Don’t look now, but there seems to be growing support for passenger rail around the country. The reasons vary from route to route – it could be more state funds are needed or expensive track repairs are necessary – but hell hath no fury like a small town mayor or a Chamber of Commerce president…
Today, I’m simply going to reproduce part of an alert sent yesterday to members by NARP, the National Association of Railroad Passengers. It has to do with the absurd, idiotic action of the House committee that recommends slashing the already meager subsidy Amtrak has been getting. The most likely result were this committee’s recommendation to…
Officials in London and Berlin have announced that Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway, will be starting 200 mile-per-hour service linking the two capital cities. Running time will be 4.5 hours to cover the roughly 680 miles. Initial plans are to run three 16-car trains a day, each one able to accommodate almost 900 people….
Comes now the news that freshman Congressman Jeff Denham of California has been appointed chair of a key subcommittee of the House Transportation Committee … specifically the Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials subcommittee. Essentially, this is the guy in the U.S. House of Representatives who is responsible for oversight of America’s railroads. And this guy…