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 to pull the plug on the long-distance trains. We certainly hope that’s not true and I’d like to give you a couple of specific reasons…
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 evening: a Fireside Chat featuring two former Amtrak presidents, Joe Boardman and David Gunn, former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis (photo below), and…
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 calendar year or it will cancel those trains. If the board does indeed adopt this position, as a practical matter it would mean at…
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 service. You can go here for a recap of the story if you need to. Meanwhile, in a distressing new development, we find that…