Amtrak Enlists iPhones as a Service Tool (Published 2012)Since November, conductors on a few Amtrak routes have been learning to use modified iPhones as electronic ticket scanners.Credit...Craig Dilger for The New York Times Old-school train conductors are finally ready to give up their hole punchers to try something new: the iPhone. Amtrak, the government-owned corporation that oversees the nation’s railroad train services, has been training conductors
