By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator, with Anthony Lee, Richard Strandberg, and William Lindley; October 7, 2022 It’s now been 27…
By William Lindley, Guest Commentator; June 16, 2022 Key points: • Convenience of use is more important than train speed…
By Russ Jackson, 2022 Guest Commentator for 2032; June 13, 2022 Imagine! “Back to the Future?” Cool! That about describes…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; March 28, 2022 It was a great trip . . . The future of Amtrak…
By Andrew Selden, Guest Commentator; March 18, 2002 Can there be too much of a good thing? Based on my…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; March 5, 2022 Here we are with the world in turmoil. Amtrak, we haven’t forgotten…
By Robert P. Snow, Guest Commentator; February 9, 2022 Editor’s Note: This is the first guest commentary by Robert P.…
Editor’s Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review, which he contributed to and…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 5, 2021 On the former Santa Fe – now, BNSF –…
By Gary Nelson, Contributor, San Tan Sun News; September 24, 2020 A little before midnight on Sunday, Oct. 8, 1995,…
By Cindy Barks; Travel Awaits; August 24, 2020 From beachside beauties to desert oases to mountaintop chateaus, historic railroad hotels…
By KiMi Robinson, Arizona Republic; January 9, 2020 Imagine dozens of passengers boarding light rail trains across metro Phoenix acting…
By Wendy Howell, Williams News; October 1, 2019 In 1984, the city of Williams went down in history as the…
By Elizabeth Whitman, Phoenix New Times; June 12, 2019 Phoenix’s historic Union Station is for sale. The property went on…
By Lauren Aguirre and Ali Phillips, Arizona Republic; January 13, 2019 Dozens of people, coaxed into action by a group…
By Shaq Davis, Arizona Daily Star; December 17, 2018 A group is hopeful that Arizonans will see a new passenger…
By Kevin Spear, Reporter, Orlando Sentinel; October 10, 2018 Orlando and Phoenix are twins separated by humidity. Both are creatures…
By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; September 2018 When Oklahoma City opens its OKC Streetcar service later…
Written By Kendra Hall, Multi Media Journalist, KOVA News 4 NBC; July 16, 2018 It gets extremely hot in Southern…
By Adrian Skabelund, Staff Reporter, Arizona Daily Sun; June 26, 2018 Flagstaff could see fewer tourist dollars coming through the city if…
By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press, Arizona Daily Sun; January 3, 2018 WILLIAMS — The train rolled in well past…
By Benjamin Leatherman, Phoenix New Times; January 2, 2018 Phoenix’s annual No Pants Light Rail Ride started out in 2009…
By Joe Ena, ABC 15 Arizona; November 16, 2017 PHOENIX – A man caught in the engineer’s seat of a…
By The Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report; October 14, 2017 PHOENIX (AP) — The light rail system that…
By Wendy Howell, Williams News; September 26, 2017 WILLIAMS, Ariz. — After many years of providing the only shuttle from…