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...

I’ll wager that a year or two from now, an objective analysis will show that what Amtrak is doing with the long-distance trains during this pandemic might possibly have made...

During the worst days of the coronavirus, people were avoiding crowds, which meant they weren’t traveling. As a consequence, ridership on Amtrak’s long-distance trains dropped to around 15% of capacity,...

Not for me, I’m afraid. Normally, by this time of year I would have made one or two trips and at least one of those would have included one of...