Amtrak keeping their trains clean #Pandemic

[VIDEO] I haven't used this blog to maintain any consistent updates to the coronavirus. Lately we're seeing the numbers as far as hospitalizations, ICU hospitalizations, deaths, and other factors go in the right direction. I appears through many efforts including social distancing and sheltering in place orders that gov't officials can finally say we're beginning to flatten the curve.

I'm an Amtrak fan and often enjoy traveling the country via railroad. And before all these shelter in place orders around the nation there was unfortunately one report of an Amtrak passenger -  a student who came home from study abroad in Italy one hotspot for this contagion - was found to be sick when she took the train from Chicago to St. Louis.

I'm sure in light of that story at least we see this video posted on Amtrak's YouTube account showing cleaning procedures on their trains. Perhaps this will keep Amtrak's customers base assured that America's passenger railroad will do their part to keep their vehicles clean.

Regardless with these measures put in place I hardly see anyone traveling. I like to watch the webcams of Virtual Railfan through their YouTube channel and although I often focus on one location - a live camera in LaPlata, Missouri a stop of Amtrak's Southwest Chief - I see there arent as many passengers getting on or off trains there. On a normal train there would be a decent crowd getting on or off the train there. Also note this location has become a popular one and is said to be world famous and imagine that in a small town in Missouri.

I'd say right now it's hard to want to go somewhere right now regardless of the mode of transport. One dream of mine had been to go to WrestleMania and although I let time fly on going to this year's event - which in light of this pandemic was moved to a closed set with no fans and pre-recorded instead of the expected venue in Tampa Bay, Florida in front of 70,000 spectators. Still, once it became apparent that the coronavirus was really going to be a problem this year became the year I wouldn't have achieved my dream. At least there's L.A. for next year's WrestleMania.