More and more Americans are riding trains. And to handle those people, more trains are being added to existing routes. Two examples: to accommodate increasing passenger demand, more frequency is...
Looking sharp! Amtrak has unveiled a new color scheme for their locomotives, reverting to an up-dated version of the red-white-and-blue striping that was used a number of years back. Handsome,...
It now appears that the cancellation of Amtrak’s second daily Cascades train between Seattle and Vancouver may be averted after all. (See previous post for details.) Politicians in Vancouver, which...
Service Interrupted. As of today — and it would appear for at least several more days — Amtrak service through Rhode Island has been suspended because of severe flooding that...