According to a news report from the Associated Press, the politicians may be getting involved in the horrific on-time problems of the Empire Builder across North Dakota. That state’s congressional delegation has met with officials of the BNSF, including the top guy himself, Matt Rose, the railroad’s chairman and CEO. Also present were representatives of…
Some time ago – it was probably back in the early 90s – I was on Amtrak’s Empire Builder heading to Seattle. On the second afternoon, somewhere in the eastern part of Montana, I was having an enjoyable lunch in the dining car. One of my tablemates was a delightful man from England on an…
I was having lunch the other day with a friend who is also a train travel enthusiast. At one point in our conversation, the Izaak Walton Inn in Essex, Montana, was mentioned. It’s located smack at the edge of Glacier National Park and is a favorite stop-over for rail fans because it sits just a few…
Most people traveling around the country on Amtrak don’t realize that their train is running on track owned by one of the nation’s freight railroads. But the implications to that are many. If you’re a passenger on the California Zephyr, bound from Chicago to Denver, for instance, and you spend 40 minutes sitting on a…