While traveling abroad, many Americans have experienced true high-speed train rides. Most of them have come home thinking, “What the hell is wrong with the U.S.? Why don’t we have...

The day after the Rail Passengers Association’s Fall meeting concluded in Sacramento, twenty of us were given a tour of several construction sites for California’s high-speed rail system. We stopped...

Both before and after the two world wars, passenger trains in one form or another provided most of the public transportation in the U.S. Long-distance trains linked cities and connected...

It’s no secret that I am not a fan of our president. I will admit, however, that after Mr. Trump’s election in 2016, I was hopeful that his pledge to...

Americans don’t understand high-speed trains—where they work and where they don’t. And why. And no wonder! A very small percentage of Americans haveever seen a high-speed train, much less traveled...

Yesterday, we heard from Patrick Goddard, president of Brightline, who spoke about some of the challenges the railroad has faced during this start-up period. One has to do with grade...

One of our colleagues recently rode the new Brightline service that will eventually run between Miami and Orlando in Florida. For this introductory experience, Rick took advantage of a special...

The obstacles facing high-speed rail in this country are mostly without merit and almost entirely political in nature. The on-going example of that foolishness is the relentless effort in Texas...

Assuming you’re a passenger rail enthusiast, you can click here for a story about two new high-speed lines that just went into service in France. One is a 187-mile run...

Years ago, before I moved to Hawaii, I was working in Hartford, Connecticut. One of my co-workers was a woman I remember quite clearly because she had no interest whatsoever...