The annual Fall meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers was held last weekend in Salt Lake City. I should say first of all that it’s an impressive city, wide streets, nicely maintained, and wonderful new light rail and TRAX transit systems. The city itself is set in a broad valley surrounded by spectacular…
SALT LAKE CITY — The annual Fall meeting of the National Association of Railroad Passengers has ended and Jim Mathews, our new president and CEO, has met the membership and has impressed one and all. As indeed he should. He’s personable, experienced, smart as a whip, and brimming with ideas. In his first six weeks,…
SALT LAKE CITY — Isn’t it funny how things can suddenly turn around. I woke up in my Chicago hotel room on Tuesday morning fully prepared to have breakfast, go on line and find the cheapest flight to Salt Lake City, and head on out to O’Hare. But then, in one last what-the-hell moment, and…
This on-time problem of Amtrak’s cannot go on. No rational, civilized society should allow it. The thing is — and I plead guilty to this — it’s really not possible to fully appreciate how infuriating these unconscionable delays are until you have experienced one yourself … in person, not in the abstract. I just did….