The Empire Builder is Amtrak’s most popular long-distance train, operating daily in each direction between Chicago in the east and both Portland and Seattle on the West Coast. To refresh memories,...

It sure looks like the Obama Administration is serious about more and better and faster trains. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood met recently with several members of Congress from upstate New...

Three loud and lusty cheers for the City of Minneapolis, and three more for the City Council and the mayor, The Honorable R. T. Rybak. There’s a new law in...