U.S., Amtrak and others: A primer of best practices for how to plan passenger train expansions

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on March 29, 2021. It has been updated with photographs and…

Continue Reading →

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…

Continue Reading →

U.S., Canada: Exploding the myth trains must be very fast to be attractive to passengers

By William Lindley, Guest Commentator; June 16, 2022 Key points: • Convenience of use is more important than train speed…

Continue Reading →

U.S., Amtrak History: The Financial Calamity of the First Too Small Viewliner Order and Routes That Have Come and Gone, Part Three

By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 22, 2021 Amtrak is like any other company or major organization…

Continue Reading →

U.S., Georgia, Exclusive: CSX to reactivate Hulsey Yard, frustrating neighbors’ dreams for site

By Sean Keenan, Curbed Atlanta; February 21, 2020 Just days after the Atlanta City Council proposed legislation that would urge…

Continue Reading →

U.S.: Amtrak pitches new Memphis-to-Chicago, other Tennessee lines to state legislators

By Sandy Mazza, Nashville Tennessean; January 15, 2020 Railway enthusiasts in Memphis could see an additional daylight route to Chicago,…

Continue Reading →

High-speed train could race through South Carolina at 220 mph. Here’s where the stops could be

By Charles Duncan, The Charlotte Observer; October 28, 2019 A high speed rail line could take people from Atlanta to…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta, Georgia to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2 hours 6 minutes?

By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 21, 2019 High-speed rail could whisk passengers between Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C., in…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta Beltline demonstrators: ‘We pay the tax, now lay the tracks’

By Stephen Deere, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; October 6, 2019 More than 50 activists marched down the Atlanta Beltline on Sunday…

Continue Reading →

Progress pics: Norfolk Southern HQ taking shape in Midtown Atlanta

By Amy Wenk, Staff Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle; October 1, 2019 The new $575 million Atlanta headquarters of Norfolk Southern…

Continue Reading →

Florida Gulf And Atlantic Assumes Ownership of North Florida Rail Line

By Tom Flanigan, WFSU News; July 29, 2019 Tallahassee has been a railroad town almost since its founding. A new…

Continue Reading →

After 40 years of rail service for Atlanta, MARTA poised for expansion

By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; June 20, 2019 MARTA launched its passenger rail service on a short stretch of…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta’s MARTA elusive for Alstom

By Jason Jordan, The Evening Tribune, March 31, 2019 On Friday, MARTA — the Metro Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority —…

Continue Reading →

Norfolk Southern breaks ground on new Atlanta corporate headquarters

A press release from Norfolk Southern Corporation; March 26, 2019: ATLANTA, March 26, 2019 – Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC), joined…

Continue Reading →

Fears about MARTA in Atlanta’s suburbs familiar but changing

By Tyler Estep and David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; February 21, 2019 Early voting in Gwinnett County’s historic transit referendum starts…

Continue Reading →

In Midtown Atlanta, work launches on half-billion-dollar Norfolk Southern headquarters

By Josh Green, Curbed Atlanta; February 20, 2019 One of the Midtown Improvement District’s last truly massive parking lots is…

Continue Reading →

MARTA’s reputation, development on the line as Atlanta hosts Super Bowl

By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; January 21, 2019 Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis was hours away. The local transit…

Continue Reading →

Norfolk Southern will pay back Virginia, City of Norfolk for millions in incentives it received

By Kimberly Pierceall, Staff Writer, The Virginian-Pilot; December 20, 2018 NORFOLK Norfolk Southern says it will pay back the state…

Continue Reading →

It’s official: Norfolk Southern announces new corporate future in the city of Atlanta

A press release from Norfolk Southern Corporation; December 12, 2018: NORFOLK, Va., and ATLANTA, Dec. 12, 2018– Norfolk Southern Corporation…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta: MARTA approves plans for Clayton County commuter train

By David Wickert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution; December 6, 2018 The MARTA Board of Directors Thursday approved plans for a Clayton…

Continue Reading →

Virginia, Norfolk may seek up to $4 million refund over broken promise as Norfolk Southern move to Atlanta advances

By Robert McCabe, Staff Writer, The Virginian-Pilot; December 6, 2018 NORFOLK Norfolk Southern Corp.’s plans to move its headquarters to…

Continue Reading →

Richard Branson-backed passenger rail venture names Atlanta-Charlotte route in IPO proposal

By Jessica Saunders, Managing Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle; December 5, 2018 A passenger railroad backed by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group…

Continue Reading →

The Daily CSX: Latest CSX-related fatality, recent derailments highlight safety concerns

By Will Robinson, Reporter, Jacksonville Business Journal; November 30, 2018 A welder working on CSX track in South Carolina was…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta: Cousins Properties files plans with state for Midtown’s Norfolk Southern Corp. HQ

By Douglas Sams, Commercial Real Estate Editor, Atlanta Business Chronicle; November 19, 2018 Atlanta real estate company Cousins Properties Inc.…

Continue Reading →

Atlanta board vote on Norfolk Southern headquarters deal delayed

By Robert McCabe, Staff Writer, The Virginian-Pilot; November 16, 2018 NORFOLK There was a delay Friday in Atlanta as the…

Continue Reading →