Within the next year, possibly two, the Supreme Court will almost certainly be asked to decide a case that will impact anyone who travels by Amtrak … in particular on...

The argument for and against government regulation goes on. And on. And on. What I object to is the knee jerk reaction by conservatives who oppose any new regulation simply...

Back in 1970, the freight railroads made a deal: the federal government would let them get out of the passenger business,     if they would contribute money and equipment...

For most of last year, I was working on the new edition of a book I wrote in the late 90s about train travel in North America. As you can...