Some 25 years ago, when I rediscovered long-distance train travel, I had a lot of catching up to do. For three decades I had been living in Hawaii with no...

  Amtrak’s president and CEO, Wick Moorman, testified at a committee hearing recently and there were some illuminating nuggets within his comments.   For instance, we all know that there...

Penn Station here in New York City is really a mess. No, it’s more than that, it’s a disgrace. Dark, dingy and crowded. And broken down. The escalators were not...

The better part of this day was taken up by travel from Toronto to New York City on Amtrak’s daily train, the Maple Leaf.   Technically, it’s a VIA Rail...