeaster is selling roundtrip tickets for 20 bucks. That's so inexpensive and worth the price to do a bit of car-free traveling along the route.