Having traveled by train a great deal over the past couple of decades, it distresses me to read criticisms of Amtrak by newspaper and magazine columnists that are based on...
Some years ago, following another financial squeeze applied by the anti-rail Bush Administration, Amtrak was forced into another round of cost-cutting. To eliminate one food service employee from the dining...
As anticipated, the Obama White House has announced a total of 29 rail projects to be funded with some $8 billion in stimulus funds. The biggest hunk – almost $3...
Amtrak’s California Zephyr, which runs daily between Chicago and the Bay Area, was cancelled for two days last week because of a huge snowstorm that blew across the Midwest and...