Note: This is commentary by Russ Jackson, the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review. Mr. Jackson has…
From Railway Gazette; April 27, 2018 USA: Amtrak should focus on its medium-distance operations and prioritise investment in a network…
By Art Leahy, The Orange County Register; April 25, 2018 For nearly half a century I have enjoyed a unique…
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; April 19, 2018 Ex-Florida Congressman John Luigi Mica, a foodie who spent…
By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, San Francisco Examiner; April 11, 2018 A peer review released Tuesday found that three rail lines…
By Bay City News Service; SFgate.com; April 9, 2018 Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has been awarded $22.5 million to connect…
By Kacey Drescher, KEYT 3; April 6, 2018 SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments held…
By Vito Chiesa, The Modesto Bee; April 6, 2018 Making the stressful drive to Sacramento for an early morning meeting…
By Brian P. Kelly, Special, The Sacramento Bee; March 30, 2018 Along 119-miles in the Central Valley, more than 1,700…
By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL, The New York Times, March 28, 2018 The astronomical costs of building the Second Avenue subway…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 20, 2018 The Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) this year marks its 20th anniversary. The Anacostia…
By Geoffrey Morrison, Contributor, Forbes; March 15, 2018 Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner runs from San Luis Obispo northwest of Los Angeles,…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 14, 2018 The North County Transit District (NCTD) late last week marked the 10th anniversary…
By Michael Cabanatuan, SFGate.com; March 13, 2018 Dee Andrews climbed aboard the J-Church Muni Metro this week, glanced around and…
By JULIE WATSON and KATHLEEN RONAYNE, The Associated Press, Tri-City Herald; March 12, 2018 SAN DIEGO – California Gov. Jerry…
By Hank Sims, Lost Coast Outpost; March 12, 2018 State Senator Mike McGuire’s office is drafting legislation that would completely…
By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times; March 9, 2018 The price of the California bullet train project jumped sharply Friday…
By Brian Pendreigh, The Herald Scotland; March 10, 2018 IT WAS a little after 8pm and the metallic silver giant…
From Progressive Railroading Magazine; March 9, 2018 Caltrain next week will launch a project to rehabilitate its station in Sunnyvale,…
From Staff, The Business Journal; March 8, 2018 Amtrak San Joaquins has announced that riders will now be able to…
By Joe Mathews, Bakersfield Californian; February 22, 2018 If California’s train deniers are right — that no one ever rides…
By Mark Prado, Marin Independent Journal; February 19, 2018 The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency will receive $10.5 million in…
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY, Staff Writer, Daily Post; February 17, 2018 Digging a trench or boring a tunnel for the Caltrain…
By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; February 12, 2018 Sacramento Regional Transit has found an artful way of covering the…
By Emma Kate Fittes, Indianapolis Star; February 8, 2018 As the Amtrak train started pulling away from the Chicago station,…