U.S.: The Winter season rivals to bring cold Northern passengers to Florida; Amtrak still follows the same route and Brightline restores service on part of the original east coast route

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 9, 2024 It’s January, well into the Winter snowbird season when…

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Amtrak, Brightline, VIA Rail Canada, Ontario Northland Railway and Mexico: 2024 is looking good for passenger trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 4, 2024 A remarkable year is over and we are at…

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U.S. and Canada; Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada and Brightline passenger trains: We are thankful for railroaders who work on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation, December 23, 2023 It’s Christmas Eve. Passenger trains are running everywhere today,…

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U.S. and Canada: The magic of Christmas train travel on Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 13, 2023 Those who are well informed are aware we are…

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U.S., Amtrak and Others: Will Brightline work in places such as New England, and is Boston really the Hub of the Universe?

By William Lindley, Guest Commentator; December 2, 2023 Brightline in Florida has refuted the naysayers of profitable intercity trains. As…

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U.S., Amtrak and others: The first stages of a new 21st Century Golden Age of passenger train travel, including Night Trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; September 12, 2023 There are many of us in the passenger train…

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U.S.: Note to Amtrak, FRA – Chicago is NOT the center of the passenger train world; start thinking about new night trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; August 16, 2023 Note to those conducting the FRA Long Distance Study…

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U.S., When it comes to Amtrak competition, we know for sure we don’t know what we don’t know

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; July 13, 2023 The idea of Amtrak having competition on long distance/inter-regional…

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U.S.: Welcome to the revolution; Amtrak’s first intercity higher-speed private sector competition is about to begin service

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; June 27, 2023 Welcome to the revolution. Amtrak and Brightline are friendly…

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U.S., Amtrak: What’s the overall best value for passengers, a ‘land cruise’ or sea cruise?

By Andrew Selden, Guest Commentator; June 6, 2023 We recently saw an amazing Amtrak fare on Amtrak’s Empire Builder for…

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U.S.: Senator Jon Tester Blocks President Biden’s Amtrak Nominees from Northeast Corridor, Fights for Rural America’s Seat at the Table

Press release from United States Senator Jon Tester, Democrat of Montana; April 25, 2023 Five of six Amtrak Board nominees…

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U.S., Amtrak and before: Serving the Pacific Northwest with the Empire Builder and multiple transcontinental trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; April 19, 2023 If you wanted to get from here to there…

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U.S., Canada: Part Two of a collection of superb passenger train photography of Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada and before by one of America’s best railroad photographers

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 15, 2023 Just to refresh your memory and make sure the…

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U.S.: Amtrak will have competition on both existing and new routes as Congress has mandated

By James E. Coston, Executive Chairman, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 8, 2023 Congress has spoken, and given specific instructions…

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U.S., Amtrak and Others: In this time of opportunity, go big, or go home

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; February 28, 2023 For the few Americans who know there are passenger…

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U.S., Canada: A collection of superb passenger train photography of Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada and before by one of America’s best railroad photographers

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 23, 2023 What a gift good photography is for those who…

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U.S.: Amtrak is eyeing new rail cars for long-distance trains through Chicago

By Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune; January 19, 2023 Amtrak is planning to replace its fleet of train cars used on…

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U.S., Amtrak and others: For 2023, bring back parlor cars, reinvent sleeping car lounges, remember that train cars have couplers, plus Brightline ridership skyrockets

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 13, 2023 Woulda Coulda Shoulda Those three well-established definitions of what…

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U.S.: Is Amtrak advertising too warm and fuzzy or even necessary?

By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; December 30, 2022 Editor’s Note: Russ Jackson taught broadcast advertising at a California college and…

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U.S.: Looking at Amtrak, Brightline, Caltrain, West Central Wisconsin and Montana’s Big Sky Rail at the end of the year

By James E. Coston, Executive Chairman, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 20, 2022 CHICAGO – Those of us with just…

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U.S., Amtrak and before: The City of New Orleans and Panama Limited on the Main Line of Mid-America, the line of Casey Jones

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 6, 2022 The famed-in-song-and elsewhere The City of New Orleans is…

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U.S., Amtrak: The potential of the Meridian Speedway all the way to Fort Worth and El Paso . . . it’s about time, and a new approach

By Russ Jackson and Anthony Lee, Guest Contributors; December 2, 2022 Think about it: 66 billion dollars. In the bill…

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U.S.: Christmas holiday ads and images from Amtrak and its railroad ancestors

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; November 29, 2022 People who are in the know are aware that…

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U.S., The big railroad Amtrak forgot: The Chicago and North Western System was a huge granger railroad and operated lots and lots of passenger trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; November 23, 2022 The Chicago and North Western System was a major…

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