There’s a lot of concern out there for the future of Amtrak’s national network. Whether by benign neglect or a deliberate act of murder, a lot of people—many of them supposedly “in the know”—think that Amtrak’s national network has been targeted for extinction. For one thing, the Trump Administration wants to end Amtrak’s federal…
On Thursday, in a House subcommittee hearing on the subject of Positive Train Control, Amtrak’s President/CEO Richard Anderson delivered some startling testimony . . . testimony containing a pretty clear message to both the Congress and to the freight railroads. In an obvious reference to the recent derailments, Anderson minced no words. He said Amtrak…
Just say the words, “unfunded mandate” to any state or local government official and note the sour expression that appears on their face. As the term implies, that’s when the federal government directs you to do something–invariably something that’s going to cost a lot of money–but they don’t kick in any federal dollars to help…
I know it doesn’t seem like it, but little by little, we are making progress. One of these fine mornings, we could all wake up and find that several Amtrak routes have been expanded, that the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal are running every day, that service between New Orleans and Orlando has been restored,…