With spring break approaching, parents with some dough have a new way to keep kids busy on Amtrak`s Autotrain between Lorton and Sanford, Fla.: digEplayers, which are digital players preloaded with entertainment.

The 3-pound players, which have 7½-inch screens and can be propped up on a tray table, come with a $19 each-way fee. Rent and return at either Autotrain terminal; if the eight- to 10-hour charge runs out, get new batteries onboard for free. Users can choose from movies (kid stuff like ``Madagascar`` and more mature material such as ``North Country``), TV shows (``Scrubs,`` ``Two and a Half Men``), music videos (Bon Jovi to R. Kelly) and songs (Top 40, country, jazz, and more).

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