I got an email the other day from someone—a woman— who was aware that Amtrak management has been giving their conductors a hard time. Of course it was a woman...

Once an Amtrak train starts to move, the conductors are in charge. Through the entire schedule, from departure to arrival at final destination, when “situations” with passengers arise, most conductors...

 Everybody wants to know about the wreck … that is, about last week’s Amtrak derailment. I’ve gotten a lot of email from people who know about my interest in train...

Of course there’s no actual research to verify this, but I have often heard that the most frequently asked question on an Amtrak train is . . .   “Why...