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., The goodness of secondary passenger trains before and during Stephen Gardner’s Amtrak: Rock Island and Southern Pacific’s Imperial history and more

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on March 24, 2021. Timetable times quoted are from March 2021…

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Andrew Selden’s Rail Odyssey: A great circle tour of the American West on Amtrak trains

By Andrew Selden; March 24, 2019 In late February my wife and I undertook a three-week, 5,800-mile, great circle loop…

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Union Pacific closes Downtown El Paso, Texas locomotive repair shop, lays off workers

By Vic Kolenc, El Paso Times, November 30, 2018 Union Pacific Railroad has closed its longtime locomotive repair shop in El Paso…

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El Paso, Texas streetcars make their return after 45-year absence

From The El Paso Times; November 9, 2018 With that distinct sound streetcar bell — Ding-Ding! — El Paso’s streetcars…

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Discovering the romance of America on an Amtrak train

By Brian Pendreigh, The Herald Scotland; March 10, 2018 IT WAS a little after 8pm and the metallic silver giant…

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El Paso, Infrastructure phase of $97 million Downtown streetcar project months ahead of schedule

By Elida S. Perez, El Paso Times; October 16, 2017 The key component of the $97 million Downtown streetcar project…

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