When you take a train ride – whether one of Amtrak’s long-distance trains or one of the short haul routes – you soon become aware of the whistle. On many...

About a dozen years ago, I was on my way to Florida and relaxing with three or four other passengers in the lounge car on Amtrak’s Silver Star. We were...

Engineer Bob Kolkman was constantly tugging at a lever that blows the whistle. Even though this was a rural area, there were a lot of grade crossings, some paved, but...