With very little thought, and without any consideration as to the practical aspects of the scheme, I have come up with an idea that could turn everything around for Amtrak. We start with the fact that food service on Amtrak’s eastern trains today is a disgrace. It’s not just that it’s a frozen dinner ….
Stand by for a possible highly significant ruling by the Surface Transportation Board . . . a ruling supporting RPA’s position favoring approval of an Amtrak train running once a day in each direction between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama. The two freight railroads involved are CSX and Norfolk Southern (they own the track) and…
What follows are some of the highs and lows of my trip to Washington, DC, for the annual meeting of the Rail Passengers Association. Suffice to say, things are a long way from normal. The Southwest Chief (L.A. to Chicago) was on time, start to finish. There was a full-service dining car on board and…
I am in the Moynihan Train Hall in New York City, named for the late U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, and I am stunned. At last . . . finally! . . . there is a train station here that is appropriate and worthy of this great metropolis. And . . ….