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: 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: 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., 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 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., Passenger Trains from 1830 to Amtrak: An Incomplete List of Things Not Found Today on Passenger Trains

Editor’s Note: This article last appeared on this platform on November 22, 2021. It has been updated and photos and…

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U.S.: On the last holiday weekend of the summer of ’22, Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak is in free fall and passengers are paying the price

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on February 25, 2021. It has been updated, additional information has…

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U.S., Canada: Beyond Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak, glimpses of hope for future passenger trains

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on April 15, 2021 and has been updated with photographs added.…

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U.S. and Canada; Amtrak, Brightline, VIA Rail Canada, and Rocky Mountaineer: Passenger trains come in all shapes, sizes and colors

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on August 21, 2021. It has been updated and photographs added.…

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U.S.: What about the mob forming to come after the former airline execs running Amtrak?

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; June 26, 2022 There is an ugly, militant mob forming. Tar is…

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U.S.: Several years in the future, Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak Cardinal is retired and Cincinnati becomes a major hub again – as it should be

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on April 21, 2021. It has been revised and updated with…

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U.S.: Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak lounge cars are the dining car’s lesser but potentially desirable siblings – if only they would allowed to be so

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in this space on January 5, 2021 and has been updated. – Corridorrail.com Editor…

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U.S., Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada: Who are the Denizens of Modern Passenger Trains?

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on the Corridorrail.com website in the pre-pandemic world of 2018 and again on February…

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U.S., Canada: There Is A Bright Future For Passenger Trains In North America

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared on this platform on April 16, 2021 and has been updated. – Corridorrail.com Editor…

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North America, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada: Long Haul, Long Distance, Inter-Regional and more trains

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 23, 2022 Long Distance Trains. Long Haul Trains. Streamliners. Inter-Regional Trains.…

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Canada, Something Different: VIA Rail believes in its mandate to operate a national railroad for the benefit of its passengers

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; February 28, 2022 Allegedly, the grass is always greener on the other…

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U.S., Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary; Where Were You On May 1, 1971?

Holiday Season Rewind: During this holiday season we are occasionally featuring past articles from earlier this year which were reader…

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U.S., Amtrak: What Do You Bring In Your Personal Sleeping Car Repair Kit?

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; October 9, 2021 Everyone who travels has certain things they do in…

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U.S., Creating A New, Better Superliner Sleeping Car Fleet

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; September 3, 2021 It’s past time to reimagine sleeping cars in North…

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U.S.: Someone Died and Made You the King of Passenger Trains …

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 26, 2021 Word has come that, indeed, someone did die and…

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U.S., Amtrak, Passenger Trains and Dining Cars: What has History Taught Us?

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; December 31, 2020 As 2020 mercifully and thankfully comes to a close,…

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Canada: VIA Rail opens Canadian route from Winnipeg to Vancouver amid coronavirus

By Shane Gibson, Global News; December 11, 2020 Winnipeggers can once again take a train to Vancouver amid the ongoing…

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Canada – Q3 Results: VIA Rail Continues to Manage the Impacts of the Pandemic

A press release from VIA Rail Canada; November 30, 2020: HIGHLIGHTS Continued implementation of prevention measures in response to the…

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Canada: CGI to assist VIA Rail Canada in the implementation of a new reservation system

A press release from CGI, Inc.; November 4, 2020: MONTRÉAL, Nov. 4, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ – CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE:…

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Canada, Ontario: VIA Rail journey boasts autumn colours, anglers and adventurers

By Andre Ramshaw, Postmedia News, Canada.com; October 19, 2020 A crisp morning breeze carries the genial banter of railroaders and…

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