I’ve written here on a couple of other occasions about Amtrak’s Downeaster, the train that runs several times a day from Boston up into Maine. It’s original destination was Portland,...

 The first item today is about Amtrak’s Downeaster. If there is a better example of public demand for rail transportation, I can’t think of it. About a dozen years ago,...

The Downeaster’s story is an interesting one … and it provides an object lesson for those of us advocating* more and better train travel across the U.S. Back in the...

Over the years, I have made it a point to ride as many of Amtrak’s trains as I could. My list is nearly complete and one of the last ones...