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Passenger Rail Gets a Big Boost.

ByJim Loomis 11/18/201811/20/2018

For passenger rail advocates, today there seems to be real reason for optimism. First, it does appear that Brightline is on the road to success in Florida. About fifty of those attending the Fall meeting of the Rail Passengers Association rode up to West Palm Beach and back on a Brightline train and I…

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Virgin’s First Class? Not So.

ByJim Loomis 08/07/201608/07/2016

EDINBURGH–OK, so here’s my report on today’s train ride up here from London: in a nutshell, some interesting things, some disappointing things, and some things that need fixing. First of all, this was a Virgin Train … that is, one of Richard Branson’s transportation ventures, another being Virgin America which I’ve recently flown five times…