I can be, at times, an impatient person. Whether it’s waiting to board a train or waiting for the start of the Red Sox-Yankee game on TV . . ....

OK, I’ll admit that a few of the knives in my drawer could use sharpening. But when it comes to train travel, I’ve been around the block a few times...

Amtrak’s Sunset Limited once ran the entire width of the North American continent, from Los Angeles, California, to Orlando, Florida . . . or, putting it another way, from Disneyland...

Maybe Washington insiders were aware this was going to happen, but the first reaction to the news that, effective yesterday (December 1st) the Amtrak board of directors has appointed a...