Sep 21st 2025|CHICAGO|4 min readGOVERNMENT AGENCIES are rarely known for the quality of their TikTok output. Most avoid the network entirely, preferring X, Elon Musk’s social-media site. An exception is Amtrak, America’s national railway firm. Its posts can get hundreds of thousands of views. One popular recent video featured an employee pulling plastic covers off seats in a new train carriage, to the sound of Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”. The train is the “next-gen” Acela, launched on August 28th, ...