PORTLAND, OR — The NARP* board meetings concluded today with three fascinating luncheon speakers representing All Aboard Washington, the rail advocacy organization for that state. They told us about their...
A couple of posts back, I reported speculation that the recent crash of a Metrolink commuter train near Los Angeles could have fallout that goes beyond trying to figure out...
The terrible crash of a Metrolink commuter train in the Los Angeles area has prompted calls for positive train control (PTC) systems to be installed in locomotives operated by all...
As I’ve mentioned on several other occasions, Amtrak’s ridership is up. Way up. In July of this year, Amtrak carried 2,750,278 people. That’s more people than the railroad has carried...