Serious rail fans already know about this site, of course, but for more casual rail fans, it can add a great deal to your understanding of Amtrak’s operations. Fair warning:...

I have just booked another ride on VIA Rail’s transcontinental train, The Canadian. As with most of my previous rides on this wonderful train, I’ll be boarding in Toronto for...

The Loomis family—my branch, anyway—were all Yankees from Connecticut. But in 1934, my grandfather built a modest vacation home on Captiva Island in Florida.  It’s a small island in the...

Someone asked me recently how long had I been interested in trains. The answer is, since I was just a kid, although I’m not so much interested in trains as...