By Russ Jackson and Anthony Lee, Guest Contributors; December 2, 2022 Think about it: 66 billion dollars. In the bill…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator, with Anthony Lee, Richard Strandberg, and William Lindley; October 7, 2022 It’s now been 27…
Editor’s Note: The article first appeared on this platform on August 25, 2021. It has been updated with photos and…
Editor’s Note: This article last appeared on this website on December 27, 2021. It has been updated and photos and…
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform a year ago on September 7, 2021. Andrew Selden has updated…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; July 26, 2022 Stephen Gardner’s Silver Star is doing yeoman’s work in…
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on August 21, 2021. It has been updated and photographs added.…
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on this platform on February 4, 2021. It has been updated for content and…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; March 28, 2022 It was a great trip . . . The future of Amtrak…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; February 14, 2022 The chance the U.S. Congress majority will turn from Blue to Red…
By Russell Jackson, Highland Village, Texas, Guest Commentator; January 23, 2022 The Texas Eagle is buried in the secondary of…
Holiday Season Rewind: During this holiday season we are occasionally featuring past articles from earlier this year which were reader…
By Russ Jackson, Guest Commentator; November 9, 2021 Yes, the big, long-anticipated “Infrastructure” bill finally passed both houses of Congress…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; October 5, 2021 Another Amtrak long distance/inter-regional train was in the national…
Editor’s Note: This is another in a series of commentaries by Russ Jackson, the distinguished retired editor of the Western…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; September 26, 2021 Another grim reminder of how dangerous the railroad business…
By Andrew Selden, Guest Commentator; September 7, 2021 Under federal (and many states’) law it is a crime, often a…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; September 3, 2021 It’s past time to reimagine sleeping cars in North…
By Russ and Susan Jackson, Guest Commentators; April 28, 2021 Editor’s Note: Russ and Susan Jackson chose this year to…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 25, 2021 The following excerpts are from an article published in…
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 22, 2021 The Sunset Limited, often treated as Amtrak’s “stepchild,” is…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; March 9, 2021 Amtrak’s Texas Eagle is a dependable train which provides…
Editor’s Note: Parts of this history article were first written in 2018 and 2019; updated today. By J. Bruce Richardson,…
By J. Bruce Richardson, Corridor Rail Development Corporation; January 27, 2021 Part Four Amtrak is 50 years old this May.…