For probably ten years now, the traveling public, NARP, and many political and civic leaders have been calling for a return of passenger service between New Orleans and Florida’s east coast. Finally, more than a year ago, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) provided a half a million dollars to create the Gulf Coast Working…
A few days ago, the business and trade media was full of the news that the new boss at CSX, Hunter Harrison, had in effect torn up the latest potential agreement for his railroad to accommodate a resumption of passenger train service between New Orleans and Orlando. As I guess we all know, prior to…
When it comes to the serious problems we’re all facing—including one or two that are potentially catastrophic—the people now in positions of authority seem to have already forgotten who brung ‘em to the dance. The Trump administration has submitted a budget to Congress that would zero out Amtrak’s subsidy and effectively end long-distance train service…
The Hoosier State is an all-coach train that runs four days a week between Chicago and Indianapolis. On the other three days, those cities are served by The Cardinal, which continues beyond Indianapolis to Charlottesville, Washington and New York City. About a year and a half ago, with both the blessings and some subsidy…