INDIANAPOLIS–The Cardinal, Amtrak’s train #50, left Chicago on time late Thursday afternoon and, despite running for what seemed like 20-30 minutes at slow speeds leaving Chicago, arrived here 16 minutes...
It’s hard to get ordinary folks involved with the issues facing government. They’re busy with their daily lives and the business of governance is complicated. So even when elected officials...
I flew into Seattle last night — on Hawaiian Airlines, of course — had breakfast with an old friend this morning, then caught Amtrak train # 513 to Portland. Seattle...
… and they’re building the damn thing in Uzbekistan! Does anyone else see the irony, not to mention the absurdity, in that? Uzbekistan Railways has bought two trainsets from the...