By Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press, CBC News; February 21, 2019 The head of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. has voiced…
From The Winona Daily News; February 21, 2019 One of the leading voices on passenger rail in Minnesota has a…
By Tyler Estep and David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 21, 2019 Early voting in Gwinnett County’s historic transit referendum starts…
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 21, 2019 By now, everybody in the rail management and advocacy…
By Rachel Premack, Business Insider; February 21, 2019 Usually, the companies printed on cargo containers aren’t household names — it’s…
By Elise Young and Henry Goldman, Bloomberg; February 20, 2019 The federal spending bill signed last week by President Donald…
By Andy Koen, KOAA NBC 5; February 19 2019 DENVER – On any given day, an estimated 98,100 people are…
By Josh Green, Curbed Atlanta; February 20, 2019 One of the Midtown Improvement District’s last truly massive parking lots is…
By Lucas Laursen, Fortune Magazine; February 20, 2019 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is canceling a $929 million grant…
By Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; February 21, 2019 Pittsburgh is intervening to challenge Norfolk Southern’s plans to alter three North…
“Manchin said Amtrak continues to justify its policy changes by arguing that they achieve cost savings and improve on-time performance, but it has failed to provide any statistics that corroborate its argument.”
By Tony Bizjak, The Sacramento Bee; February 20, 2019 For decades, train riders from Sacramento to San Francisco have been…
By Marni Pyke, Chicago Daily Herald; February 20, 2019 Metra leaders agreed Wednesday to spend $71 million on 15 refurbished…
By Gord Young, North Bay Nugget; February 20, 2019 A regional group is calling on the Progressive Conservative government –…
By Sterry Butcher, Texas Monthly; March 2019 It began this summer, when we slept with our windows open. The first…
By Dustin Cook, Edmonton Journal; February 19, 2019 The Alberta government will lease 4,400 rail cars to move oil out…
By Catherine Lackner, Miami Today; February 19, 2019 Tri-Rail trains are on schedule to arrive in downtown Miami by the…
Editor’s Note: When Henry Flagler extended his railroad from the small town of Miami in South Florida to Key West,…
By Amelia Lucas, CNBC; February 20, 2019 Amtrak is planning to boost its ridership by revamping its national network of…
By Dave Bangert, Lafayette Journal & Courier; February 19, 2019 LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The future of Amtrak’s Hoosier State line,…
By Joel Burgess, Asheville Citizen Times; February 19, 2019 ASHEVILLE – This city’s last official passenger rail service left with a…
By Wanda Moore, WPTV NBC 5; February 19, 2019 Full speed ahead. That’s what Virgin Trains USA, formerly Brightline, is…
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; February 19, 2019 For all intents and purposes, California’s high-speed rail project…
An Opinion By Stanford M. Horn, San Francisco Examiner; February 20, 2019 The U. S. Census counted 10 million Californians…
Connecticut Viewpoints By Gregory Stroud; Connecticut Mirror; February 19, 2019 With the collapse of yet another high-speed-rail megaproject, this time in…