Good Luck with This. One of the transportation goals being advocated by the National Association of Railroad Passengers NARP) is “connectivity”, meaning that we should be able to transfer smoothly...

This morning was spent attending to last-minute things around here and packing for my trip to the annual Fall meeting of NARP, the National Association of Railroad Passengers. The meetings...

The two-day meeting of the NARP Board of Directors is over and I’ll be leaving the hotel here in Evanston, Illinois, in about an hour to start my journey back...

 People hate to be chiseled … nickel-and-dimed … squeezed for an extra dollar or so … especially when there is an element of deception to it. And that’s what many...

LOS ANGELES  — I think it was a character in the Sunday Comics back in the days of my youth, who first said, “I shoulda stood in bed!” I’ve been...

We all know there’s an element in Congress that would be perfectly happy if Amtrak were to stop running tomorrow. In the meantime, they continue to bring relentless pressure on...

The California Zephyr is still Amtrak’s most scenic train ride … at least in my book. The Coast Starlight is probably my favorite Amtrak train, but much of that has...

Train travel enthusiasts and ordinary passengers alike all seem to get excited when it comes to horseshoe curves.  When a train – whether passenger or freight – starts circling through...

My latest trans-continental trek via Amtrak began on a chilly, overcast morning at the Emeryville, California, train station. The California Zephyr departed on time at 9:10 a.m. for the three-day,...

I’ve just arrived back in Los Angeles after making a round trip on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight … LA to Portland to Seattle and back to LA. I’ve ridden this train...