February - 2017

Wick won't stick

As reported in the March issue of Trains, Amtrak’s new president, Wick Moorman, has gone on the record with his intention of having a...

Happy Valentine's Day - Coal is up

The Association of American Railroads, an industry group, reports that coal carloads on American railroads are up 26 percent over last...

Changes for the future

Two interesting developments were in the works just as I was writing last week’s blog about infrastructure. The first of these involves...

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ABOUT ME

I have written about railroads for 10+ years, and I am an avid train watcher and amateur railroad historian. I was born in Chicago in the late 40s and grew up a stone's throw from the main line of the old CB&Q, route of famous trains like the California Zephyr, Empire Builder, and North Coast Limited. I am also an author and have published a series of novels involving a train-watching detective.