It keeps on happening. People drive around the gates, past the flashing lights and clanging bells, and into the path of a locomotive. The most recent incident was Friday...
There are some unfathomable things about Amtrak and the way it operates—or doesn’t— that drives many of us crazy. Like the apparent lack of enthusiasm for restoring the Sunset Limited’s...
We keep hearing about the obesity problem in this country. It’s pervasive and it seems to be getting worse, but most of us don’t notice it very much … until,...
My overnight ride on Amtrak’s Silver Star from New York to here in Jacksonville was interesting because it came just a few days after an overnight ride on one of...