Amtrak Train Current Locations

Amtrak train locations are updated every 15 minutes in this dataset via an automation in FME Flow. FME uses an HTTP Caller to extract JSON data from api-v3.amtraker.com, an API made and updated by piemadd on GitHub. The GitHub library and its creator have no relation to Amtrak. Once the JSON data is pulled in to FME, it is flattened and formatted so individual train locations can be mapped via provided coordinates. Users can compare this feature layer to the Track Your Train Map hosted by Amtrak; the original intent of this layer was to provide the Amtrak train location data in a useable GIS format rather than an app that cannot be expanded upon with extra detail or functionality.