Amtrak has announced that starting on October 1st they are going to run their long-distance trains on three-days-a-week schedules. Jim Mathews, president and CEO of Rail Passengers Association, harshly condemned...

There are congressional hearings coming up, the results of which could potentially have a big impact on Amtrak and, if you are an Amtrak rider, upon you, too. . These...

The current Amtrak brain trust was faced with two courses of action this past week and, I sorry, but not surprised, to say they zigged when they should have zagged. ...

Over the past six-to-eight months, I’ve had probably a dozen emails and comments from readers who have said It seems clear that Richard Anderson, the not-so-new-anymore Amtrak president, is preparing...

Well, dammit!, you turn your back for a day or so and the next thing you know, the people now running Amtrak have taken something else away from us! The...

Yes, yes … I know that Amtrak’s new president and CEO has a full plate. But it would be very interesting if Richard Anderson were to begin his tour of...

 TRAINS magazine is reporting that Amtrak’s new president and CEO, Wick Moorman, has made it very clear that he’s only going to be in that role for a short time....

 Wow! It appears that a number of forces have combined and there is actual movement toward a daily Cardinal. Ironically, the recent flooding in parts of West Virginia has played...

For a number of years—since 2008, in fact—Amtrak has sponsored National Train Day with the help and support and participation, I am proud to say, of the National Association of...

As Amtrak’s cost-cutting efforts continue, another Amtrak station will soon be unmanned. This time it’s Rugby, North Dakota. The station agent there is being transferred to Minot, some 65 miles...