21.  Boosters hope it will whet the appetite further in the Midwest and in Florida, where initiatives are under way for new high-speed trains.

22.  British Airways said traffic on its jets held firm, even between London and Paris, where travelers tried the new train service through the Channel tunnel.

23.  But more importantly, the new train has more people traveling north and south.

24.  But it is not just the Northeast that is getting new trains.

25.  But the new trains are not the first double-deckers here.

26.  But the most sophisticated of those rely on magnetic levitation, which is expensive and requires not just new trains but also that new track be laid.

27.  During practice, Erickson is like a little kid who just received a new electric train for Christmas.

28.  Earlier this year, Air France discontinued flights from Paris to Brussels, crushed by competition from the new Thalys train.

29.  For kids who want tame rides, Bugs Bunny World has a new pint-sized train and its long-running small carousel.