In the world of advertising and graphic design, creating a new logo for a business or an organization is one of the more interesting challenges. It can also be a nightmare and most graphic designers have at least one horror story about the experience. Mine involves a neighborhood shopping center in Honolulu that had…
Once again on my latest trip, I heard fellow passengers remarking on the state of Amtrak equipment. The fact is, some of the Superliner sleeping cars running back and forth across the country were built in the mid-1970s. That makes them some 40 years old. Then, of course, they find out I’m involved with…
So far, I have missed several of the sessions, opting instead to stay in bed and keep up with my Tylenol Cold & Flu pills supplemented with Ricola cough drops, both of which help a lot. Consider this a testimonial for the two products. The Rail Passengers Association Fall meeting wrapped up tonight (Saturday) with…
CHICAGO–Amtrak’s co-president and CEO, Richard Anderson, spoke to NARP’s annual Fall meeting yesterday and pretty much said all the right things. He indicated unqualified support for the national system, spoke of a ten-year plan for acquiring new equipment, and took a poke at the freight railroads for not meeting their legal obligation to keep Amtrak…