I frequently get emails from people with questions or comments about train travel. Here’s one that came in today. Email inquiry: Is there any way to find out which [Amtrak]...

Something more has to be done about the inconvenience and expense late trains cause ordinary people, most of whom can’t really afford it. Depending on a number of factors, Amtrak...

I’ll be attending the annual Fall meeting of the Rail Passengers Association next month. It will be held in Miami and to get there from the West Coast by train...

There’s almost no end to things that can go wrong on a railroad. Locomotives break down; boulders tumble down rocky slopes and block the tracks; several cars on freight train...

When something goes wrong with one of Amtrak’s long distance trains, problems can snowball and, before you know it, things get ugly. Such was the case several nights ago when...

Congestion and delays on the CSX network are continuing. The FRA’s Surface Transportation Board describes it as “widespread degradation of rail service” and the CSX brass are being formally summoned...

An alert reader has pointed out that a relevant bit of information was left out of my last post about Amtrak’s On Time Performance: the official tolerances or wiggle room...

I just received a very nice email from a reader who’s about to leave on a wonderful, extended rail journey: Starting from Washington, DC, he’s taking the Capitol Limited to...

I’ve done it and probably you have, too—sat in a Superliner roomette somewhere in the middle of Montana or Nebraska or Texas watching a 100-car freight go lumbering by while...

I really hope that something can be done to ensure better, more consistent on time performance for Amtrak’s long-distance trains. Late trains cost me money. In fact, they costs me...