I assume that most of you are up to date on Amtrak’s threat to discontinue the Southwest Chief or, at the very least, seriously modify it’s schedule and quality of service. You can go here for a recap of the story if you need to. Meanwhile, in a distressing new development, we find that…
For several years now, the venerable, iconic Southwest Chief has been operating under a cloud. The train’s route runs from Chicago to Los Angeles and there are 28 stops along its 2,265-mile route, including major cities like Kansas City and Topeka and Albuquerque and Lamy, New Mexico, which is where you get off for Santa…
Here in Washington, DC, at the annual Spring meeting of the Rail Passengers Association, there is a lot of “talking shop” among members. I must admit that I’m not really interested in most of the minutia being argued, but by far the main topic under discussion has been Amtrak’s decision to cancel a total of…
Those of us working as advocates for passenger trains often argue—and with valid reason—that bad weather has less impact on train travel than on travel by highway or by plane. However, passenger trains do run into weather related problems—heavy rains in the northwest trigger mudslides that cover the tracks and “service interruptions” in the midwest…