I boarded Amtrak’s Empire Builder at Seattle’s King Street station this past Saturday afternoon. It was the start of a 20-plus day trip that would include seeing the Red Sox...

Something has to be done about replacing equipment for Amtrak’s long-distance trains. There should be a budget item for acquisition of new equipment every year.  I have heard that the...

As I write this , I am sitting on train 19 to New Orleans from Culpepper VA. It’s 12:40 A.M. and we’re sitting behind a freight train 9 miles from...

I know the tendency was to rejoice when the news first came . . . the news that Amtrak was going to get $66 billion from the infrastructure boodle that...