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A Bad Day for Passenger Trains.

ByJim Loomis 12/18/201712/20/2017

Dec. 19: I have just learned that the Rail Passengers Association lost two members in yesterday’s derailment: Jim Hamre, an elected member of our Board of Directors, and Zack Wilhoite, an RPA member. There are no adequate words. The crash of Amtrak 501 yesterday is distressing on so many levels, it’s hard to know where…

Government Of the Truckers, By the Truckers and For the Truckers.

ByJim Loomis 08/22/201508/22/2015

In 2011, a semi-trailer truck, barreling down a Nevada highway near Reno, crashed through a lowered barrier, past the flashing red lights, and plowed into the side of Amtrak’s California Zephyr. In addition to the truck driver, five people on the train died. Here’s a quote from a story that caught my eye in…