By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; March 9, 2019 WATCHING WASHINGTON, MARCH 2019 – Amtrak…
By Jon Talton, Columnist, The Seattle Times; February 26, 2019 Passengers stuck on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight for more than a…
From Railway Technology; January 7, 2019 US-based passenger railroad service Amtrak has issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to select…
By Andrew Selden, United Rail Passenger Alliance, Railway Age Magazine; January 4, 2019 Amtrak Senior Executive Vice President Stephen Gardner’s…
A press release from Amtrak; December 21, 2018: Siemens Mobility awarded $850 million contract for 75 new Tier 4 locomotives…
By Frank N. Wilner, Capitol Hill Contributing Editor, Railway Age Magazine; November 14, 2018 From the November 2018 issue of Railway Age:…
By Andrew Selden, Railway Age Magazine; September 19, 2018 Underlying the ancient aphorism “be careful what you wish for ……
By William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; September 6, 2018 I don’t need to write much about how the…
By Chip Kraft, Railway Age Magazine; September 5, 2018 To the degree that the new Amtrak management team is sincerely…
By John Heffner, Senior Counsel, Clark Hill Strasburger, Railway Age Magazine; August 27, 2018 Dear Mr. Anderson: I am writing you both…
Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review, and a huge fan of BLT…
By Ben Wear, Staff, American-Statesman; July 6, 2018 The idea of taking a cross-country Amtrak trip, booking the sleeper compartment…
By Mary Melton, Washingtonian; June 20, 2018 For the last couple of decades, I’ve spent much of my vacation time…
By Joseph A. Boardman, Railway Age Magazine; May 10, 2018 Having spent much of my productive life at the state…
Note: This is commentary by Russ Jackson, the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review. Mr. Jackson has…
From BBC News Asia; November 22, 2017 A Japanese railway company made headlines after it apologised for sending a train…
A press release from Amtrak: WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Amtrak posted record ridership, revenue and earnings for its Fiscal…