Note: What follows is an extended comment from a regular reader from Belgium. His observations are so interesting, I am using them in full below . . . with many...

 Amtrak has announced that starting on October 1st they are going to run their long-distance trains on three-days-a-week schedules. Jim Mathews, president and CEO of Rail Passengers Association, harshly condemned...

Word is flashing about on-line that, because of the coronavirus, Amtrak has made drastic cuts in its schedule—cuts that will probably be in effect for at least the next several...

The Amtrak leadership is continuing its cost-cutting, despite negative response from Rail Passengers Association and almost universal opposition from numerous sources, including individual travelers. The new directive says that, effective...

“Two hundred billion over ten years for our deteriorating infrastructure.”  Remember that? It was the big promise back during the 2016 campaign. And passenger rail was going to get a...

I have no idea what the total rainfall has been this winter here in Maui, but it’s been a lot. In fact, we’ve had more days of heavy rain than...

 Dear Mr. Anderson …   Out here—which I guess means anywhere in the country except Washington, DC, and maybe New York City—there is real concern that your long-term plan is...

We have completed the first full day of RailNation Miami and, as interesting and informative as it was, the highlight–or at least the most anticipated part–of these meetings occurred yesterday...

TRAINS magazine reports Amtrak’s Board of Directors will demand full implementation of Positive Train Control (PTC) on any route over which an Amtrak train operates by the end of the...

I assume that most of you are up to date on Amtrak’s threat to discontinue the Southwest Chief or, at the very least, seriously modify it’s schedule and quality of...